{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/664394a442f6710013618119/689600517f93fda8b2428bbc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Can we still trust US economic data? With Erica Groshen","description":"<p>After the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a worse-than-expected US jobs report, President Trump fired the agency’s head, Erika McEntarfer, claiming her numbers were ‘wrong’ and manipulated. There’s no evidence this was the case but many agree gathering reliable data on the health of the economy is getting harder. The FT’s chief data reporter, John Burn-Murdoch, discusses why that’s happening and what to do about it with Erica Groshen, the former BLS commissioner.</p><p><br></p><p>Clip: NBC</p><p><br></p><p><u>Further Reading:</u></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/4oGP4qK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">US labour data agency was teetering even before Donald Trump fired its chief</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/3HluTOa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump’s war on data will do lasting harm</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/3J6NDBB\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump’s attack on US labour statistics agency spooks investors</a></p><p><br></p><p>John Burn-Murdoch is the FT’s chief data reporter. You can find his articles <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/john-burn-murdoch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to The Economics Show on <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-economics-show-with-soumaya-keynes/id1746352576\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple</a>, <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/64rPqCkSSBkuSJpkMLRe9i?si=70c1cb4221e54c9a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a>, <a href=\"https://pca.st/6ysdzw0j\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pocket Casts</a> or wherever you listen.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by John Burn-Murdoch. Produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Original music from Breen Turner, and sound design by Jean-Marc Eck.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/d3f0cb25-fe37-4d21-b01a-7ec822b79780\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}