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[quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BLS and other data agencies were not spared, and a lot of people are worried about the quality of analysis going forward. Earlier this year BLS said it would stop collecting a few kinds of data and instead infer it, which has implications for accuracy. [/quote]

So Statisticians and economists were fired as well?[/quote]

My impression of this admin is that research and analysis is not governmental work — if it was actually valuable, someone would be paying someone to do the research.  It doesn’t produce any concrete widget they can evaluate nor perform a service for a constituent, so it is considered worthless.

This applies across all agencies, look how they are eliminating analysis and research from DOD FFRDCs.

Gov shod DO things, not compile piles of reports that maybe no one looks at or values (because they aren’t willing to pay for them, right) — that’s the approach.

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You are far too generous. They do not want accurate data or a neutal data source. For example, they do not want [b]accurate inflation[/b] and unemployment numbers.

I know you were playing devil's advocate but to be very clear about data - a TON of private sector functions depend on data like the CPI. It is a "free" service that makes a lot of industries work. And so cutting it allows you to manipulate those industries more than you could otherwise. [/quote]

If by any chance inflation data are being manipulated and it's discovered the Dow will go down 3k minimum per day for 5 straight days. It's a very big deal.[/quote]

Hah, no in the modern era of global companies, inflation makes stock more valuable; as the dollars they are priced in drop in value.

Anyways, plummeting dollars and stocks, <shrug>, #crypto…[/quote]

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