TV anchor speaks out about inflation and government-supplied statistics."We worry about what we don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. . I have no faith in the Consumer Price Index numbers In economics, index numbers are time series summarising movements in a group of related variables. The best-known is the consumer price index which measures changes in retail prices paid by consumers. . I have no faith in the unemployment numbers. My faith has been shaken by the insistence of government not to reveal what our officials do know. This is something that should concern all of us." During an interview published in Barron's, CNN's Lou Dobbs Lou Dobbs (born September 24 1945), is the CNN anchor and managing editor for Lou Dobbs Tonight. He is also an editorial columnist and syndicated radio show host. Lou Dobbs Tonight attracts CNN's second-largest audience after Larry King Live agreed that the government is cooking the books on key economic statistics. |
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