The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a private group, is responsible or declaring when recessions begin and end.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), part of the federal government, might now want to take on this responsibility. Which one of the following is the most appropriate reason for the BEA's refusal?
A. Congress has established that its committees should be responsible for dating recessions.
B. More economists work for the NBER than do for the BEA
C. Because it is part of the government, the BEA could be pulled into politics with the dating of recessions
D. The BEA does not have as much data s the NBER
Answer: C