Change in Data Sources Led to Lower Inflation Reading

Saturday, March 14, 2026

A methodological change contributed to a better-than-expected inflation report, prompting questions from some economists.

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An obscure methodological tweak -- a change in the source of data on the price of legal services -- resulted in meaningfully lower monthly PCE inflation in January. That's prompting questions about why the change was made and why it wasn't disclosed publicly. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b ... #EconSky[image or embed]
-- Ben Casselman (@bencasselman.bsky.social) Mar 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM

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"If you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything."

#1 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-03-14 01:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

PEDO DONNIE and everyone around him do nothing but lie.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-14 01:41 PM | Reply

Paywall.

#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-03-14 01:44 PM | Reply

www.reddit.com

#4 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-03-14 02:16 PM | Reply

And again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done

Stinky and stats don't get along.

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-14 02:44 PM | Reply

not a surprise.
Trumpco is going to lie a mot more in increasingly desperate attempts to hold onto control of the House and Senate.

Prepare for multiple impeachments, Donnie!

#6 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-03-14 02:45 PM | Reply

"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it."

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-14 02:48 PM | Reply

If there one thing Trump knows how to do, it's cook the books.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-14 03:01 PM | Reply

Breaking trust in the data that comes from the government is incredibly damaging and will be incredibly difficult to repair.

Businesses use this data for all sorts of investment purposes.

Thanks magat scum. yet another way you have fucked our country for decades.

#9 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-14 03:20 PM | Reply

Trump's entire goal is to break America.

He's doing a fantastic job of it.

Putin is thrilled!

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-14 03:23 PM | Reply

Donald farts and blames someone else.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-14 03:52 PM | Reply

Trump is the worst man we have ever had as president: liar, thief, incompetent, parasitic, delusional, blood thirsty, sexually perverted.

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-14 03:55 PM | Reply

I wonder when Lewzer will sign his 446th Executive Order, prohibiting gas stations from putting the price of fuel up on big signs in the yard?

#13 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-14 03:59 PM | Reply

Is there anyone left, including those who support him, who can say that they respect Donald Trump?

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-14 04:03 PM | Reply

On Tuesday 5 Nov 2024, another day that will live in infamy, 76,535,898 imbeciles voted against their economic interests and world peace, bringing devastation and deprivation to millions of people in America and across the world.

Costs:

Cost to American Taxpayers for Attacking the People of Iran on Behalf of Israel

The next generation of Americans will pay for this illegal war and suffer grave austerity measures

The US midterm elections are on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.

#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-14 04:08 PM | Reply