I am seeing far too many posters in this forum using government-created statistics and, even though the shadowstats site has been mentioned before on
this site, I thought that it would be worthwhile to revisit that site and use the accurate tools of economic measurement that puts any of the
government stats to shame.
And that site is:
www.shadowstats.com...
Here's what John Williams, the founder of that site says:
Have you ever wondered why the CPI, GDP and employment numbers run counter to your personal and business experiences? The problem lies in biased
and often-manipulated government reporting. We offer an exposé of the problems within the reporting system, and an assessment of underlying economic
reality, through two basic services:
Please frequently use that site to counter the false stats, the damned lies and statistics that plague the Internet and the media.
Here's an interesting bit of information about the well-known phrase "Lies, damned lies and statistics:
en.wikipedia.org...
[edit on 20-10-2009 by Historical-Mozart]