The economists' study was based on what people recalled seeing; the new study by the political scientists uses more and harder data.
That way, we'll be in a position to come together once again when it's up for review in May 2015 and, if need be, have this argument all over again, this time with even harder data.
Economic confidence figures have surprised on the upside in the euro zone over the last month, but harder data like business surveys still point to a dearth of demand.
MMR is the elephant in the room, but you'll get to know a number of people with autism who never had the injection, so you draw your own conclusions, like everyone else – until such time as harder data emerges from the vast control group of MMR refusers' children created by the scare.
According to Yu Song of Goldman Sachs, a reading of 50 on the PMI does not correspond to anything like zero growth in output, as measured by harder data published later in the month.Those data cover industry as a whole, rather than manufacturing in particular.
These were more personal tellings of the same story which has been reported through harder data for months on end.
