Friday, May 15, 2009
Minor discrepancy
FT: ONS gets sums wrong on retail sales
Britain’s supplier of official statistics conceded that since the financial crisis began in August 2007, it has overstated the volume of retail sales growth by 56 per cent
Posted by devo @ 11:18 PM (418 views) Add Comment
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1. enuii said...
So the ONS is yet again revealed to be the Office of National Subterfuge as far as it's much vaunted statistics are concerned, one can't help wondering if there was an element of political interference going on especially bearing in mind the dates quoted.
2. little professor said...
I laughed out loud when I read this, until I realized it wasn't from the Daily Mash
3. general congreve said...
LP @2 - I laughed out loud when I read your comment saying you laughed out loud, until you realised it wasn't from the Daily Mash.