Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that government spending could be separated from gross domestic product reports, in response to questions about whether the spending cuts pushed by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency could possibly cause an economic downturn.
Doing so could potentially complicate or distort a fundamental measure of the U.S. economy’s health.
When your response to being asked “Will this be bad?” is “Don’t worry, we’ll fudge the numbers,” well… Yeah, that’s kind of all the answer anyone needs right there.