With key reports halted, the Fed is now making rate decisions with limited data heading into its December meeting. The USDA Hunger Report was also cut—another loss at a time when clean economic data is most needed.
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#Economy #FederalReserve #DataBlackout #goodrevenue

The data blackout means the Fed is making rate decisions with limited visibility. December’s meeting will reflect that uncertainty. The USDA Hunger Report was also halted—another critical dataset missing when it’s needed most.
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#Economy #FederalReserve #DataBlackout #goodrevenue

The U.S. is facing a government data blackout. The BLS won’t release Oct jobs data or parts of Sept reporting—cutting off information that taxpayers fund and that the Fed, private sector, and researchers rely on.
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#Economy #DataBlackout #BLSEmployment #Policy #goodrevenue

The loudest lie is silence. Canceling GDP, jobs, and inflation reports isn’t just a shutdown glitch—it’s a data blackout. When numbers disappear, narratives take their place. Manipulation thrives in the dark. #TruthFatigue #DataBlackout #TruthBombTuesday

(Opinion) Read the full story at bit.ly/4mZ7PTY

#GovernmentShutdown #TrumpAdministration #DataBlackout #HealthcareCrisis #USPolitics #Opinion #Opinionnews

Economy "on the brink" of recession by end of year, Moody's economist warns In an interview with Newsweek, Mark Zandi outlined the risks to the U.S. economy and how it could skirt—or slip into—a downturn.

With key economic data now stalled by the shutdown, analysts warn we may be flying blind into recession territory. Moody’s Zandi already sees red flags across housing, consumer spending, and debt. Could we be hurtling into a downturn 📉?
#RecessionWatch #EconomicWarning #DataBlackout #FedPolicy

gijn.org Essential Open Source Tools for Journalists Investigating Air Pollution

As the US government #datablackout grows, it's increasingly critical for environmental journalists to diversify their data resources.

Today, GIJN shares IJNet's aggregation of 11 open source tools to track air pollution around the world. https://twp.ai/9PSWaM

Essential Open Source Tools for Journalists Investigating Air Pollution Here is a list of open source data tools that journalists can utilize to track air pollution, uncover its sources, and reveal the corporate networks responsible.

As the US gov't #datablackout grows, it's increasingly critical for environmental journalists to diversify their data resources. From our friends at IJNet, today @gijn.org offers 11 open source tools to track air pollution around the world.

As Trump White House Disappears US Environmental Data, Reporters Can Turn to OECD The wide range of international environmental data that the OECD offers, though often Eurocentric, is still extensive in scope and comparatively reliable.

As the Trump administration continues its widespread #datablackout on the reality-based community, journalists can look to other governmental bodies, like the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social, to find global data on public health, economics, and the environment.
Our @gijn.org post today comes via SEJournal.

Really is striking how the Trump White House has mounted a broad campaign to undermine or fully eliminate public information resources, which are a key accountability tool for watchdog journalists.
A #datablackout is one of the first tells of a government that doesn't want scrutiny of its conduct.

Reuters data journalism story on the magnitude and devastation of the earthquake in Myanmar relied on extensive data from the USGS.

A USGS program for monitoring and measuring data as part of a preventative alert system for the US Northeast has been targeted for elimination by the Trump White House.

If you care about #datajournalism, there a warning sign buried in our round-up: Reuters' piece on Myanmar's quake feature extensive data from the US Geological Survey, which the Trump WH wants to gut with budget cuts as well as eliminate similar seismic monitoring programs in the US. #datablackout

Since Facebook doesn’t seem to value moderating their content responsibly, I thought some of you might want to make your accounts less valuable to them as well:

#socialmediamarketingblackout #monetizationblackout #adblackout #datablackout

A communications blackout and a growing risk of health agency censorship make us all less safe.
#datablackout #healthdeptdatablackout #trump_eo #warning

Screencap of @CoronaHeadsUp on Twitter: Biobot: 'We are sunsetting our public data visualization platform' "This evolution represents Biobot’s commitment to maximizing the value of wastewater data." Link: https://biobot.io/from-raw-data-to-actionable-insights-biobots-evolution-of-public-data-sharing/

Biobot has removed its covid wastewater dashboard and will no longer show covid wastewater data for the US.

~3 weeks after CDC stopped covid hospitalization data.

The page now: biobot.io/data/covid-19

Surprise announcement: biobot.io/from-raw-dat...

#datablackout