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Economy

bucolic_frolic

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1. It's a toxic mess

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2025, 07:22 PM

Aug 18

GDP down, unemployment down, payrolls down, consumption down, prices up.

By design the wheels are coming off everything, that's why they replaced the statisticians with their own tools.

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This number is bad news for the economy - Mark Zandi, WaPo [View all] question everything Aug 18 OP

It's a toxic mess bucolic_frolic Aug 18 #1

Those data manipulations started in the 80s with G HW Bush IbogaProject Aug 18 #2

Link please. And not to Shadowstats. progree Aug 18 #3

It was revised in 1994 IbogaProject Aug 18 #4

I'm sorry, but I don't see anything in that where they go over the 1994 changes or that supports progree Aug 19 #5