A lot of that was government jobs, especially census workers. Also, the jobs added (Reply #2)

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Fri Sep 4, 2020, 07:39 AM

still_one (76,790 posts)

2. A lot of that was government jobs, especially census workers. Also, the jobs added

were at a slower rate

Also, what isn’t included is the continuing layoffs that have been occurring in some sectors

The census jobs will end in late September, and depending on other areas of the economy in hiring, along with the control of the Pandemic, may not be fully realized until November

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39 replies	Author	Time	Post
Economy adds 1.4 million jobs in August, and the unemployment rate fell below 10 percent [View all]	BumRushDaShow	Sep 2020	OP
Good morning. From the source:	mahatmakanejeeves	Sep 2020	#1
Good morning and thank you!	BumRushDaShow	Sep 2020	#6
[Refresh] [Refresh] [Refresh] [Refresh] [Refresh] Whew. There it is. NT	mahatmakanejeeves	Sep 2020	#10
Somes you have to do a [SHIFT]-[REFRESH]	BumRushDaShow	Sep 2020	#15
A lot of that was government jobs, especially census workers. Also, the jobs added	still_one	Sep 2020	#2
So, we "added" 1.4 million jobs in August but there were 800,000 new unemployment claims....	George II	Sep 2020	#12
Yes. It is extremely unreliable because of the uncertainty with the pandemic and chaos going on	still_one	Sep 2020	#17
Not how it works	FBaggins	Sep 2020	#20
Illustrating your point with a data series - total count of nonfarm payroll jobs	progree	Sep 2020	#22
Yup, government jobs: +344,000 in August (238,000 of which were Census workers)	progree	Sep 2020	#27
Not your headline, but I think it's misleading - "adds 1.4 million jobs" probably means....	George II	Sep 2020	#3
They have an added "X Factor" in there	BumRushDaShow	Sep 2020	#4
yea i'm skeptical how it went from 13% to 8.5% so quickly...hmmm seems there's fudging going on	onetexan	Sep 2020	#9
Large states "opening back up"	BumRushDaShow	Sep 2020	#14
Of course this doesn't factor in the almost 4 million new unemployment claims in August!	George II	Sep 2020	#13
That's	Rebl2	Sep 2020	#11
Buried in the BLS report linked upthread	BumRushDaShow	Sep 2020	#19
A Question For People Smarter Than Me.	jayfish	Sep 2020	#5
Last month's report had unemployment at 10.2% NT	mahatmakanejeeves	Sep 2020	#8
The payroll jobs and the unemployment rate come from two different surveys	progree	Sep 2020	#29
Links to earlier reports:	mahatmakanejeeves	Sep 2020	#7
Gotta cook those books!	durablend	Sep 2020	#16
I agree	duforsure	Sep 2020	#18
DOL stated last week	Cryptoad	Sep 2020	#23
i don't believe any good news numbers coming out of the trump regime	samsingh	Sep 2020	#21
LINKS TO SOME BLS DATA SERIES NUMBERS AND GRAPHS	progree	Sep 2020	#24
Good morning and thank you!	BumRushDaShow	Sep 2020	#25
more voodoo economics, will put in in the vaccine by October file. nt	yaesu	Sep 2020	#26
Bullshit. eom	GeorgeGist	Sep 2020	#28
"Bullshit. eom"	LenaBaby61	Sep 2020	#33
UE6 Is 16.8	ProfessorGAC	Sep 2020	#30
14.2 in August, according to the BLS 😂	progree	Sep 2020	#31
Weird	ProfessorGAC	Sep 2020	#32
The big discrepancy between jobs report 13.6 M unemployed, and 29.2 M collecting benefits	progree	Sep 2020	#34
The gap grows to 29.6 million collecting benefits	progree	Sep 2020	#38
From the White House, on Monday night.	mahatmakanejeeves	Sep 2020	#35
...	BumRushDaShow	Sep 2020	#36
The likes of which I've never seen! NT	mahatmakanejeeves	Sep 2020	#37
Unemployment Crisis Going in Wrong Direction: Week 25 of U.S. Labor Market Collapse	progree	Sep 2020	#39

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