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To: Gary M. Reed who wrote (22193)9/27/2000 12:22:40 PM
From: LLCF  Respond to of 436258
 
<BLS blaming the cooked data on "a software error." >

ROFL... maybe if they wouldn't fool around with this silly hedonic crap that no one there understands, but would use some common sense, someone would have noticed that price indicies have been going UP not down.

DAK



To: Gary M. Reed who wrote (22193)9/27/2000 12:26:27 PM
From: Ken98  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
<<12:04 LABOR DEPT: "GENERAL PATTERN OF CONSUMER PRICE BEHAVIOR LITTLE AFFECTED"
12:03 LABOR DEPT. SAYS CPI FROM DECEMBER TO AUG NOW AT 2.7% VS. 2.6% REPORTED
12:01 LABOR DEPT. TO BRIEF REPORTERS AT 9:30 A.M. EDT THURS. ON REVISION TO CPI>>



To: Gary M. Reed who wrote (22193)9/27/2000 12:31:19 PM
From: SeaViewer  Respond to of 436258
 
The government doesn't collect data, they just make them up.