EconoFact Chats

Recent Episodes

The Vital Importance of Good Economic Statistics (Re-broadcast)

Posted August 2, 2025 • 00:32:14

Erica Groshen, former Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses the acronym AORTA to characterize good data; Accurate, Objective, Relevant, Trustworthy,...

Immigration and Deportation (Re-broadcast)

Posted July 27, 2025 • 00:23:20

Most of the United States’ population growth is now due to immigration. Among these is an estimated 11 to 12 million undocumented immigrants. Undocumented...

Covering What Matters in Economic Journalism

Posted July 19, 2025 • 00:30:23

Reporting on economics often focuses on the 24-hour news cycle and the ups and downs of financial markets. But the stock market is not the economy,...

Understanding the Rise and Risks of Stablecoins

Posted July 13, 2025 • 00:35:31

Stablecoins -- crypto-tokens whose value is pegged to fiat currencies -- aim to blend the stability of traditional government-issued money with the...

Dissecting the Budget Bill

Posted July 6, 2025 • 00:27:59

This week, EconoFact Chats features an abridged version of the EconoFact Ask Me Anything Webinar held on May 27th with Bill Gale, Senior Fellow at the...