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Wellstone ruled

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1. Watch his interview yesterday.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2019, 05:58 PM

Oct 2019

Powell admitted his Agency missed several signs of the Economy going South. His one big concern was the Labor Statistics Numbers. He expressed a need to change the Calculations Formula to better reflect the new Gig economy. People holding more than one job need to be counted in a different manner. Right now they use ADP numbers plus a Algorithm to calculate employment as a whole,and ADP only represents about 20% of USA Companies.

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Watch his interview yesterday. Wellstone ruled Oct 2019 #1

I've been Googling like crazy - the only thing I can find Oct 8-9 is: progree Oct 2019 #2

Yes. Wellstone ruled Oct 2019 #3