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).

Undisciplined

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

TomK

Not surprising. Fist world is in a downward spiral. 

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

econ

US: Manufacturing Slows

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.