General Discussion

DeminPennswoods

(15,265 posts)

40. Revisions to initial reports happen all the time

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 04:23 AM

Aug 2019

It just takes time for the full data to get to BLS and other agencies and to be properly analyzed. After that happens, the agencies issue revised numbers.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

41 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

All the job growth from 2018 to 2019 from the US Labor Departmet was false government propaganda [View all] Opel_Justwax Aug 2019 OP

kinda like how he defeated ISIS, huh? RainCaster Aug 2019 #1

Oh jeez...forgot about that lie. We are being completely Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #33

Why are the real figures being reported now? Sanity Claws Aug 2019 #2

Now there is an excellent question. Plus, how can we verify these new numbers? rurallib Aug 2019 #7

There are always annual revisions as well as monthly. Lucky Luciano Aug 2019 #18

Very true. Guess question is ...worst than usual Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #34

Much worse than usual - that is true. nt Lucky Luciano Aug 2019 #41

Tax filings. Probably from this last April... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #21

What next? Newest Reality Aug 2019 #3

WOW !!! I figured they were lying about those numbers. The next president has their work cut out uponit7771 Aug 2019 #4

Easy one. Nothing they say ISN'T a lie. dchill Aug 2019 #25

No, lies are for assholes. Truth is for suckers... and "losers" --but at least losers are cooll... DemocracyMouse Aug 2019 #30

I have been wondering from day 1 if the admin wasn't lying rurallib Aug 2019 #5

Same here Rebl2 Aug 2019 #22

Just like inflating his wealth to get bank loans..... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2019 #6

Yep. Reading the monthly reports I felt they were not truthful. Iliyah Aug 2019 #8

yep Demovictory9 Aug 2019 #9

They inflated the numbers by half a million!!!! uponit7771 Aug 2019 #10

Can't wait to hear Trump comment on this captain queeg Aug 2019 #11

Just how did they get away with it for so long? Baitball Blogger Aug 2019 #12

Partly a complicit media. triron Aug 2019 #13

Guess stocks went up today since this report means interest rate cuts are a sure bet wishstar Aug 2019 #14

Who was in charge of that Dept again? Oh, yeah, child rape enabler Acosta RockRaven Aug 2019 #15

k; r CatWoman Aug 2019 #16

501,000 sounds like a bullshit number johnnyfins Aug 2019 #17

YES. THIS MUST BE OUR WORKING ASSUMPTION ON EVERYTHING. LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE EveHammond13 Aug 2019 #20

YES. I posted my hunch this was the case earlier. Trump and his Admin LIE. PERIOD. EveHammond13 Aug 2019 #19

Trump ALWAYS said "DON'T TRUST THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS" BamaRefugee Aug 2019 #23

OK, I use this data all the time. PatrickforO Aug 2019 #24

And the repukes also sigpooie Aug 2019 #38

you cannot believe anything, anything that comes out of the GOP crime family administration nt yaesu Aug 2019 #26

Do you really expect THIS administration to not lie about a key metric? Blue_true Aug 2019 #27

LIES. They're called lies. catrose Aug 2019 #28

OK yeah but they better be telling the truth about my chocolate rations 🥺 lunasun Aug 2019 #29

I'm a federal worker- and I can tell you James48 Aug 2019 #31

Are you high enough up the ladder to know whether the impetus ultimately came from Trump? FiveGoodMen Aug 2019 #37

Did you even read the link you posted? former9thward Aug 2019 #32

Just a fucking LIAR. calimary Aug 2019 #35

I suspected this. I don't believe any of the Trump administration's data. yardwork Aug 2019 #36

Nope. This is an 0.3% revision. Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #39

Revisions to initial reports happen all the time DeminPennswoods Aug 2019 #40