Oops, our bad. These numbers weren’t that bad after all! Go back to sleep and by all means continue consuming. 
Discussion
They have changed the data retroactively to look better than it is almost every month this year. Clearly hiding the recession signal and propping up the market until the crash suits them.
The question is what are they waiting for? Right after the election?
They are probably betting on a Trump win at this point so they know they will use this as plan B to scapegoat conservative economic policies so that they may perform more destructive liberal policies in later years
I have thought the same. Let the Forth Turning play out and Trump is the failed President who was at the wheel during the greatest financial crash in recorded history.