Anonymous #1 7w

BLS data revisions are a normal and expected part of how our labor market data is reported

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Anonymous #1 6w

#1 still working on understanding things myself, but thanks for the response. What you said is actually a really good summary of the Trump followers perspective on things.

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Anonymous _fred_ 6w

It’s a good summary of how the real world works. When you fuck up so bad for so long, you get fired. I don’t expect fools on this app who have never contributed to society or been responsible for actual performance metrics to understand that. This has nothing to do with Trump and everything to do with a failure in data reporting and firing the person in charge is absolutely justified.

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Anonymous #2 6w

Spoken like someone who is willfully ignorant. Oh yeah we get bad data every single month, no big deal, mistakes are normal. Are you fucking kidding me? You have zero idea of how this data impacts our economy, I do. They’ve been off by an average of 77k jobs EVERY SINGLE MONTH. I expect my government do to better, and I’m so fucking glad I have a president who agrees. This is why he was elected and you people still don’t get it.

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Anonymous #1 6w

There is a chance you might be right about all that. What hard metrics would you look for if you were trying to showcase the effectiveness of the head of BLS? I'll try to find those metrics and include them in any future analysis I post

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Anonymous #1 6w

We are not getting “bad data” every month. If you knew how BLS collects data, then you’d know that the numbers published in their initial reports are based on incomplete data. Therefore, you can’t expect the JULY report published on AUGUST 1ST to be fully accurate. BLS is still collecting data from July to incorporate into the next report with revised July figures. This happens every month.

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Anonymous #1 6w

Placing a Trump loyalist in the commissioner’s seat will only increase uncertainty about the figures BLS publishes

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