On Monday (24 November), the US Bureau of Economic Analysis cancelled the release of its growth estimate report for the third-quarter GDP. … The GDP report joins a list of other economic reports that have failed to be released, including the October jobs report and the October inflation report.
What behavior of the administration are you using to base this benefit of the doubt you’ve got going on here?
Sounds like the sort of thing I see from the right wing sycophants elsewhere on the internet.
I’m very open to criticizing where criticism is warranted (and there’s been a lot to criticize). If this article was focused on how irresponsible its been of the administration/congress to let these reports be canceled, I’d be all on board.
But it phrases it as a coverup, and it doesn’t address that we just got out of the longest government shutdown in US history*. That feels like a more likely explanation here. As someone who’s spent some 15 years working for government at different levels, I can tell you, it takes time to bounce back from shut downs.
Primarily, my original comment was to answer my own question of “which reports have been cancelled” (I assume that’s the kind of things others would be curious about, so trying to save them a click). I only got skeptical when i saw the total reports canceled was 3.
I suppose I’m not clear how many reports would have / should have come out in this time frame. If they’ve canceled 3 of 3, then yeah, that’d be a solid nudge me in the coverup direction, but even 3 of 5 would feel a lot more “its because we’re still getting things spun back up”.
* one of the cited twitter posts does indicate that one report was delayed because of the shutdown, but the author of the article doesn’t seem to co wider it as a viable explanation
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You had to be reminded they killed the previous job reports. You are clearly not well informed here.
That is some insane hubris you have; insisting you have some insight the well informed missed. Could have excused it if you didn’t keep trying to push your poorly informed narrative, which neatly aligns with the Trump narrative.
Were these reports delayed in previous shutdowns? I certainly don’t recall that happening, but maybe I’m forgetting.
You are tripping over yourself to give the benefit of the doubt to people who have shown over and over and over that they do not deserve it.
Just stop.