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In reply to the discussion: Labor market remained strong in November as U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,748 posts)26. And thank you for the deeper dive
And I have seen those pages and pages in previous months and am not even going to attempt it considering how my poor burnt-out brain is functioning today.
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Labor market remained strong in November as U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Dec 2019
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September was revised up by 13,000 and Oct by 28,000 for a combined +41,000 revision
progree
Dec 2019
#12
You're welcome -- I snuck in an "edited to add" : averages for last 3 mos, YTD, and 2018
progree
Dec 2019
#20
I'll see if I can find people complaining of cooked up numbers in February (+56k jobs) and in May
progree
Dec 2019
#30
Frankly, I doubt any accounting emanating from the current administration's fat figures in the run..
Hugin
Dec 2019
#22
I'll never forget that while I was in the Navy, I was instructed to do reports on the privitization
Farmer-Rick
Dec 2019
#24
Exactly. They cloak their preferences in verbage and numbers, but they tweak the assumptions
bucolic_frolic
Dec 2019
#47
Great analogy. Those of us who live in Minnesota are really tuned into the seasonal lag
progree
Dec 2019
#28
Yup. The Household Survey that came out today shows Employment up just 83,000 in November
progree
Dec 2019
#37
In February: BLS private jobs: +20,000 (and +25,000 overall), ADP: +183,000 private jobs
progree
Dec 2019
#35
And everyone here defended the numbers & said Trump was a moron for questioning them
MichMan
Dec 2019
#39
We called Trump a fucking moron and a lying asswipe when he just made up alternative numbers
progree
Dec 2019
#42
Downward revisions: proves they're cooking the books. Upward revisions: yup, same thing
progree
Dec 2019
#69
True. But manufacturing employment has shrunk over the decades to where it is only about 8.5% of
progree
Dec 2019
#44
Apples and oranges, but two days ago, ADP showed a loss of 18,000 in manufacturing.
mahatmakanejeeves
Dec 2019
#51
When they are good, they are cooked numbers. When they are bad, they prove that
progree
Dec 2019
#55
Here's a change to the data collection that I suspect a lot of people missed:
mahatmakanejeeves
Dec 2019
#54
Yes, it will prove to them (RWers) that libral bureaucrats in the BLS are cooking the numbers nt
progree
Dec 2019
#61
Yeppers! I do not believe their numbers anymore. Suspect the next 11 months, through November 1...
machoneman
Dec 2019
#62
Fact is at this point, jobs are not going to be the best selling point against trump. There's plenty
Hoyt
Dec 2019
#63
The mind-numbing rant, based on a version posted on the first Friday in September 2016:
mahatmakanejeeves
Dec 2019
#66