伊隆·馬斯克領導的政府效率部改革引發擔憂
由伊隆·馬斯克領導的政府效率部（DOGE）已開始在聯邦機構中進行重大削減和改革，引發了對關鍵政府運作完整性和功能的擔憂。在勞工部，DOGE的參與引發了對勞工統計局（BLS）可能被政治化的警報，該局是負責生產重要經濟數據（如通脹率和就業數據）的關鍵機構。前BLS專員和經濟學家警告，任何干預或被認為的政治化都可能破壞這些報告的可信度，這些報告對政策制定者、華爾街投資者和聯邦儲備局的決策過程至關重要。
DOGE的方法被描述為「焦土政策」，人們擔心缺乏經驗的外來者可能會破壞BLS的長期做法。雖然目前沒有直接干預的證據，但缺乏透明度以及該組織激進的成本削減措施加劇了擔憂。批評者認為，即使只是政治化的感知也可能降低公眾對數據的信任，從而可能導致企業和個人對BLS調查的回應率下降，這已經在下降。這可能會危及消費者價格指數和月度就業報告等經濟指標的準確性。
情況因更廣泛的精簡聯邦官僚機構的努力而變得更加複雜，包括計劃使解僱聯邦員工變得更容易。這些變化可能會引入不確定性並對統計機構施加壓力，威脅其獨立性和客觀性。前BLS領導人強調，該機構的許多最佳實踐基於規範而非法律，這使得它們容易受到行政變化的影響。風險很高，因為對BLS數據信任的任何侵蝕都可能對全球經濟產生影響，影響金融市場和全球政策決策。
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