Change in Data Sources Led to Lower Inflation Reading

“BEA provided no public disclosure of the change. Economists learned about it only when they reached out to the agency to understand why their forecasts had been so far off.”

Change in Data Sources Led to Lower than Expected January Inflation Report
#cookingthebooks
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

We learned that Donald Trump appears to have illegally leaked this confidential jobs data the night before. He posted financial figures that can move markets, hours before they were legally allowed to be released. #CookingTheBooks

Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals

Struggling companies in trouble are selling the companies they own to themselves via "continuation vehicles" to make their financials look good.

This will not end well.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b... [gift link]

#finance #PrivateEquity #bubble #CookingTheBooks

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Cooking The Books EP

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#romanflugel #cookingthebooks #electronic #house #techhouse #techno #2025 #phonicarecords

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With the troubled times surrounding us, how much do I love #CookingtheBooks by @dvaleris.bsky.social at @crimehq.bsky.social

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Friday's Jobs Report Created A Presidential Record—For Joe Biden The U.S. economy lost jobs in June, leaving Joe Biden as the only U.S. president on record who never presided over job losses during his term in office.

Is that why we saw the big adjustments today?
#CookingTheBooks

www.investopedia.com/friday-s-job...

Job growth revised down by 911,000 through March, signaling economy on shakier footing than realized The total revision was on the high end of Wall Street expectations, which ranged from a low around 600,000 to as many as a million.

The media ate actually buying this?
#CookingTheBooks
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/09/j...

Chris Newens: Cooking the Books Live from Paris | Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith Moveable Feasts: A gastronomic journey through Paris

🎧 Delicious lunchtime listening 🎧

Don't miss author Chris Newens on @gillysmith.bsky.social's #CookingTheBooks podcast, live from the legendary Belleville bistrot Le Mistral, talking about his delectable deep dive into Parisian cuisine #MoveableFeasts 🍽

#CookingTheBooks

U.S. Replaces Tourism Decline With Inspiring Increase In Another Kind Of Traveler International leisure tourists are down, but another type of traveler appears uninfluenced by the travel boycotts of the USA.

#CookingTheBooks
www.thetravel.com/us-tourism-d...

US economy grows 3.3% in second quarter, government says, in second estimate of April-June growth The U.S. economy rebounded this spring from a first-quarter downturn caused by fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade wars.

Second Estimate?
#CookingTheBooks
apnews.com/article/econ...

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PROJECTION. The only one who is doing that is Trump.
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PROJECTION, from the guy who is #CookingTheBooks.

WSJ & Rupert Murdoch, not scared into silence by FOTUS BOO 👻 big orange oaf's phony $20 billion dollar defamation case, a new Editorial calling to withdraw nomination of EJ Antoni-- MAGA unqualified economist as the new BLS Commissioner.

#cookingthebooks

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This is called #cookingTheBooks

You voted for the guy famous for stealing and lying, and now you’re shocked he’s stealing and lying? That’s like marrying a shark 🦈 and crying when it eats you. Welcome to the #CorruptionKitchen, America. Bon fucking appétit. 🍽️🤬 #CookingTheBooks

We don’t have a government anymore- we have a Michelin-starred crime syndicate. ⭐💀 The chef? A repeat-offender embezzlement enthusiast who treats #TaxpayerMoney like it’s his own personal fucking fondue pot. 🫕🤑 #CookingTheBooks #FML

Imagine hiring an arsonist to be your fire chief, and then ACTING SURPRISED when he turns the station into a fucking bonfire. 🔥🚒 That’s what we just did. And somehow #MAGA’s in the corner saying “mmm smells like freedom.” 🐂💩 #CookingTheBooks #WTF

Oh what a shocker! The guy with a PhD in #CookingTheBooks 🧾🔪- convicted for it- walks into office and BAM💥 starts whipping up a fresh corruption soufflé. This isn’t politics, it’s a fucking all-you-can-steal buffet. 🍽️🤬 #FraudFeast #CorruptionKitchen

Good luck getting investments from foreign countries and businesses when they know you're not being truthful about economic data. Trump has manipulated the numbers his entire life.
#CookingTheBooks

I've always said they would do that from Day 1. They coasted on Biden’s economy for a couple of months.
#CookingTheBooks

#CookingTheBooks leads to bad decisionmaking by households, business and policymakers.

#AmericanEconomicsAssociationPunches back, decrying firing of #BLSCommissioner.

@velshi.com @stephruhle.bsky.social @lastword.msnbc.com All jobs numbers and GDP stats that come out of the Trump regime will be phony.
Please tell your viewers. #CookingTheBooks.

Coming next: the MAGA crowd who blamed Joe Biden for higher prices instead of the corporations who had record profit margins, will now blame corporations for raising prices due to TRUMP'S tariffs. And they will make the numbers lie in order to back that up.
#CookingTheBooks

Exactly.
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