[Hostage]

Unexpected? You’re joking.

The numbers are politicized. Downward revisions are the norm. In fact I can’t remember one upward revision during all of Obama’s occupation.

[Nuc 1.1]

Yes, Ben is joking. The propaganda media reports all negative economic news as unexpected to cover the marxists rotten hide.

[Cboldt]

IIRC, there have been some positive revisions, but that has been the exception. I see the 3rdQ GDP growth revised upward for 2010, 2012 and 2013 - generally followed with the unexpected contraction in the fourth quarter.

Also IIRC, the unemployment figures, even though misleading on account of their basis, have been occassionally adjusted/corrected to lower values as the actual data became available.