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patphil

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19. We will update users when more information is available

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 11:59 AM

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Translation: We haven't finished manipulating the results yet.

If the report was favorable to the Trump administration, it would have been released on time. So, more time is needed to "fix" that problem.

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Nit to pick (with Axios): mahatmakanejeeves Saturday #1

Yes! I spent a lot of time in meetings and conferences in the Postal Square Building Wiz Imp Saturday #23

I'm sure the new BLS commissioner would like to permanently delay the release Coldwater Saturday #2

To be clear, the new BLS Commissioner hasn't been confirmed yet by the Senate. Wiz Imp Saturday #24

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Maybe a bit overstated (or understated?) but it's truer than anything tRUMP ever spouts wolfie001 Saturday #4

Yeah, I don't think those numbers work out muriel_volestrangler Saturday #5

I know the super-duper wealthy .1 of 1% skew the 401K and retirement accts..... wolfie001 Saturday #8

I'm not sure what you want to analyse - wealth, or income? muriel_volestrangler Saturday #10

Poverty wolfie001 Saturday #12

No, no need to block you - you're not annoying me. I just wondered what the "quibble" you saw was. muriel_volestrangler Saturday #13

OK, sorry wolfie001 Saturday #14

Sure. There is obviously a large imbalance in income, and an even greater one in wealth muriel_volestrangler Saturday #15

Just to step in 'it' here. An awful lot of wealth is via inheritance. And capital gains erronis Saturday #26

Yep! wolfie001 Sunday #27

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The next jobs report: riversedge Saturday #6

The cadence in which these NK "newscasters" speak is like a military march wolfie001 Saturday #9

And so it begins................ Bengus81 Saturday #7

ITT Takes Time To Cook The Books Convincingly DallasNE Saturday #11

There is no pretense of a commitment to honest data collection and reporting. hay rick Saturday #17

We'll publish when the numbers look better RainCaster Saturday #18

We will update users when more information is available patphil Saturday #19

Must message data report to say what they want republianmushroom Saturday #20

I loved when accountant... used the phrase:.."massage the figures". BurnDoubt Saturday #21

Honest question, won't the cooked #'s be used to reduce COLA? Buddyzbuddy Saturday #22

Please don't disparage the career employees of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Wiz Imp Saturday #25