[cuban leaf]

And the real question is “why?” Why are their numbers not included? I suspect it is a bigger story than the artificially low numbers that were reported.

[Solson]

And furthermore, WHY did they publish the job claims numbers, which do drive the stock market, when this anomaly existed. Heck, the fact this was missed wasn't immediate. it was at least 30 minutes after the claims number was released.

It seems like a game they're playing and warrants further investigation. If companies can get in trouble for faking their books, why can't the government?

[Solson]

Also, from a great ZeroHedge article, we get this quote

" Not Seasonally Adjusted initial claims jumped by 26K to 327K in the past week but who's counting"