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‘WASHINGTON — If you think Congress doesn’t understand the economy now, wait till you see what a key House panel wants to do to the people who help figure it out.
Lawmakers are taking on the budget for the Census Bureau, pushing cuts that could leave economists and businesses in the dark about key economic information even as they are trying to map a path through a treacherous, uncertain economy.
The House Appropriations Committee is set to put the final touches on a funding bill Wednesday that proposes to slash the government’s data collection arm by 25 percent — a cut that economists and statistics experts say could end up costing…’ more -> Census Budget: House Bill Would Gut Economic Monitoring, Endanger GDP And Other Stats.
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