In a letter to Appropriations Committee leadership, the American Statistical Association (ASA) has requested that the committee reverse cuts to the budgets for the U. S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Justice Statistics. In addition, the letter signed by ASA President-elect Robert N.

The second estimate of the U.S. gross domestic product for the second quarter beat expectations by remaining unchanged, the government said Thursday. Economists predicted the Bureau of Economic Analysis would drop the previous estimate from a 1 percent drop to a contraction of 1.5 percent.

The U.S. trade deficit grew by an even $1 billion in June, less than economists predicted, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Wednesday. The trade deficit rose to $27 billion with exports at $125.8 billion and imports at $152.8 billion.

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The Bureau of Economic Analysis said U.S. federal contributions had surpassed local taxes as the No.