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The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday postponed the release of a key annual report central to future inflation data.

 Why it matters:

The BLS — charged with collecting critical data on employment, prices and more — did not explain the reasoning for the delay or when it might ultimately be released.  

• There is heightened concern about the future of U.S. statistics, including the politicization and accuracy of crucial data that affects the stock market and interest rates.

Zoom in: The BLS said on Friday that the annual release of consumer expenditures data — initially set for Tuesday — would be "rescheduled to a later date."

• "We will update users when more information is available," the notice said.
• The Bureau of Labor Statistics did not respond to a request for a comment. Neither did The Department of Labor, which oversees the statistics agency.

The big picture: The data offers key insights about consumer activity in any given year, including expenditures, income and demographic information.

• It is the only "federal household survey to provide information on the complete range of consumers' expenditures and incomes," the BLS website says.
• Crucially, the data is also used to determine the weighting of specific goods and services in the Consumer Price Index for the year ahead.

 The intrigue: The release was postponed last year, but the BLS offered more details then, including that the data would be released two weeks later.

• "The only real difference is that the 2024 press release explicitly noted a new publication date and also indicated that the delay was due to an error that they had to correct," Inflation Insights' Omair Sharif tells Axios in an email.
• "Today's press release doesn't give any information on what caused the delay or when it'll be released, so that is a bit odd," he added.

 
 

LowIQTrash » 20 Sep 2025, 3:54 pm » wrote: ↑

20 Sep 2025, 3:54 pm

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/19/bls-cp ... -inflation

Delays are not unprecedented or suspicious.

The BLS has postponed releases before — including the same Consumer Expenditure Survey last year — and provided updated timelines shortly thereafter. While this year’s notice lacks a specific date, the agency has a track record of transparency and reliability

No evidence of politicization.

Despite speculation, there is no confirmed link between the delay and political interference. The BLS operates under strict statistical standards and legal protections, including Title 13 and Title 29 of the U.S. Code, which safeguard the confidentiality and independence of its data collection

Survey operations are ongoing.

The Consumer Expenditure Survey is still being conducted by the Census Bureau for the BLS, as outlined in their April 2024 information booklet. The delay affects the release of compiled data — not the integrity of the survey itself

CPI calculations remain robust.
 
While the Consumer Expenditure data helps determine CPI weights, the BLS uses multiple sources and methodologies to ensure continuity and accuracy. A short delay in one dataset does not compromise the entire inflation framework.

It’s premature to assume nefarious motives or systemic failure. The BLS remains one of the most respected statistical agencies globally, and its data continues to underpin sound economic analysis.

WHAT SAY YOU?   


 

MR-7 » 20 Sep 2025, 4:06 pm » wrote: ↑

20 Sep 2025, 4:06 pm

Delays are not unprecedented or suspicious.

The BLS has postponed releases before — including the same Consumer Expenditure Survey last year — and provided updated timelines shortly thereafter. While this year’s notice lacks a specific date, the agency has a track record of transparency and reliability

No evidence of politicization.

Despite speculation, there is no confirmed link between the delay and political interference. The BLS operates under strict statistical standards and legal protections, including Title 13 and Title 29 of the U.S. Code, which safeguard the confidentiality and independence of its data collection

Survey operations are ongoing.

The Consumer Expenditure Survey is still being conducted by the Census Bureau for the BLS, as outlined in their April 2024 information booklet. The delay affects the release of compiled data — not the integrity of the survey itself

CPI calculations remain robust.
 
While the Consumer Expenditure data helps determine CPI weights, the BLS uses multiple sources and methodologies to ensure continuity and accuracy. A short delay in one dataset does not compromise the entire inflation framework.

It’s premature to assume nefarious motives or systemic failure. The BLS remains one of the most respected statistical agencies globally, and its data continues to underpin sound economic analysis.

WHAT SAY YOU? 

So according to the Orange Jewlius, Democrats like Obama and Biden faked the numbers to make themselves look good, but the moment the Orange Jewlius himself stepped into office, the numbers are suddenly "honest" and "transparent?"  

This is why R "Eggplant" Suave calls you "rubes" and "cretins."

And nice AI Slop copy paste...try having an original opinion sometime.

[And just for the record, I believe the data has been compromised since at least 1985, when Ronald Reagan started fudging the employment and CPI index to present "supply side economics" as an unquestionable success. None of his successors bothered to roll back those changes since they all wanted to claim credit for allegedly "booming economies"...

So stuff it with the "you're just a Democrat / liberal partisan hack."]
 

LowIQTrash » 20 Sep 2025, 4:18 pm » wrote: ↑

20 Sep 2025, 4:18 pm

And nice AI Slop copy paste...

 

Thanks...U should learn how to do it so you are not giving "your own original opinions". So, call him “Orange Jewlius” all you want. But while others played the numbers game, Trump played for results. And that’s why the rubes aren’t the ones who voted for him — they’re the ones still pretending the old system worked. 

And as for R “Eggplant” Suave calling people “rubes” and “cretins”? Maybe he’s just mad the con got too obvious. What say you Rube?
 

Orange Dotard wants to pump the stonk Market...

Little does he realize a greater crash than 07-09 awaits.     

I hope some of these stoooopid **** buy the dips ALL THE WAY down to 2200

But I see one final minor correction and meltup before the avalanche

LowIQTrash » 20 Sep 2025, 4:18 pm » wrote: ↑

20 Sep 2025, 4:18 pm

So according to the Orange Jewlius, Democrats like Obama and Biden faked the numbers to make themselves look good, but the moment the Orange Jewlius himself stepped into office, the numbers are suddenly "honest" and "transparent?"  

This is why R "Eggplant" Suave calls you "rubes" and "cretins."

And nice AI Slop copy paste...try having an original opinion sometime.

[And just for the record, I believe the data has been compromised since at least 1985, when Ronald Reagan started fudging the employment and CPI index to present "supply side economics" as an unquestionable success. None of his successors bothered to roll back those changes since they all wanted to claim credit for allegedly "booming economies"...

So stuff it with the "you're just a Democrat / liberal partisan hack."]

The funny thing is government numbers don't effect my life at all...
because I earn a living thru the fruits of my labor, while silly asses like you jerk in the wind with someone's perception of what they think is going to happen and you lap it up like a kitten with a bowl of milk. 

Get a real job and you won't have to worry about liars and hoaxers (Democrats).

Do you like to wear bow ties?
 

MR-7 » 20 Sep 2025, 4:45 pm » wrote: ↑

20 Sep 2025, 4:45 pm

Thanks...U should learn how to do it so you are not giving "your own original opinions". So, call him “Orange Jewlius” all you want. But while others played the numbers game, Trump played for results. And that’s why the rubes aren’t the ones who voted for him — they’re the ones still pretending the old system worked. 

And as for R “Eggplant” Suave calling people “rubes” and “cretins”? Maybe he’s just mad the con got too obvious. What say you Rube?

But while others played the numbers game, Trump played for results.

Since you would never offer an example of Grifty "playing for results", let me explain why your comment is utterly ridiculous.

A) you have no idea what the results are. You are uninformed, but even if you weren't, you are entirely innumerate. This renders you incapable of judging results of which you are entirely ignorant.

B) If your argument is that these numbers have been corrupted, then you have cut off your own legs. In the absence of measures, you cannot maintain that Grifty has been effective. This isn't done with adjectives.

C) Grifty has already told you, UNDER OATH, that his numbers are not to be trusted - even when he attests to them.

And that’s why the rubes aren’t the ones who voted for him — they’re the ones still pretending the old system worked. 

You know NOTHING about "the system". You can't tell me anything about the methodologies, or the shortcomings with which everyone making serious use of them is familiar.

Blackvegetable » 21 Sep 2025, 4:46 pm » wrote: ↑

21 Sep 2025, 4:46 pm

 

U lost BIGLY RUBE, now quit your crying.
 
 

MR-7 » 21 Sep 2025, 4:54 pm » wrote: ↑

21 Sep 2025, 4:54 pm

U lost BIGLY RUBE, now quit your crying.

Sweep up your bloody chiclets, and stagger on home, Iggy IM2

Blackvegetable » 21 Sep 2025, 5:00 pm » wrote: ↑

21 Sep 2025, 5:00 pm

Sweep up your bloody chiclets, and stagger on home, Iggy IM2

Even your fellow morons are entirely unimpressed with your promiscuous idiocy....

If you cut back on output in favor of quality, perhaps that horrid ratio would improve...