I agree. I also try to anticipate how the takeaway would change if the employment numbers are inflated again (or if one of the other metrics is artificially rosey).

You need to deal with the bs these people are publishing to get an idea of the tendence. 

TomK

Yeah, the most recent one was the largest downward revision ever, though.

I feel like they always play with the numbers.  I am sure the election year kicks that up a notch. 

DesertDave

The numbers especially don't mean much as we near an election and remember that they were recently caught making the employment numbers look better than they were.

Undisciplined

econ

US: Manufacturing Slows

Numbers. While fun, they don't mean much. None of this "economy" is resilient. I am so ready to let it all fall. 