Two bad habits, often unconscious, in spinning the latest macro data: 1. Shifting between levels and changes depending on what is most convenient. 2. Using international comparisons (without magnitudes) when convenient, ignoring when not. | tweet by Jason Furman - Upcarta

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Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok · Apr 7, 2022

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Good thread.

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Two bad habits, often unconscious, in spinning the latest macro data: 1. Shifting between levels and changes depending on what is most convenient. 2. Using international comparisons (without magnitudes) when convenient, ignoring when not.

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