Analysis of current economic conditions and policy
Measured Trade Policy Uncertainty Spikes
Graph for data through 5/30 for Baker, Bloom and Davis index.
Figure 1: EPU-trade category (blue, left scale), and Trade Policy Uncertainty index (red, right scale). Source: Baker, Bloom & Davis policyuncertainty.com, and Caldara et al. TPUD.
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In Trump’s new budget for 2026: “The President’s Budget proposes to reorganize the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau at the Department of Commerce.”
In Trump’s new budget for 2026: “The President’s Budget proposes to reorganize the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau at the Department of Commerce.”
It’s written out in black and white. You can read it yourself. It’s not just some White House gossip or idle threat.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25957792-appendix-fy2026/#document/p198/a2652923