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#1 megabear

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Posted 10 June 2004 - 08:25 PM

PPI delayed indefinitely

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BLS will release report no earlier than June 15, due to 'unexpected difficulties' in calculating.

June 9, 2004: 3:05 PM EDT

>>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The release of the U.S. Producer Price Index has been delayed indefinitely due to renewed calculation problems with the report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday.

"BLS staff are working to resolve unexpected difficulties in calculating the index this month," the bureau said in a release. <<

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#2 Drano

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Posted 10 June 2004 - 08:57 PM

We heard you the first time.

Of course I'm caustic!

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Posted 10 June 2004 - 10:10 PM

Not that hard to calculate:

2 + 2 = ?

that's right, 0.1%, lower than expected!

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#4 megabear

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Posted 12 June 2004 - 08:17 AM

Sorry Drano. I went back in to edit a spelling error in the title and I reposted it by mistake.

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Posted 15 June 2004 - 05:16 PM

Why have a Producer Price Index if we don't produce anything? Am I missing something here?

"Calista Flockhart's top is not near as significant as Maria's bottom."
--"Zapata" George Blake 8/5/2003

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