Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data from BLS

Who believes any government report these days? Either party puts fingers on scale.

One of the more interesting, and sudden, flips in stance I’ve ever seen is with conservatives and inflation data. I’ve been a libertarian for about twenty years. For those two decades, it was nearly an article of faith among both libertarians and conservatives that the government calculation of inflation was intentionally massaged to significantly underrepresent the true rate of inflation. Then I seemingly woke up one day to see “conservatives” claiming that government was massaging the numbers to overrepresent the true inflation rate… for reasons…

As always, what a time to be alive.

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flips in stance I’ve ever seen is with conservatives and inflation data.

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Im not a conservative

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I’ve been a libertarian for about twenty years.

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The BLS Jobs report showed that there was an increase of 139,000 jobs in the month of May, which was a little above market expectations of 130,000. Employment gains in March and April were revised lower by a combined 95,000. The unemployment rate remained at 4.2%, matching estimates. Average weekly earnings were up 0.4% for the month and up 3.9% year over year.

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Just another 95k revision lower

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SDVTiger


You sir are a great asset to TD

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For entertainment purposes, maybe.

"Look, son. A moron."

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Im not a conservative

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This explains quite a bit. What are you, exactly?

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This explains quite a bit

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What exactly does it explain

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What are you, exactly?

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Normal

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Why your political and economic views seem… inconsistent

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What are my political and economic views?

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And I’m once again reminded that you’re not a serious person 

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Im sorry that answer bothered you

Thats a long rant of stupid. Im none of that

You arent a serious person

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Which is why, no matter how inconsistent Trump is, you still wholeheartedly support him. Even when he utterly reverses positions, it doesn’t bother you in the least, because all you really care about is that you perceive him to be “fighting for people like you”.

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This is the dumbest part. You TDS lunatics are out of control

"If you dont cry like I do about Trump all day then you wholeheartedly support him!"- Clowns

Show a single post where you support ANYTHING Trump does. Just one.

I certainly don’t agree with many of the things Trump does, but I see your posts across many boards and you are ate up with TDS. You also aren’t nearly as smart as you think you are……..

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Show a single post where you support ANYTHING Trump does. Just one.

I certainly don’t agree with many of the things Trump does, but I see your posts across many boards and you are ate up with TDS. You also aren’t nearly as smart as you think you are……..

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The problem is that, while I agree with a host of things Trump says he wants to do, he either doesn't actually do them (champion short, single issue bills; seriously address the debt; etc.) or he does it in an asinine way. As an example, I think tons of grant funding can be cut, but simply announcing with no notice that you're pausing all grant funding is very, very stupid. While I'm certain something exists, I can't think offhand of an issue that Trump has nailed both the idea and the execution simultaneously. With that said, you say you see my posts "across many boards" and that I'm "ate up with TDS". Mind pointing to a few? Because like I said, I just skimmed through a couple of pages of my posts; very few even obliquely referenced Trump, and those that did, generally weren't insulting in any way. They simply discussed what was going on.

Now, with all that said: did you really just burn a two year old alter with that garbage first post? Jesus on a fricking Triscuit