It’s Not a Conspiracy, Just Imprecise Jobs Data Small Business Trends
Almost immediately after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Friday’s employment report, conservatives claimed a conspiracy to cook the books to help get President Obama reelected. How does the unemployment rate drop 0.3 percent, they asked, when GDP growth is miniscule and there’s barely enough job growth to absorb a growing population?There’s no conspiracy here. Sometimes you get unbelievable numbers when you combine an imprecise survey with tricky data adjustments. It’s wrong for the Republicans to claim that the hard working analysts at the BLS are behaving dishonestly. But it’s also wrong for Democrats to claim that the 0.3 percent
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