Are Americans supposed to think that the Trump administration canceling the release of economics reports is somehow a good sign for the economy?

The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced Monday that it had officially canceled releasing the advance estimate on gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2025. The Trump administration had previously delayed the release, which was initially slated for October 30, due to the government shutdown—but now it seems to have been abandoned altogether.

Last week, the Labor Department called off releasing its monthly jobs report for October, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics scrapped its own report on inflation.

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    I’d sooner go to prison than work in this economy.

    Free food, shelter, heating, and above all: healthcare.

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      Tell me you haven’t been to prison without telling me you haven’t been to prison

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        While it’s certainly a silly viewpoint, it’s also not entirely wrong. There have been people who were released after decades in the prison that wanted to go back in. They couldn’t thrive in a world that had left them far behind, and the small guarantees were there in prison.

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          I get bring institutionalized, but that is after all hope has been broken on a normal life outside.

          Still from op it is a rather silly stance, having never been inside.