[Junk Silver]

Of course the economy is contracting, just look around.

Some time after the midterms we might find out how the books were cooked this time around.

No doubt the word has gone out far and wide that under no circumstances can an economic contraction be reported any time before November.

[sr4402]

Some time after the midterms we might find out how the books were cooked this time around.

Exactly. With the books this cooked we could be contracting 10% for all we know.

[House Atreides]

“...Some time after the midterms we might find out how the books were cooked this time around.

No doubt the word has gone out far and wide that under no circumstances can an economic contraction be reported any time before November.”
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I have a difficult time accepting government statistics anymore. The bureaucracy is filled with progressives (such as Lois Lerner) who are more interested in promoting the progressive agenda and protecting DimocRATS than they are in the producing anything that is true.

[tbw2]

Don’t we have inflation picking up, too?