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To: jjstingray who wrote (4396)	7/31/2002 10:35:53 AM
From: Lone Ranger	Respond to of 30712

jj, Now you know the answer!<g>

To: jjstingray who wrote (4396)	7/31/2002 11:02:24 AM
From: All Mtn Ski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 30712

Wow, makes you wonder if our government knows what the hell they are doing. The answer to that question is solid NO! And O'Neill said we didn't have a recession just a few month ago. No confidence there, I never really believed the numbers the government tells us anyway. The GDP revisions are proof enough. A-M-S

To: jjstingray who wrote (4396)	7/31/2002 3:06:34 PM
From: Boca_PETE	Respond to of 30712

jjstingray - re:("revision this morning...makes you wonder if our government knows what the hell they are doing.") To me, it makes sense that the government would restate previously published statistics since some major restatements have been made by corporations which comprise aggregate government statistics. By the above, I'm not saying it is impossible that the government does not (or has not in the past) manipulate the data and/or make timely changes to the way statistics are computed in order to make things look better than they are for political purposes. P