Posted on 11/12/2025 12:13:01 PM PST by hcmama
The White House said Wednesday that it was unlikely the federal jobs report or the Consumer Price Index reports that were due to be released in October would be published after the government shutdown ends.
"The Democrats may have permanently damaged the federal statistical system with October CPI and jobs reports likely never being released, and all of that economic data released will be permanently impaired leaving our policymakers at the Fed flying blinds at a critical period," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
The statement caught investors and economists by surprise, especially Leavitt's suggestion that the September report could be shelved altogether. As recently as Monday, analysts at Morgan Stanley wrote that they expected the jobs report to be published within 3 business days of the government reopening.
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The no good very bad week continues apace
Look in the mirror. You’ll see a brick
Okay
That’ll save them having to revise the data in a week or so. Maybe they’ll put the revision out first this time.
I guess the Fed can drop rates if inflation and jobs are so perfect the government won’t report them.
This type of stuff is pure Soviet Union level crap.
Just put out the numbers and deal with them.
The economy is just that bad...
Kinda worthless because of the shut down....incalculable
STFU you stooge
If the number-crunchers were not on the job to crunch the numbers, then this - as well as many other things - is to be expected.
Don’t you live in Spain?
Go off yourself then
Yet the gov’t ‘rats still get “back” pay.
Here we go with your stupidity again
You first cowgirl..... Trump is having a really bad 2 weeks guess you are as well.
Only when I'm not vacationing in the south of France
MAY not be released at all, White House says...........
‘MAY’ being the operative word.
Doesn’t mean it won’t be.
It’s just a throw-out chum line to get the left and the Mediots all riled up and to say stupid things, before they release it and make them look like the fools that they are...........
No, i’m fine. My only problem with President Trump is that he is too NICE. The left deserves a Pinochete for there treason. He should throw leftist terrorists into cages.
Penochete 2028! Make Helecopter Rides for Commies Great Again!
The statement caught investors and economists by surprise.
The stock market is at a record high today 48.281.21
Not to shabby at all and everything is on the up tick.
Government provided statistics are a hinky thing.
Don’t get me wrong - I’ve always rolled my eyes at conspiracy theories; everybody has always *known* the methodology is bad and dated, but the methodology for the ratios and aggregates has always been readily available.
There’s no “faking” - it’s just always been a matter of people pointing out the statistics method is old and slow to change.
I suppose everyone expects the Government to produce U3/U6, CPI, et al.
I *DO* think the government is simply best-positioned to collect and distribute *raw* data - no getting around the IRS and DOL and etc. They’re just gonna get more raw data than even ADP (despite ADP owning a near monopoly on payroll data).
A big part of me, though, wonders if the BLS and other statistical/analysis federal agencies, should just give up on creating models that people lean on for “top line numbers”. Perhaps instead? Focus on data aggregation - since the Feds have their hands in everything anyway - then, make it available as pure, raw data dumps as accessible as possible. FWIW - and this I know professionally - most federal data is *fairly* easy to access if you know what you’re doing... but they could make it easier, could focus on just raw collection and accessibility.
Then? Let the market decide reliable data sets. Of course, partisan outfits will twist and turn the raw data using whatever the individual niche can sell.
However, firms already do this today - they don’t use the *government* percentages as “law”, they use them as market movers and do their *own* calculations on inflation, employment, confidence — and where money will be spent.
Look, it’s not a huge savings - and I’ll grant it’s just maybe one of my more libertarian fairy tales, but how about if the Federal Government just handles data collection and distribution?
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