Tag: Bureau of Economics

WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission is hosting a workshop, “Measuring Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy,” to explore efforts to measure consumers’ privacy preferences, as well as the...

The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for its February 26 workshop that will focus on how the agency can better understand and measure consumer injuries and benefits that may result from...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on February 26, 2026, to examine how the agency can better understand and measure consumer injuries and benefits that may result from the collection...

Today, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson directed the FTC to form a Joint Labor Task Force that will work to prioritize rooting out and prosecuting deceptive, unfair, and...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a virtual public workshop on December 18, 2024, that will examine predatory pricing and its potential effects on consumers, competition, and innovation. The...

The Federal Trade Commission submitted to Congress its Fiscal Year 2025 budget request, in support of the President’s FY 2025 budget for the federal government. The budget request also includes the...

The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department announced today that they are co-hosting three workshops to facilitate public dialogue on the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines the agencies announced in...

The Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Elizabeth Wilkins, issued the following statement in response to the decision by the State University of New York Upstate...

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan has appointed Aviv Nevo to serve as Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Economics. “I’m excited that we will have Aviv on board as the FTC’s director of the...

Today the Federal Trade Commission issued a policy paper and fact sheet highlighting the pitfalls of using Certificates of Public Advantage (COPAs), which purport to shield hospital mergers from...

Alvaro Bedoya was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. President Joe Biden named Bedoya to a term that expires on Sept. 25, 2026. Bedoya was confirmed by the U.S. Senate...

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced several new additions to the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning. Olivier Sylvain, Meredith Whittaker, Amba Kak, and Sarah Myers West will be working...