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Strong data...

[Northforce13]

"Strong economic data out again today in the U.S. I had mentioned the U.S. economy and labor are doing ok, hanging in, not too bad etc etc. Today's data for retail sales and jobless claims again support this narrative"

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/us-retail-sales-beat-thanks-yet-another-massive-downward-revision

The "strong data", when compared to logic and continual subsequent lower revisions, "support this narrative" many government agencies are playing with the numbers for political purposes, producing good looking headline numbers (later revised downwards) to brainwash people into thinking everything is going better than it actually is and the current administration is doing a good job.

[DZtrader]

Hey Northforce. I will say this, neither you nor me nor most anybody else can truly truly say for certain this is the case. We can all guess and we can all carry our opinions. What I do know for certain is, the market reacts and moves on this data. So you essentially have two options, trade it or sit out in defiance because you think it is all a load of caca. I am not entirely certain there is a

[Frankie10]

Yes, it is house of cards. Derivates market could very well be over $1 quadrillion notional value - I will let you all google the number of zeros... the whole system is a debt based system. It's a confidence game. Hence my prior post to North. Be good old timer. 

[DZtrader]

OLD TIMER..................OLD TIMER..............dude, I could only bare that if it came from like a nine year old. It'll let you know when I become an old timer..............most of you will be long dead. You can call me anything, but don't call me old...............my young wife might object! OMG, DZ

[Frankie10]

Very good point. Amazing how the revisions are given so little oxygen. Very manipulative indeed. Then there is the Canadian recession - negative gdp per capita for 2 years now - which has been papered over by mass immigration (to keep gdp flat = "no recession")... and everyone is just going about their day paying no attention to the ground moving benethe their feet. It's

[Torontojay]

  The US is accomplishing the same thing as Canada when it comes to immigration. The unemployment rate should actually be a lot higher  when you account for the "true" labour force. Don't forget that gdp was positive in the US during the GFC when they backdated the recession to Dec 2007 when all the revisions in Dec 2008 showed the US economy had actually contracted. The