It’s time to play a fun and challenging new game called Find the Phony where we all try to guess which unemployment data is phony. Is it Option A courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or Option B courtesy of Trump et al? Feel free to post your answers in the comments.
For the Data Wonks
- For a more detailed analysis of Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s comments see: https://goo.gl/j9AaJC.
- Unemployment (U3- [Seas] Unemployment Rate) data can be accessed at https://goo.gl/L9UFqh
- Details about Trump’s claimed unemployment rate which ranged from 20% to 42% (mean of 29.6%) can be found at https://goo.gl/lRhW55.
Data on the Rocks 