October isn't over yet. Isn't that report about a week premature?
Releasing a week early has three effects
A ) first outlet to scoop the news.
B ) buys The One time to 'fix' the numbers
C ) paints a bleak, yet rosier picture than if they waited until the final calculations are in.
None of these present a down side if one is an Obama lovin' agency such as the A.P.