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popsdenver

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Reply to tavernier (Reply #24)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 03:29 PM

Dec 11

when I was mailing some packages, same thing......the postal gal said that their business was way way off this holiday season, something she has never seen before except during Covid.........

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The Employment Numbers Are being Fudged, So Says Jerome Powell [View all] gab13by13 Dec 10 OP

No effn doubt that ALL negative numbers are being fudged vapor2 Dec 10 #1

Didn't Krasnov just hold an economic rally in the Poconos, gab13by13 Dec 10 #2

BLS numbers have not been "fudged" and Jerome Powell did not Wiz Imp Dec 11 #15

Did you read the supplied link ? KS Toronado Dec 11 #20

Thank you. You're right, he did not. And a technical note from the BLS on the size of sampling error progree Dec 11 #22

Kick dalton99a Dec 10 #3

Read an article on Yahoo the other day... Xolodno Dec 10 #4

That is absolutely NOT what they said. Wiz Imp Dec 11 #14

Think we may have read two different articles. Xolodno Dec 11 #21

You may be right, but they both referred to the same rport from Challenger. Wiz Imp Dec 11 #25

You don't have to explain it to me. Xolodno Dec 11 #34

The article doesn't say that has anything to do with Trump EdmondDantes_ Dec 10 #5

BLS has had since April to revise its numbers down, gab13by13 Dec 10 #6

The same amount of time every other president does EdmondDantes_ Dec 11 #23

I don't remember when Biden was president that those numbers had to be lowered, gab13by13 Dec 11 #27

Because your memory isn't accurate is my guess EdmondDantes_ Dec 11 #31

Does this include the 911,000 downward revision over the period April 2024 through March 2025 progree Friday #35

and does this include the 589,000 downward benchmark revision from April 2023 thru March 2024? progree Friday #36

Wall St. Will listen to Powell, not Trump. Nt Fiendish Thingy Dec 10 #7

This is why Powell is lowering interest rates, gab13by13 Dec 10 #8

Every month, they re-state previous months' numbers... Mark.b2 Dec 10 #9

You obviously know nothing about how sample based estimates are derived. Wiz Imp Dec 11 #13

The only thing I know is the quality of the estimates... Mark.b2 Dec 11 #19

The estimates are based on a relatively small statistical sample Wiz Imp Dec 11 #26

Thank you! Very interesting and helpful. Nt Mark.b2 Dec 11 #32

AND popsdenver Dec 11 #10

I was in post office yesterday to mail Christmas stuff tavernier Dec 11 #24

Nope popsdenver Dec 11 #33

The Fed lowers interest rates when the economy is doing badly. It's to stimulate the economy IronLionZion Dec 11 #11

You sound exactly like Trump Wiz Imp Dec 11 #12

I simply want you to explain one fact for me, gab13by13 Dec 11 #28

I wouldn't trust any figures Figarosmom Dec 11 #16

This is why I think a lot of magas are now quitting. C Moon Dec 11 #17

why does it say the US Skittles Dec 11 #18

I am not backing down, gab13by13 Dec 11 #29

Investors rely on the accuracy of these numbers lame54 Dec 11 #30