tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988575875388913383.post2866876634344179988..comments2023-10-30T08:51:03.769-04:00Comments on Mind & Market: Manipulated Jobs Datafordmwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11971108560921372854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988575875388913383.post-29995554518274977192013-11-19T13:28:42.774-05:002013-11-19T13:28:42.774-05:00Even if the U.S. government wanted to manipulate m...Even if the U.S. government wanted to manipulate monthly jobs figures, it would be impossible to accomplish, said a former head of the U.S. government’s labor statistics agency.<br /><br />Keith Hall, who served as Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2008 until 2012, said in an interview Friday that there is no way someone at the agency could change any of the data from its two monthly employment surveys. The significant improvement in the unemployment rate may reflect normal statistical errors in the sampling process, he said, but that has nothing to do with manipulation.<br /> ~Geoffrey Rogow, wsj.com, 10/5/12dgeorge12358https://www.blogger.com/profile/09065054826503451247noreply@blogger.com