To: doug9732
No, this has to do with the switchover from the SIC Codes to the NAICS Codes for collecting, sorting and analyzing data. I do econometrics for a large company and we're struggling with the switchover as well.
3 posted on
03/12/2004 2:38:54 PM PST by
So Cal Rocket
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To: So Cal Rocket
No, this has to do with the switchover from the SIC Codes to the NAICS Codes for collecting, sorting and analyzing data
This is why I think the government should just release the raw data and let the market figure out an algorithm to combine it all together. That way everything's out in the open and more can be gained from the data instead of just one singular number.
Competing methods will come up, but I believe it will offer a better picture of the economy. Who knows how that figure is calculated now?
6 posted on
03/12/2004 2:49:21 PM PST by
lelio
To: So Cal Rocket
What is it, technically or logistically, that makes this switchover difficult, please?
7 posted on
03/12/2004 2:51:19 PM PST by
Starwind
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