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In reply to the discussion: ***BREAKING*** TACO gets even more bad news on US economy [View all]
calimary
(90,021 posts)24. Gee, donny-boy. I guess it's true what we've said about you:
that “everything you touch turns to shit.”
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Um, those "large" revisions for May & June? They actually represent a change of less than one tenth of one percent
Wiz Imp
Aug 2025
#41
That is the procedure. I've explained this multiple times here already but I'll do it one more time.
Wiz Imp
Aug 2025
#45
True, but are good & bad estimates. BLS estimates are GOOD estimates that miss by less than 0.5 pct & 0.1 pct. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2025
#58
Right. I just get annoyed when I hear people say something like BLS had to revise the estimates because they were wrong
Wiz Imp
Aug 2025
#61
Bc they are only wrong by less than 0.5 pct. US has about 130-140 million workers
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2025
#57
Wondering if he'll hire Alan Weisselberg. He always liked Alan's numbers. nt
allegorical oracle
Aug 2025
#15
Top economist warns the U.S. is 'on the precipice of recession'--and it will be hard for the Fed to come to the rescue
underpants
Aug 2025
#4
Stagflation comes from supply shocks like tariff taxes & labour deportations & ('73, '79) oil embargos
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2025
#59
I just hope the 77 million fools feel the pinch of their FAFO actions 100x more than
ffr
Aug 2025
#13
Welcome to Trump's big beautiful stagflation - unemployment goes up AND prices go up
dalton99a
Aug 2025
#18
Well, to be honest, that happened before the orange gibbon got re-elected.
OldBaldy1701E
Aug 2025
#54
It's true! One billion jobs were created last month alone. They are the bigliest numbers ever!
Ray Bruns
Aug 2025
#52
Last year Goldman Sachs projected that the preliminary benchmark revision estimate was overstated by 500,000
Wiz Imp
Aug 2025
#55
Top analyst says the next 5 years could see 'no growth in workers at all' and sends a warning about the fate of the U.S.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Aug 2025
#44
Has Trump always been like this? At Wharton, did he say bad grades were just "teachers out to make him look bad"?
Beartracks
Aug 2025
#48
No need to worry, this administration will hire 250,000 ICEtopol agents to balance it out. n/t
aggiesal
Aug 2025
#49
He fired his bathroom scale years ago and look what he gained from that. . . . .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2025
#60
It's all true. One billion jobs were created last month alone! The numbers are the bigliest in history!
Ray Bruns
Aug 2025
#53