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Bettie

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15. Generally, they adjust for seasonal workers
Fri Jun 5, 2020, 11:39 AM
Jun 2020

when calculating it.

Who knows what they did, but I expect there will be a quiet adjustment next week.

Cooking the numbers [View all] Proud liberal 80 Jun 2020 OP
That was my first thought idziak4ever1234 Jun 2020 #1
Exactly. moondust Jun 2020 #2
Yes. Something totally amiss here. Economists Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #3
I think Radner's point is that Claustrum Jun 2020 #4
And there's also the effect of the "enhanced" unemployment Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #8
somebody on Twitter said that furloughed octoberlib Jun 2020 #5
That's interesting. Even if their employer didn't really Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #9
Yep. If they're furloughed they haven't been octoberlib Jun 2020 #11
Maybe they didn't adjust for non-farm Bettie Jun 2020 #6
You mean adjust when they predicted? Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #10
Generally, they adjust for seasonal workers Bettie Jun 2020 #15
I know! Delphinus Jun 2020 #7
Yeah the numbers look like total BS and contradict earlier reports this week. lark Jun 2020 #12
No one can cook Dept Labor job stats Cicada Jun 2020 #13
And you think trump wouldn't Proud liberal 80 Jun 2020 #14
Too many documents must match Cicada Jun 2020 #16
"DOL would refuse to lie!" - hahahahaha! lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #20
No. Former Obama official say you are zero percent likely to be correct on motive Cicada Jun 2020 #22
I don't think former officials have any idea how much damage Turd has done to agencies. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #26
Oh, please. Millions of payroll reports mean nothing. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #19
No. Cicada Jun 2020 #23
It's Still 13+% ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #17
I have been having the same suspicion. Just too wildly discordant from expectatiopns. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #18
The BLS is staffed by career professionals, they are not Trump lackeys. tritsofme Jun 2020 #21
Here is why it is discordant Cicada Jun 2020 #24
I believe you have responded to the wrong post. tritsofme Jun 2020 #25
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