+0.24 What happens when US economic data becomes unreliable (mitsloan.mit.edu S:+0.34 )
351 points by inaros 1 days ago | 376 comments on HN | Moderate positive Contested Low agreement (3 models) Editorial · v3.7 · 2026-03-15 23:01:43 0
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HN Discussion 16 top-level · 26 replies
looksjjhg 2026-03-14 17:32 UTC link
It’s amazing and terrifying watching an empire die
mark_l_watson 2026-03-14 17:46 UTC link
The phrase "when US data becomes unreliable" is misleading in one sense: for many years political manipulation of economic data has screwed things up.

Calculation of unemployment and real debt has seldom matched the norms of most other western countries. Add military (often black budgets) spending without much oversight or accurate accounting.

The wealthiest people in the USA are now in the mode of grabbing what they can while the 'grabbing is still good.' Without this immoral looting, our government could do a better job of protecting US citizens as our empire collapses.

int32_64 2026-03-14 17:51 UTC link
"The change may cause policymakers to misjudge the economy’s health, investors to lose confidence in the reliability of the data, and the public to disengage from participating in official measures altogether."

Many neoliberal Western countries with good data have completely fumbled their economies post-GFC and post-Covid, just look at Canada's disastrous GDP per capita growth.

arjie 2026-03-14 17:54 UTC link
One of the things I do like about the US, and that I think is a reason for America's ability to meet the challenges this country faces is that it has good data collection and aggregation mechanisms: from the seemingly-banal surveys and so on to satellite remote-sensing.

There's three more years to go but afterwards (and perhaps even post the mid-terms) we should be able to hammer back some of this nonsense like being upset about job reports not showing favourable information and so on. Good information allows good decision-making and it's important we don't break that. Hopefully the current surge of low-quality corrupt executive choices isn't met by a counter-surge that kicks out people like Jerome Powell because he's a multi-millionaire capitalist or whatever.

I think it won't be. The establishment folks are mostly sensible. It's the new crop of "no property tax" and "no income tax for tips" and "no tax for under $100k earners" and so on that makes me worried, but I'm hoping it will all settle down soon.

We'll have to find better surveying methods than the phone surveys but provided #2 and #3 are solved in the article, which is just a matter of switching the admin, then we should be able to.

ianhorn 2026-03-14 18:05 UTC link
Two things come to mind:

- Whatever you measure gets optimized.

- When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

I have no idea which is more relevant here. Looking at the first one, my whole life people have been complaining that the measures that get touted in political discourse don't reflect quality of life. So if we stop looking at those as measures because they cease to be reliable, maybe they stop getting myopically optimized and we can get less myopic about what we prioritize in aggregate.

But looking at the second one, I've also wondered whether those measures really do reflect typical quality of life, and it's just that the people doing worse than typical will always see the measure as the wrong measure. So then we'd be losing the ability to prioritize actually useful things.

In my heart though, I kinda lean towards the first one. I've been in enough orgs where "the dashboard goes up" is incentivized to the detriment of the unmeasurable things that actually matter to the org.

doctaj 2026-03-14 18:12 UTC link
Wouldn't it be funny if they "fixed" spam calling in order to make it so that the government could call people again?
kittikitti 2026-03-14 18:13 UTC link
People in Florida, when I tell them about my background working with data, often scoff and claim that the data can be changed to spread lies. They have a government who arrested a data scientist when she published information about Coronavirus. This is prevalent across all of America, especially after DOGE, who encourage fraud so the data supports their political interests.

I think the reliability problem is very bad. It's not just that the US government is encouraging fraud, it's also that the average American hates AI and data science. Usually, the public would prefer reliable data, but in this case, Americans seem to prefer corruption just to spite the AI.

We're certainly living in a post-truth country. By vilifying higher education, the assumption that Americans can interpret data is challenging. Therefore, Americans are consuming biased information in their online bubbles because their media is comfortable with fraudulent data.

A concrete example of what happens whenUS economic data becomes unreliable is employment numbers. At the end of 2025, the government couldn't produce any data because of the government shutdown. Most quants and analysts utilized ADP numbers instead. A few years ago, the ADP payroll numbers and the projections by the government were perceived as aligned. This is no longer the case, and most traders rely more on ADP indicators for things like the unemployment rate.

Speculating on what other data is fraudulent, I suspect that real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will become meaningless. It was supposed to be an indicator for economic wellbeing but now best describes wealth inequality. Nominal GDP is a slightly better measure because it adjusts for things like inflation but it's based on government produced data.

Lastly, there is widespread fraud in climate data in order to deny climate change. The data feeds into economic models and affects property values and insurance rates. I have personally received gag orders from government agencies from both the US and Europe for publishing environmental data.

upsidepotential 2026-03-14 18:51 UTC link
The claim that economic data was ever 'accurate' is flawed. The real signal lies in the variability over time.
tootie 2026-03-14 18:57 UTC link
The article says: US Government surveys are suffering from poor response rates and decreasing budgets so business leaders will have to explore other options to improve reliability.

This thread says: American Empire is dying and the world is a fraud.

Are all of you bots? Is apocalyptic cynicism this widespread? Fact is that most of the world already gets by with a fraction of the economic data we produce. We have enjoyed an incredibly high standard for breadth, depth and quality of data and it's now proving unsustainable. Political manipulation thus far remains a specter to be wary of, but there's no indication any headline numbers are inaccurate. The downstream affects on policy are equally off in the distance maybe never to appear.

lateforwork 2026-03-14 19:08 UTC link
Speaking of US economic data reliability:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/business/economy/inflatio...

Story title:

Change in Data Sources Led to Lower Inflation Reading

Excerpts:

“On its merits, you can defend the change,” said Omair Sharif, founder of Inflation Insights, a forecasting firm. “Optically, it’s just not a good look in an environment when people are worried about political interference.”

Mr. Sharif said he did not believe the change was politically motivated. But Courtney Shupert, an economist at MacroPolicy Perspectives, another forecasting firm, said such decisions undermine public confidence in the statistical system.

“It seems like we are moving to more of a vague, uncertain, cloudy data quality environment that is going to make market participants less confident in the data that we do receive,” Ms. Shupert said.

up2isomorphism 2026-03-14 19:11 UTC link
US economy data is not even WORM data anymore, lol. Let alone to be accurate.
Sam6late 2026-03-14 19:13 UTC link
That will lead to serious problems, as in the case of China, underestimating threats lead to losing edge, from EV to robots and other vital tech, and without experts to ground policy in reality, the country risks making erratic market moves and failing to spot risks from adversaries like China or Russia.Add to that inexperienced staff in the administration who makes the U.S. easier to manipulate.
stevenwoo 2026-03-14 20:26 UTC link
The books Why Nations Fail and The Narrow Corridor (by two of the winners of past years Nobel Economics award, both books are a simple thesis and lots of historical examples IMHO) will have to be updated to include this and other current events in the USA. This is one of many aspects mentioned in both books.
bmitch3020 2026-03-14 20:34 UTC link
It's sad how counter productive the unreliable economic data is. The people buying groceries know that things are more expensive. And the people looking for a job know how hard it is to find work.

But this administration wants to say everything is fine, and fires those that say otherwise. So now unemployment seems under control even though it's not great.

Now the Fed, with their dual mandate to maintain a healthy labor market and control inflation, is considering raising rates. If it turns out the job market was much worse than we realized, raising rates could tank the economy more than it already is tanking. All because they wanted to pretend everything is fine.

scoofy 2026-03-15 00:04 UTC link
It seems nobody has posted this, but the only reason why this would ever be an issue is the principal–agent problem. When a representative democracy has a significant divergence between the representatives and the people being represented, we encounter this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_proble...

coldtea 2026-03-15 00:42 UTC link
Hasen't that been the case for decades?
ambicapter 2026-03-14 17:44 UTC link
You should see it from the inside!
mikeyouse 2026-03-14 17:59 UTC link
This ratchet effect of partially righting the ship every four years followed by drunken sailors YOLOing further into a reef because the ‘responsible party’ didn’t fix things fast enough is unsustainable. No clue how it ends but it’s so much easier to destroy things than it is to build them, so the builders are always at a distinct disadvantage.
davidw 2026-03-14 18:00 UTC link
This is going to take a generation or two to fix. If we're lucky and work hard at it.
lpa22 2026-03-14 18:03 UTC link
The US is the best 400 mil population country in the world
quacked 2026-03-14 18:07 UTC link
The frustrating thing about the empire collapse is that it doesn't need to happen. There are still tons of highly energized and ostensibly disciplined and competitive people here. It's just that the production base was sold off to foreign lands and the aesthetic and moral project of "America" was effectively discontinued, for reasons unclear.
__MatrixMan__ 2026-03-14 18:08 UTC link
> just a matter of switching the admin, which we should be able to

I wish I shared your optimism. Being unable to change the admin has been the default state. The recent few centuries have been an exception. It's a big ship that we need to turn here. Might take longer than we think if we can manage it at all.

culi 2026-03-14 18:08 UTC link
I agree. The super rich have been in "prepper" mode for a long time now

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prep...

> They started out innocuously and predictably enough. Bitcoin or ethereum? Virtual reality or augmented reality? Who will get quantum computing first, China or Google? Eventually, they edged into their real topic of concern: New Zealand or Alaska? Which region would be less affected by the coming climate crisis? It only got worse from there. Which was the greater threat: global warming or biological warfare? How long should one plan to be able to survive with no outside help? Should a shelter have its own air supply? What was the likelihood of groundwater contamination? Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system, and asked: “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?” The event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, solar storm, unstoppable virus, or malicious computer hack that takes everything down.

nikanj 2026-03-14 18:12 UTC link
Canada’s population has increased at an astonishing rate, I wonder if that affects the per capita numbers. If you have the same industry in 2011 and 2026 but population went from 35 million to 42 million, per capita the numbers look terrible
gruez 2026-03-14 18:12 UTC link
>Calculation of unemployment and real debt has seldom matched the norms of most other western countries

Source? For unemployment, isn't the U-3 definition used for "headline unemployment" consistent to most other countries?

specproc 2026-03-14 18:26 UTC link
I spent a fair bit of time in the former Soviet Union, what happened there is instructive for what comes next.

I think we will see, across the West broadly, to varying extents:

- peripheral states flipping (e.g., Baltics)

- widespread looting of public assets, a new oligarchal class minted

- total destruction of the middle class, particularly those with ties to government and NGOs (I'm in this camp and miserable for it)

- at least one civil war, lots of territorial disputes kicking off, separatism

- breakdown of law and order, local gangsters as local authorities

- mass ex-migration, ethnic cleansing

- weak governments, coups, demagogues, vassalage

- hyperinflation and scammy get rich quick scams (watch crypto)

SoftTalker 2026-03-14 18:31 UTC link
> It's not just that the US government is encouraging fraud, it's also that the average American hates AI and data science.

When all they see is it being used to push narratives, they'd rather not have it at all.

Also, "There Are Three Kinds of Lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics" dates to the 1800s. This is nothing new.

throwawaypath 2026-03-14 18:36 UTC link
>They have a government who arrested a data scientist when she published information about Coronavirus

That was fake news:

In May 2020, Jones was terminated from her position managing the team that created Florida's ArcGIS COVID-19 dashboard after being repeatedly reprimanded for sharing the department's work online without authorization. Jones alleged instead that she was told to manipulate the dashboard's data and that her firing was retaliation for her refusal. The OIG exonerated state health officials, finding her allegations to be unsubstantiated and unfounded. Jones later posted on social media a forgery of the dismissal letter from the Florida Commission on Human Relations, such that it appeared that her complaint had been validated.

In December 2022, she signed a deferred prosecution agreement admitting guilt to unauthorized use of the state's emergency alert system on November 10, 2020, which resulted in her home being searched under warrant by state police in December 2020. The execution of the warrant with armed police, widely referred to as a raid, was due to a 2016 battery charge against Jones by the Louisiana State University police. In 2023, Jones pled no-contest to a 2019 charge of cyberstalking a former Florida State University student. She was fired from both institutions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah_Jones

text0404 2026-03-14 18:41 UTC link
Can you tell us a bit more about the gag orders? I find it fascinating that all the discussion about climate change has largely disappeared after LLMs became mainstream, and the idea that state actors may be suppressing data is equally fascinating/terrifying.
logicallee 2026-03-14 18:48 UTC link
the answer is reliable money. how much money would you pick up a verified 1 minute survey from the real u.s. government for? I'd do it for $5. (=$300 per hour) and hope for as many calls as possible.

For comparison purposes the U.S. budget is about $20,000 per person ($7t budget, a bit under 350m people), so the government could definitely pay you to answer their "spam" calls. (While mandating that first parties show that it is the real U.S. government and not a spammer.)

So it would be your actual first party telephone showing "Answer this real call from the U.S. government for $5 instantly, 1 minute average call time."

I think that would be a good way to get good data fast. What do you think? (At the same time, impersonating the U.S. government would remain illegal, and the first party would ensure the payment is real.)

baronswindle 2026-03-14 18:52 UTC link
Citing Rebekah Jones in your argument is the opposite of convincing. She forged documents related to her firing to make her appear more sympathetic. She has been adjudicated guilty of cyberstalking and misuse of the state’s emergency notification system, and I haven’t seen a credible defense against those accusations. She’s a fraud, and many in the media uncritically boosted her claims because they shared her political aims. That people still cite her is proof of the old adage that a lie can travel across the world before the truth can lace its boots.
throw0101c 2026-03-14 18:52 UTC link
> Calculation of unemployment […]

Define "unemployment". There are six (U-1 to -6) ways of classification in the US:

* https://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt.htm

* https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/080415/true-...

* https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/unemployment.asp

And the fact that they're different between the US and other countries, and between other countries and other-other countries is well recognized; "International unemployment rates: how comparable are they?":

* https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2000/06/art1full.pdf

And this isn't something new; from 1957, "International Comparison of Unemployment Rates":

* https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/measurement-and-beha...

Just because they're different does not mean that they are "misleading" or 'manipulated'.

> The wealthiest people in the USA are now in the mode of grabbing what they can while the 'grabbing is still good.'

How is this new? Is greed something discovered recently and especially in the US?

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilded_Age

Even stacking government with loyalist appointees is, to a certain extent, returning to 'the old ways' before reforms were enacted to clamp down on the practice:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_service_reform_in_the_Un...

JumpCrisscross 2026-03-14 18:56 UTC link
> for many years political manipulation of economic data has screwed things up

This is a myth. But a self-fulfilling one, given we’re cutting budgets to those agencies because so many Americans believe it.

ks2048 2026-03-14 19:03 UTC link
> The establishment folks are mostly sensible.

The establishment has been replaced by MAGA and The Heritage Foundation extremists. The "data collection", surveys, remote-sensing etc are things they all want to get rid of and are doing so.

Here's one article from last year about climate datasets being disappeared,

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-usa-scientists-r...

twodave 2026-03-14 19:28 UTC link
I really don’t like people bashing my state, especially when they’re repeating made-up bullshit. Do you just believe anything negative you read as long as it fits your views?
marcosdumay 2026-03-14 20:22 UTC link
Are you talking about the data revisions organization publish or is the data really changing silently between views?
roysting 2026-03-14 21:30 UTC link
Unfortunately America has pretended everything was fine for at the very least 130 years now, arguably longer, and we have allowed an extremely predatory, toxic, parasitic, fraudulent, thieving and lying set of people plunder not only the money through "money printing" but also plunder the very government through various types and forms of judicial and legislative authoritarian fraud, which was then installed in people's minds through education as the acceptable norm even though there was nothing "democratic" of free, let alone Constitutional about it.
MarkusQ 2026-03-14 21:41 UTC link
I was just thinking the same thing.

The vitriol/projective pessimism on display above seems wildly inauthentic.

orf 2026-03-14 23:57 UTC link
> Fact is that most of the world already gets by with a fraction of the economic data we produce

In terms of absolute number of countries, maybe, but is this accurate out of comparable peer countries?

tomrod 2026-03-15 05:36 UTC link
The US fired many of its government-employed economists. The administration head tried to fire people at NOAA his first term, until he got a yes-head. Data was deliberately buried in a mad rush the first few weeks and months of 2025. I'm not quite sure Mr. Sharif's opinion is well-founded given the known facts.

[0] https://digitalgovernmenthub.org/library/federal-data-are-di...

[1] https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/03/report-nearly-95k-...

mlrtime 2026-03-15 10:39 UTC link
It is TDS. It turns rational thinkers into emotional respondents hoping for destruction.

I'm not an apologist, I just want to see real debate, not social media garbage.

fuzzfactor 2026-03-15 18:02 UTC link
Really, when you look at it first hand over more than just a few decades, what's all the debate about?

What happens is what you're seeing right now.

Same as ever.

Any unflattering statistics still existing that were originally designed to reveal, were reversed during applicable times of desperation in case they revealed too much.

Leaving almost nothing that does not serve to conceal instead, often more well crafted to conceal the exact thing expected and relied upon to be revealed.

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MIT Sloan offers multiple educational pathways (MBA, PhD, Master's programs, Executive Education, Undergraduate) with stated mission to 'develop principled, innovative leaders.' Structural support for education includes faculty expertise (article byline references faculty contributor), research infrastructure, and publication of analysis. Website accessibility and free content dissemination support educational access to broader public beyond enrolled students.

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Article 19 Freedom of Expression
High A:Advocacy F:Framing
Structural
+0.50
Context Modifier
0.00
SETL
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Content published on open, accessible platform without paywall. MIT Sloan disseminates research and analysis freely to public audience. Institutional infrastructure supports publication and distribution of ideas. No observable censorship or restrictions on viewpoint expression. Article available for sharing across social media platforms (LinkedIn, etc.), supporting information circulation.

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Article 25 Standard of Living
Medium F:Framing
Structural
+0.40
Context Modifier
+0.20
SETL
-0.28

MIT Sloan operates educational programs aimed at developing leaders who 'improve the world.' Educational infrastructure supports training in economic analysis and management, contributing to human capital development. Accessibility through open publication of research supports broader public understanding relevant to Article 25 (health, welfare, adequate standard of living).

+0.40
Article 28 Social & International Order
High A:Advocacy F:Framing
Structural
+0.40
Context Modifier
+0.20
SETL
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MIT Sloan institutional structure supports research, education, and analysis aimed at improving management and economic systems. Mission to 'generate ideas that advance management practice' reflects commitment to strengthening institutions serving human development. Educational and research infrastructure contributes to building capable institutions able to enforce rights and support social order.

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Article 12 Privacy
Medium P:Practice
Structural
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Context Modifier
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SETL
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Page code includes Google Tag Manager and analytics tracking, enabling user tracking and data collection. No observable opt-out mechanism or privacy notice on provided content. This structural practice suggests routine collection of user data without explicit consent signals visible on page.

ND
Preamble Preamble
Low F:Framing

Not applicable to editorial content.

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Article 1 Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood
Low F:Framing

Not applicable to editorial content.

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Article 2 Non-Discrimination
Low F:Framing

Not applicable to editorial content.

ND
Article 3 Life, Liberty, Security

No observable structural practices directly addressing right to life.

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Article 4 No Slavery

No observable structural practices directly addressing slavery or forced labor.

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Article 5 No Torture

No observable structural practices directly addressing torture or cruel treatment.

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Article 6 Legal Personhood

No observable structural practices directly addressing right to recognition before law.

ND
Article 7 Equality Before Law
Low F:Framing

Not applicable to editorial content.

ND
Article 8 Right to Remedy

No observable structural practices directly addressing effective remedies.

ND
Article 9 No Arbitrary Detention

No observable structural practices directly addressing arbitrary arrest or detention.

ND
Article 10 Fair Hearing

No observable structural practices directly addressing right to fair trial.

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Article 11 Presumption of Innocence

No observable structural practices directly addressing criminal culpability.

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Article 13 Freedom of Movement
High P:Practice

Website operates as a public-facing educational institution portal with global accessibility. No geographic restrictions on viewing educational content observable. Institutional practice supports unrestricted access to information from any location, enabling freedom of information access globally.

ND
Article 14 Asylum

No observable structural practices directly addressing asylum or refuge.

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Article 15 Nationality

No observable structural practices directly addressing nationality.

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Article 16 Marriage & Family

No observable structural practices directly addressing marriage or family.

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Article 17 Property

No observable structural practices directly addressing property rights.

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Article 18 Freedom of Thought

No observable structural practices directly restricting freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.

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Article 20 Assembly & Association

No observable structural practices directly addressing freedom of peaceful assembly.

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Article 21 Political Participation
Low F:Framing

Not applicable to editorial content.

ND
Article 22 Social Security

No observable structural practices directly addressing social security.

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Article 23 Work & Equal Pay

No observable structural practices directly addressing labor rights.

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Article 24 Rest & Leisure

No observable structural practices directly addressing rest or leisure.

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Article 27 Cultural Participation
Medium F:Framing

Not directly observable in structural practices, though MIT as research institution supports scientific advancement broadly.

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Article 29 Duties to Community

No observable structural practices directly addressing limitations on rights.

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Article 30 No Destruction of Rights

No observable structural practices directly addressing prohibition on destruction.

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Longitudinal 634 HN snapshots · 74 evals
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Audit Trail 94 entries
2026-03-16 00:57 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.120 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-16 00:57 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 00:47 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.22) - -
2026-03-16 00:47 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.22 (Mild negative) +0.02
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-16 00:47 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.61 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-03-16 00:47 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 1R - -
2026-03-15 23:01 eval_success Evaluated: Moderate positive (0.39) - -
2026-03-15 23:01 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.63 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-03-15 23:01 eval Evaluated by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001: +0.39 (Moderate positive) 14,743 tokens
2026-03-15 23:01 rater_validation_warn Validation warnings for model claude-haiku-4-5-20251001: 19W 20R - -
2026-03-15 22:58 eval_failure Evaluation failed: Error: Failed to parse slim evaluation JSON: SyntaxError: Expected ',' or '}' after property value in JSON at position 5059 (line 122 column 7). Response starts with: { "schema_version": "3.7", "e - -
2026-03-15 22:35 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.120 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 22:35 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 21:59 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.24) - -
2026-03-15 21:59 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 21:59 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 1R - -
2026-03-15 18:37 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.120 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 18:37 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 18:36 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.24) - -
2026-03-15 18:36 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 18:36 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 1R - -
2026-03-15 17:21 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.120 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 17:21 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 17:17 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.24) - -
2026-03-15 17:17 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 17:17 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 1R - -
2026-03-15 16:07 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.120 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 16:07 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 16:04 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.24) - -
2026-03-15 16:04 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 1R - -
2026-03-15 16:04 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 15:28 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 15:27 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 14:50 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 14:49 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 14:14 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 14:11 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 13:37 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 13:32 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 12:58 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 12:51 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 12:19 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 12:09 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) -0.16
2026-03-15 11:40 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 11:30 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) +0.16
2026-03-15 11:01 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 10:46 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) -0.16
2026-03-15 10:22 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 10:06 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) +0.16
2026-03-15 09:39 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 09:25 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 08:59 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 08:42 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 08:19 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 08:02 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 07:33 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 07:18 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) -0.16
2026-03-15 06:55 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 06:39 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 06:20 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 06:02 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) +0.16
2026-03-15 05:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 05:27 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 05:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 04:52 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 04:35 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 04:16 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 03:59 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 03:39 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 03:20 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 03:00 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 02:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 02:25 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 02:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 01:46 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 01:35 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 01:15 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 01:09 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 00:47 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 00:43 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-15 00:16 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.45 (Moderate positive)
2026-03-15 00:12 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative)
reasoning
Economic data reliability discussion
2026-03-14 23:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 23:36 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-14 23:05 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 22:58 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-14 22:03 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 21:57 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-14 21:01 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 20:56 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-14 19:50 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 19:48 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right
2026-03-14 18:59 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive)
2026-03-14 18:53 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.24 (Mild negative)
reasoning
The article discusses the reliability of US economic data and its implications, without directly referencing human right