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To: khelus

Thank you.

Would you tell me the meaning of SGS on the charts.


21 posted on 08/21/2012 2:12:37 PM PDT by Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)
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To: Chickensoup
Shadow Government Statistics.

The graphs are from ShadowStats.com , a web site run by John Wiliams who sells a newsletter and hosts a lot of free information.

Williams is a private consulting economist and, out of necessity, became a specialist in government economic reporting. Williams has reconstructed unemployment, CPI, GDP, statistics removing 'enhancements' that over time have corrupted the value of all three. The 'enhancements' are the result of over educated and under real world experienced bureaucrats. For example the CPI no longer represents the cost of a set standard of living, the cost of a declining standard of living. A CPI that suppresses inflation, in turn over states the GDP.

I have spent some time searching, and found links to verify the 'enhancements' that Williams writes about. If you want them let me know, and I'll put together for you.

If you go to this page, there are primers and reports open to the public. Click 'alternate data' and 'chart library' at top for graphs.
22 posted on 08/21/2012 2:43:07 PM PDT by khelus
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