Revisions, Revisions

In leiu of the recent NFP result with accompanying very USD bullish previous NFP result revision, it has come to our attention that we cannot discount the value of "revised" numbers.

Are Revisions always delivered along with the current data? Or is the revision number available only when there is a revision?

I sure like having a News Service that strongly puts these wild Revisions up front as well...

I think you need a news service to get the revisions. TTN always did that for me as I recall. However, I read an earlier post that seemed to indicate the revision "should" have made the NFP numbers even more bearish.

I am curious about that since I held my position, losing position, all day & intend to hold for several days. I do think this is my last go round with news trading though. The response did not make sense to me and confirms my new trendism beliefs. I do think being a "value investor" in stocks (which works if you stick with it) has hurt my equity position in forex. Anyway, if someone can explain to me a fundamental reason for the US bullish tone.... I would be interested to read it. Hell, I thought we must have killed a terrorist or something this morning.

BK, fyi if there are data revisions they are never released on their own but are always released with the main data (apart from qrtly GDP, where you get your first estimate, and then you get subsequent stand-alone estimates, until it eventually rests on the final number).

You will find revisions in most of the main data series (retail sales, IP etc) - usually the revised data doesn't have that great an influence because it is old news, but big revisions always catch the mkt's eye.

Even without revisions, just knowing the headline number is only 3/4 of the story - the other 1/4 is the detail of the report. For example, with CAD payrolls, the % full-time and part-time jobs is v.important. With PMI's, its all about the sub-components, trade balance with and without oil, and so on...yadah, yadah, yadah.

You never failed to make me laugh with those insane comments!

Hello All
During weekend I made some research on NFP and it's revisions numbers and I founf the revised numbers must of the time conflict with actual number such as if actual number comes out better than expected and revised number worst than exp.... and so
sorry if I can't explain my idea but my mother language is not english.
so here is my data