One supporting example for your viewpoint:

We collect KPI data for the Swiss staff leasing market to benchmark them. The only good datapoint to determine the index volume is the worked hours. Money related numbers in the other hand subject to bookkeeping tricks and therefore unreliable.

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Yes, I know it from logistics, where the prices get fiddled around with using skonto and people delay payment to cover other bills or pressure suppliers and whatnot.

And it's always, Oh, the check is in the mail. The bank was closed. That was too late on a Friday. The booking must have been wrong, let me check...