tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post253980946729972977..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Elsewhere: Ryan budget, Gallup approvalJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-35117806414584382352012-05-04T16:56:43.972-05:002012-05-04T16:56:43.972-05:00Poor greg trapped in Krauthammer world. I do have...Poor greg trapped in Krauthammer world. I do have to say I enjoy your rebuttal pieces especially the rubin take down earlier this week. Going off of your points about individual pieces of economic data being over hyped (like today's job report) i found an interesting thing via twitter at the BLS http://bls.gov/web/empsit/cesnaicsrev.htm its a chart of all the jobs numbers with all the revisions (2012 is at the very bottom). It is a great example of the importance of trends as opposed to single events. For example, last month's job numbers were revised above Nate Silver's 150k "re-election magic number" and remember that terrible month of August when no jobs were created? Well actually it turns out that after the revisions the economy added 104K jobs that month showing a very different economic picture.longwalkdownlyndalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173899547449318257noreply@blogger.com