Originally Posted by
SeeBuyFly
Week (Thursday-Wednesday) Applications Received Passports Awaiting Issuance** Passports Issued*
This Week (Sep 4-Sep 10) 110,000 944,000 129,000
Last Week (Aug 27-Sep 3) 151,000 919,000 168,000
2 Weeks Ago (Aug 20-Aug 26) 165,000 938,000 156,000
Anyone notice that the algebra doesn't add up?
We should have:
Passport Awaiting Issuance =
Passport Awaiting Issuance from Prior Week + Applications Received During Week - Passports Issued During Week
But
944k > 919k + 110k - 129k (Off by 44k???)
The prior week is pretty close
919k
≈ 938k + 151K - 168k (off by 2k)