Trump’s Plan to Reduce Corporate Reporting Is Not a Good Idea Right Now
The S.E.C. should report corporate earnings less frequently, according to President Trump. It's a sensible attempt, but at a risky moment, according to our columnist.
Everything has its proper time. Now is not the time to make it even more difficult to find trustworthy information about the economy and markets.
Important reports, such as one on jobs and unemployment, are just unavailable due to the government shutdown. The Trump administration had been making it harder for the public to access reliable official data on a variety of topics even prior to the shutdown.
In August, President Trump dismissed the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he disapproved of the agency's employment statistics. For many other topics as well, such as deportations, pollution emissions, an...