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12/7/13, "Warning: Jobless rate may be rigged," NY Post, John Crudele
"The most curious thing of all about the November jobs report released
on Friday was the huge drop in the unemployment rate — and the fact
that the Labor Department chose not to disclose that the data going into
that figure are under investigation for falsification.
On Nov. 19, I broke the news
in my column that the Census Bureau, which collects data that goes into
the jobless rate on behalf of Labor, had caught one of its enumerators
fabricating interviews in 2010.
The culprit said back then (and to me during an interview) that he
was told to do so by Census supervisors who were in the position to
instruct others to make similar fabrications.
In fact, a source who I haven’t named but who is familiar with the
Census data accumulation process has told me that falsifications have
been occurring on a regular basis.
The Census Department surveys that went into the November jobless
rate actually took place during the week that included Nov. 5 instead of
the normal Nov. 12 week.
The Labor Department did put in a note about the survey week change in its November report.
But it should also have included another line that said: “The data
for the unemployment rate may have been compromised. Lots of people are
looking into the matter right now. We’ll get back to you on whether you
should believe these numbers or not.”
Why didn’t the Labor Department include a note
like that? A source
who knows the department well says the concept of data being falsified
is so unprecedented that the bureaucrats just don’t know how to react.
They had better figure it out soon. That drop in the unemployment
rate might be the straw that sends the Fed into tightening mode." via Lucianne
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