I'm not anti-business but it seems likely to me that the responsibility for wonky government stats lies with big business. Wall Street and its clients, who largely would prefer to see the Bush win a 2nd term, must ensure that the sitting president gets a rosy looking economy until after Nov 2004. Meanwhile, they're making profits by raising prices on seasonal/sectarian goods and services that are explicitly excluded from the definition of the Consumer Price Index.
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I'm not anti-business but it seems likely to me that the responsibility for wonky government stats lies with big business. Wall Street and its clients, who largely would prefer to see the Bush win a 2nd term, must ensure that the sitting president gets a rosy looking economy until after Nov 2004. Meanwhile, they're making profits by raising prices on seasonal/sectarian goods and services that are explicitly excluded from the definition of the Consumer Price Index.