Statistics Canada to end in-depth quarterly household wealth reports, which could cause ‘costly mistakes,’ policy group says
Source: joe4942
Statistics Canada to end in-depth quarterly household wealth reports, which could cause ‘costly mistakes,’ policy group says
Source: joe4942
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This will just make it easier to hide how much trouble were in, same way our population has been fixed around the 41 million mark for a few years.
It was published annually until 2020. Going back to annual seems fine. Wealth isn’t so variable that it requires frequent updates.
Honest question: when an austerity budget is announced, and government spending is to be cut, do people think it’s all gonna come from some Department of Dog Fucking or something? Of course everything that gets cut has a function, it’s the necessity of the function that dictates whether it’s appropriate or not. Seeing as it’s still being regularly reported, I don’t think it’s worth the outrage.
Collecting data is a good thing, but the granularity of that data, coupled with the cost of collection, is an important consideration. If they moved from weekly to monthly, you’d have the same outcry from policy groups.
Personally, I think quarterly reporting is fine.
This subreddit kept complaining about a bloated public sector. Thought you’d all be happier at the results.