tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post7713128687841484714..comments2024-01-17T07:03:57.842+00:00Comments on The Mad Ranter: End of the recession?FlipChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-90641196361212362432010-01-26T12:58:11.913+00:002010-01-26T12:58:11.913+00:00Agreed, a bit like the stock market and the 'c...Agreed, a bit like the stock market and the 'curb the bank' speech.<br /><br />I did spot the child poverty story and the contradiction, but haven't had a chance to look at it further. Last time I did, if I recall correctly without looking, the official figures were x% below the median income, while the other was a set of questions about how often you go on holiday etc.<br /><br />In that case not even a different interpretation of figures, but a completely different methodology.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-41458507742624004012010-01-26T12:41:15.704+00:002010-01-26T12:41:15.704+00:00Maybe “the recession is over” will be a self-fulfi...Maybe “the recession is over” will be a self-fulfilling prophecy, much like “there's a confidence crysis” was in the first place?<br /><br />Aside from that, forget about trying to work out what official figures mean. This morning, I heard a report that some charty is shocked to discover than child poverty has increased dramatically in the UK over the last few years, while the government claims that their figures for the same period show it <em>decreasing</em>. Government conspiracies aside, how much do you want to bet they just measured things in a different way?Orphihttp://blog.orphi.me.uk/noreply@blogger.com