[lbo-talk] jobs

[R]

At 05:51 AM 10/8/2004, you wrote:
>Rather weak U.S. jobs report this morning - employment up just 96,000 in 
>Sept and Aug revised down by 16,000. Benchmark revisions to March 2004 
>data just +236,000 - below historical averages. Last report before the 
>election has Bush presiding over a loss of almost 600,000 jobs - the first 
>minus sign since Hoover.
>
>See all you conspiracists - the BLS ain't cooking the data (or adjusting 
>the release calendar) for W!
>
>Doug

any conspiracist worthy of the name could handle this easily.  if the stats 
weren't cooked, the figures would be much higher than 600,000, employment 
figures would be revised even lower, benchmark revisions would be a minus 
instead of a plus.

since when is the bureau of labor standards bullet proof?   ;-)

R