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8. Perfect illustration why you should never put too much stock in

Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:31 AM

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in a single month's report. Yes, the May numbers were surprisingly better than expected. But not only was June lower than expected, April and May's numbers were revised downward significantly. As a result, the job total is now 17,000 below the total reported on the May report.

Really terrible numbers for Trump.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for April was revised down by 31,000, from
+179,000 to +148,000, and the change for May was revised down by 43,000, from +172,000 to
+129,000. With these revisions, employment in April and May combined is 74,000 lower than
previously reported. (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from
businesses and government agencies since the last published estimates and from the
recalculation of seasonal factors.)

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U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June, less than expected; unemployment rate at 4.2% [View all] BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago OP

Is that with 40,000 jobs the beautiful game generated? displacedvermoter 15 hrs ago #1

Plus whatever tweaking of the data Needy Amin imposed on the BLS peppertree 14 hrs ago #3

BLS numbers are legit. They are NOT manipulated. Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #7

Nothing's legit with this misadministration cabal. live love laugh 13 hrs ago #13

100% wrong. As former government statistician, I know of what I speak. Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #15

LOL live love laugh 11 hrs ago #18

"Something to watch out for is state and local education, subject to big seasonal swings in employment in late spring." mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago #2

Oooooooof Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #4

And...the social security increase announced this Sept, the usual 2.5--2.7% Bengus81 14 hrs ago #5

They were already estimating higher BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #6

Perfect illustration why you should never put too much stock in Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #8

So now, through June, Trump has averaged +42,000 jobs per month Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #9

Anytime the jobs number under Biden was 200,000 or less, a recession was coming. SamuelAdams 13 hrs ago #10

Fewer. nt BWdem4life 13 hrs ago #11

Gee, amazing how businesses slow down after the workers are deported. Vinca 13 hrs ago #12

This report is going to cost someone their job as the_liberal_grandpa 13 hrs ago #14

Nope. The only political appointee position at BLS is the Commissioner Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #17

MaddowBlog-Job numbers disappoint again as 2026 reaches halfway point LetMyPeopleVote 12 hrs ago #16

Thanks much riversedge 9 hrs ago #19

The job numbers tell an incomplete story. Aussie105 3 hrs ago #20

So much winning!!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 2 hrs ago #21