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FBN’s Neil Cavuto on the all the excuses used in an effort to put a positive spin on bad economic data.
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You might not believe this but when I was a kid I would occasionally have to explain a bad grade my parents threats that.
I would very often have to is going to bed -- -- my parents and void that I come up was indeed it's I remember one time saying this teacher was ridiculously tough.
Another memorable moment I tried to make lemonade out of my idea.
I don't know CPA lemons I reminded my folks you should see how all the other kids in the class -- it.
In college I distinctly recall blaming the ridiculous early -- and start time for one of my less than -- moments.
My point was it is -- like to point fingers I'd like to make excuses like saying there's a weight issue of mind it's a thumping right division suits.
It's not like to eat anyway my dad was very early on to make once telling me the very obvious.
I think that still would be Powell as if to say the grade is what the grade is and you are dead you know my son flopped.
He was right.
Sometimes you can't escape the final number like all these -- numbers out today take aircraft orders out of the durable goods orders report and they weren't nearly so awful.
Bad but not awful truth but then again and the durable goods orders were still down weren't that -- -- story.
Just like pending home sales did suddenly drop didn't that you can -- the web there are that votes front loaded a lot of their mind earlier but.
The sales just weren't there last month where that -- to sort.
It's like retailers who blamed bad weather for a lousy month but rarely credit nice weather for good one.
But -- ways to mail a car dealers who insist buyers pounced on the great deals earlier beer so that's why cells are looking so soft now.
Now now.
And there are many variations of these figures and I think of the folks who love -- love them and live and die by and have offered every variation -- explain figures.
But like my grades in school these are the economic stance and like they are what they are and this late in a recovery there are not good.
Where do you inherited them or not not going to.
