We will see a string of news like this soon. Like oops we had inflation. oops, GDP was lower,... http://www.marketwatch.com/story/japan-gdp-grew-less-than-expected-in-april-june-2009-09-10
Seems to me that almost EVERY initial claims report has been revised. That in of itself is not suspicious however when EVERY revision has been an upwards revision it starts to become suspicious.
In China they are looking into their electric consumption and are noticing that its not supporting their OFFICIAL growth statistics. They measure their growth by productivity vs consumption, anyone believing the whole china growth story will be taken for a surprise when they realize its not as great as it seems.