News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Never Have I Seen So Much Fake Unemployment and Jobs Data by the Bureau of Labor.

Re:Never Have I Seen So Much Fake Unemployment and Jobs Data... by mdorazio on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @12:43AM (#23766954)
This is way worse than when the census survey for median incomes was quietly changed a few years ago to make it seem like things were getting better [1]. This makes me question if the fault is with the BLS survey itself, or with the people reporting on the data.

[1] https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/09/us-median-hou...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Never Have I Seen So Much Fake Unemployment and Jobs Data... by mr_toad on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @02:14AM (#23767352)
The definitions are different and always have been.

There is a long history of reasoned debate about which measure is better and what the differences are, and there are many worthwhile articles on the subject.

This angry rant is not one of them.

[ Parent | on HN ]