The numbers especially don't mean much as we near an election and remember that they were recently caught making the employment numbers look better than they were.
30 sats \ 1 reply \ @TomK OP 1 Oct
You need to deal with the bs these people are publishing to get an idea of the tendence.
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I agree. I also try to anticipate how the takeaway would change if the employment numbers are inflated again (or if one of the other metrics is artificially rosey).
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I feel like they always play with the numbers. I am sure the election year kicks that up a notch.
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Yeah, the most recent one was the largest downward revision ever, though.
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Not surprising. Fist world is in a downward spiral.
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