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New Unemployment Numbers- February

March 13, 2017 by Tim McMahon

On Friday March 10th the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released their Employment and Unemployment numbers for February 2017. The media was making a big deal about these numbers because they represent the “First full month since Trump took office”.

The numbers turned out to be moderately “Bullish” although the Commissioner’s statement said, “Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 235,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.7 percent. Employment gains occurred in construction, private educational services, manufacturing, health care, and mining.”

Now,   I’m not complaining… gaining 235,000 jobs is certainly better than losing them but what’s the big deal?  Well, first of all, the big deal is that [Read more…] about New Unemployment Numbers- February

Filed Under: BLS Tagged With: BLS, employment, jobs, unemployment

August Unemployment Numbers- 4.9%

September 2, 2016 by Tim McMahon

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Unemployment numbers for the month of August on Friday September 2nd. The commonly quoted Seasonally Adjusted U-3 Unemployment rate was 4.9% for the third month in a row. The unadjusted U-3 Unemployment rate was 5.0% and Gallup’s equivalent was 5.4% for a “mere” 0.4% difference.

The broader U-6 Unemployment rate (also unadjusted) which includes “discouraged workers”, “marginally attached workers” and Part time workers who want to work full-time was 9.7% in August while Gallup’s equivalent which they call the “Underemployment rate” was 3.4% higher at 13.1%. The civilian non-institutional population increased another 234,000 this month bringing it to 253,854,000.

According to the BLS Commissioner’s report for this month:

Unemployment Rate“Nonfarm payroll employment increased by [seasonally adjusted~ editor] 151,000 in August, and the unemployment rate remained at 4.9 percent. Employment continued to trend up in several service-providing industries. Incorporating revisions for June and July, which reduced nonfarm payroll employment by 1,000 on net, monthly job gains have averaged 232,000 over the past 3 months. In the 12 months prior to August, employment growth averaged 204,000 per month. Employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in August (+34,000). Over the year, the industry has added 312,000 jobs… Mining employment continued on a downward trend in August (-4,000). Although job losses have moderated in the last 3 months, employment in mining has fallen by 223,000 since a peak in September 2014.”

In other words, the vast majority of the jobs [Read more…] about August Unemployment Numbers- 4.9%

Filed Under: BLS Tagged With: BLS, employment, gallup, unemployment

BLS Releases October Employment Figures

November 6, 2015 by Tim McMahon

Current Unemployment Rate Chart

Unemployment Rate October 2015

According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data release on November 6th the current “Seasonally Adjusted” Unemployment Rate for October is 5.0% down from September’s 5.1% which was down significantly from last October’s 5.8%. The “Unadjusted” rate is 4.8% down from 5.6% in July and much lower than January’s 6.1%. See: Current Chart

According to the BLS, the U-6 Unemployment Rate for October was 9.5%. U-6 unemployment includes short-term discouraged workers who have given up looking for work because they feel there is no work available for them.

However, since 2010, Gallup (the survey/Pollsters) have been  doing their own employment survey using basically the same parameters as the BLS and they conclude that the current U-6 (which they call the “UnderEmployment Rate) is actually 13.8% down from 14.1% in September.

According to John William’s Shadowstats the government began underestimating unemployment back in 1994 when they changed the way unemployment was calculated since “long-term discouraged workers were defined out of official existence”. The new U-6 numbers only include short-term discouraged workers. The following chart shows their calculations for Unemployment based on their estimates of what it would be if unemployment was calculated the pre-1994 way.

Current Employment Data

Employment Levels 2000-2015According to the current Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the employment situation for the month of October 2015 was as follows: The number of Unadjusted jobs reported for October 2015 was 143.739 million. That was up from June’s previous peak of 142.836 million.

For more information see: Current Employment Data

 

Current Employment vs Unemployment Chart

Employment compared to UnemploymentWhen looking at employment vs. unemployment  you would think that they would simply be the inverse of each other. Flip one over and you have the other. But the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) actually uses two entirely different surveys to calculate them. So by comparing them we can spot irregularities. See Employment vs. Unemployment for more information.

Historical Employment Data

Employment-1939-2015

In this chart we can see the historical employment figures from 1939 through the present. But in addition to the number of jobs we can also see the recessions shaded blue.

See: Historical Employment Levels for more information.

 

Misery IndexThe misery index combines two factors that can make life difficult for people i.e.  unemployment and inflation.  High levels of price inflation (rapidly rising prices) will cause households to have difficulty affording the basic necessities while high unemployment will leave a high percentage of households without any income at all.

See: InflationData’s Misery Index.

Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate

The U-3 Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate is the standard unemployment rate that the government prefers to use since it presents a much rosier picture than the U-6.  Go here if you would like to see the “Unemployment Rate” in table form.

Unadjusted vs. Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate

Adjusted vs unadjusted unemployment rate May 2015

Although the Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate is often quoted by the main stream media (MSM) people often wonder how much fudging goes on in the adjustment process. In this chart you can see how the Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate compares with the Unadjusted rate.

BLS vs Gallup Unemployment Rates

Although it doesn’t appear that there is much “fudging” going on with the Seasonal adjustments that doesn’t mean the numbers are without problems. See Is the Government Fudging the Unemployment numbers for some alternative ways to get a better picture of the employment situation.

See Also:

  • What is U-6 Unemployment for more information about the different definitions of unemployment.
  • Current U-6 Unemployment Rate
  • What is the Real Unemployment Rate?

Filed Under: BLS Tagged With: BLS, employment, unemployment, unemployment rate

High Paid Miners Now Working at Walmart?

October 2, 2015 by Tim McMahon

Employment-1939-2015_AugSeptember Employment Numbers Disappointing

Apparently U.S. employers cut back on hiring over the last two months. The expectation by economists polled by Reuters was that there would be a net gain of 203,000 jobs in September.

But when the BLS released their “preliminary estimates” for the employment situation for September non-farm employment rose by only 142,000 in September. And to make matters worse, August numbers were adjusted down resulting in the smallest Seasonally adjusted two month gain in over a year.

The BLS Commissioner’s report stated, “Job gains occurred in health care and information, while mining employment fell… The number of persons unemployed for less than 5 weeks increased by 268,000 to 2.4 million in September, partially offsetting a decline in August… Thus far in 2015, job growth has averaged 198,000 per month, compared with an average monthly gain of 260,000 in 2014.”

So 2015 has averaged only 76% the job growth that 2014 had and at 142,000 September was only 54% of 2014’s average. 34,000 new jobs were created by healthcare, 31,000 came from professional and business services, 24,000 from retail trade employment, and food services and drinking places added 21,000 jobs. On the other hand, mining and mining support lost -17,000 jobs. So it appears all the high paid mining workers are now working at either McDonald’s or Walmart. Not a good trend at all!

See Current Employment Commentary for more information.

Unemployment Rate September 2015The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) also released the newest unemployment data for September 2015 today. According to the BLS, the current “Seasonally Adjusted” Unemployment Rate for September is 5.1% identical to August. The BLS reported the “Unadjusted” Unemployment Rate is 4.9% which is lower than August’s 5.2% . See Current Unemployment Chart for more information.

Employment vs UnemploymentIn our chart of employment vs. unemployment we compare them and although you would expect that employment and unemployment are simply the inverse of each other (i.e flip one over and you have the other) actually there are several anomalies in the data. Because the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses two separate surveys to calculate the data it helps us see [Read more…] about High Paid Miners Now Working at Walmart?

Filed Under: BLS Tagged With: BLS, September Employment, unemployment, Walmart

August Unemployment Down

September 4, 2015 by Tim McMahon

Employment-1939-2015_AugThe BLS issued their “preliminary estimates” for the employment situation for the month of August 2015. The Commissioner’s report regarding the Seasonally Adjusted numbers says, “Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 173,000 in August, and the unemployment rate edged down to 5.1 percent. Employment rose in health care and social assistance and in financial activities, while manufacturing and mining employment declined.”

The full report of unadjusted numbers states that there were 142.126 Million jobs in August compared to 141.794 million jobs in July and 142.868 million jobs in June.

See Current Employment Commentary for more information.

Unemployment Rate Chart - August 2015The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) also released the newest unemployment data for August 2015 today. According to the BLS, the current “Seasonally Adjusted” Unemployment Rate for July is 5.1%  down from July’s 5.3%. The BLS reported the “Unadjusted” Unemployment Rate is 5.2% which is lower than July’s 5.6% . See Current Unemployment Chart for more information.

emp vs unemp 2010- Aug 2015In our chart of employment vs. unemployment we compare them and although you would expect that employment and unemployment are simply the inverse of each other (i.e flip one over and you have the other) actually there are several anomalies in the data. Because the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses two separate surveys to calculate the data it helps us see [Read more…] about August Unemployment Down

Filed Under: Unemployment Tagged With: BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment, unemployment

March 2015 Unemployment Flat

April 3, 2015 by Tim McMahon

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the March Unemployment figures on Friday April 3rd. According to the BLS the Current Unemployment Rate (Seasonally adjusted) for March was 5.5% unchanged from February. The Unadjusted Unemployment rate however fell from 5.8% to 5.6%. However, according to Gallup the Unadjusted Unemployment rate was actually 6.5% and the U-6 unemployment rate was 15.6% down from 16.1% in February.

Unemployment Numbers According to Gallup

 

Unadjusted U-3 Unadjusted U-6
BLS 5.6% 11.0%
Gallup 6.5% 15.6%
Difference 0.9% 4.7%

Once again the BLS numbers are quite a bit different than the [Read more…] about March 2015 Unemployment Flat

Filed Under: Unemployment Tagged With: 2015, BLS, Data, March, unemployment

BLS Recovering From Shutdown

October 19, 2013 by Tim McMahon

The government shutdown is over and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is recovering from their unscheduled vacation. The United States federal government shutdown of 2013, lasted from October 1 to 17, 2013. Unemployment data for the month of September was due to be released on October 4th i.e. four working days into the shutdown.

Capitol-SenateSo the employment data is now scheduled for release on October 22nd. And the Consumer Price Index which is used to calculate the inflation rate, which was scheduled for release on October 16th is now scheduled for release on October 30th.

Although the shutdown inconvenienced vacationers wanting to see National Monuments and the National Zoo, did it really save any money? If past shutdowns are any indicator… probably not. Government employees will probably [Read more…] about BLS Recovering From Shutdown

Filed Under: Government Tagged With: BLS, government, Shut-down

Government Shutdown Delays Unemployment Data

October 4, 2013 by Tim McMahon

Due to the government shutdown the Bureau of Labor Statistics is not publishing the regular Unemployment statistics.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President, Dennis Lockhart, says that it is fortunate that the FED chose not to begin “tapering” the money stimulus under the circumstances.  “We avoided a potentially very awkward situation of reducing stimulus just on  the eve of what now has developed” he said.

UnemploymentWhether the Quantitative Easing is actually having much of an effect on unemployment or not is a discussion for another day. But as we said in a recent article entitled: What’s So Bad about Shutting the Government Down? since we don’t have BLS numbers we will turn to the free market and get our numbers elsewhere. Besides, free market numbers are probably more accurate anyway.

Speaking of accuracy, according to [Read more…] about Government Shutdown Delays Unemployment Data

Filed Under: Unemployment Tagged With: BLS, FED, gallup, P2P, Poll, Tapering, unemployment

BLS Changes Employment Numbers

April 5, 2013 by Tim McMahon

For a few months now I’ve been ranting about how there is no way that the Unemployment numbers are right because they don’t match up with the employment numbers. A while back, I got an angry email from a subscriber saying that he “worked for the Treasury Department for 35  years and there was no way the BLS fudged any numbers.”  So I responded and said I’d be happy to post his rebuttal if he could explain how those numbers could possibly match up… I’m still waiting for his response.

Fudging NumbersIn February, I got an answer, not directly mind you, but when I looked at the January Employment numbers they have magically changed all the way back to July of 1991. Yes, “unadjusted” employment numbers have been adjusted, changed, fudged, manipulated whatever you want to call it.

In July 1991 and preceding, the numbers are the same. In August 1991, the difference is minuscule only 1000 mysterious jobs have been added. But the difference continues to grow. And by December of 2012 the old number was 134.822 million and the new number is 135.545 million so somehow magically the BLS has created 723,000 jobs out of thin air.

Who do they think they are to create  Jobs out of thin air, the FED?

We know the FED can create money out of thin air, so maybe the BLS can do the same with jobs?

By the way the BLS does say that the numbers are “Preliminary” for 2 months so theoretically they could legitimately adjust the November and December numbers… but going all the way back to 1991 is a bit much! But, if I were to fudge numbers that is exactly what I would do …gradually adjust them from way back so there isn’t a sharp disconnect between the old series and the new.

Here is a chart of the old employment vs. new fudged numbers since 2000.

Note where the 738,000 jobs difference occurs.

Fudged Employment Numbers

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I contacted the Bureau of Labor Statistics and asked why the numbers were changed. I received a curt reply pointing me to the “answer” on their website. It starts out with all this mumbo-jumbo about this minor change from April 2010 – March 2011 and goes on for a couple of paragraphs about it and then they slide in one key sentence with no fanfare “oh by the way we changed all the employment numbers back to 1991 too.”

Here is the BLS Response:

Reconstructed data

In order to provide a continuous and comparable employment time series, CES decided to reconstruct the history for one CES series, 55-524126 Direct property and casualty insurers, impacted by the changes to noncovered employment incorporated with the 2011 benchmark (see www.bls.gov/ces/cesbmart11.pdf). CES determined that the history of this series did not capture a significant amount of noncovered employment and instead showed a level shift in the series from April 2010 to March 2011, where the noncovered employment, calculated from County Business Patterns (CBP) data, was first included. CES uses CBP data to calculate the majority of noncovered employment. The CBP — which draws from Social Security filings and other records which do include those employees not covered by UI tax laws — is lagged in its publication by approximately two years (e.g. in 2012 the 2010 CBP data was published). For more information about calculating noncovered employment, see bls.gov/web/empsit/cestn.htm#NCE

CBP data was used to reconstruct AE data for CES series 55-524126 back to 1991 in order to incorporate the noncovered employment in the history. From the reconstructed AE data, the remaining published data types were produced using the previously published sample ratios.

This reconstruction also resulted in revisions back to 1991 for the associated aggregate series, including but not limited to Total nonfarm, in the associated data types.

So even though according to the BLS they survey employers to find out how many people are employed they somehow figure they aren’t counting everyone, so they need to fudge the numbers except they call it “reconstructing” because they somehow aren’t counting all the “Property and Casualty insurers”. So back in 1991 this was 1000 and now they are missing 3/4 of a million of them.  Sounds like the Property and Casualty business must be booming to go from 1,000 to 738,000 since 1991. (Emphasis mine- the BLS did not bold the statement.)

 The following table includes all the original numbers and the new changed employment numbers from July 1991 through the current data. Note that in July 1991 and prior the numbers are identical. This data series is called “Not Seasonally Adjusted Numbers” Series CEU0000000001 but it seems a bit hypocritical to call them unadjusted at this point.

Date New Data In Millions Original Data In Millions Difference
Jul-1991 107.982 107.982 0
Aug-1991 108.074 108.073            1,000
Sep-1991 108.791 108.785            6,000
Oct-1991 109.160 109.153            7,000
Nov-1991 109.175 109.166            9,000
Dec-1991 109.058 109.047          11,000
Jan-1992 106.671 106.659          12,000
Feb-1992 106.921 106.906          15,000
Mar-1992 107.440 107.424          16,000
Apr-1992 108.276 108.259          17,000
May-1992 109.083 109.065          18,000
Jun-1992 109.571 109.554          17,000
Jul-1992 108.554 108.537          17,000
Aug-1992 108.610 108.591          19,000
Sep-1992 109.394 109.372          22,000
Oct-1992 109.981 109.959          22,000
Nov-1992 110.223 110.200          23,000
Dec-1992 110.212 110.188          24,000
Jan-1993 108.047 108.021          26,000
Feb-1993 108.650 108.625          25,000
Mar-1993 109.083 109.057          26,000
Apr-1993 110.087 110.060          27,000
May-1993 111.050 111.021          29,000
Jun-1993 111.640 111.611          29,000
Jul-1993 110.771 110.742          29,000
Aug-1993 110.880 110.847          33,000
Sep-1993 111.868 111.831          37,000
Oct-1993 112.530 112.493          37,000
Nov-1993 112.878 112.837          41,000
Dec-1993 113.025 112.980          45,000
Jan-1994 110.777 110.730          47,000
Feb-1994 111.357 111.308          49,000
Mar-1994 112.332 112.283          49,000
Apr-1994 113.412 113.363          49,000
May-1994 114.423 114.376          47,000
Jun-1994 115.211 115.170          41,000
Jul-1994 114.265 114.226          39,000
Aug-1994 114.573 114.535          38,000
Sep-1994 115.631 115.591          40,000
Oct-1994 116.256 116.217          39,000
Nov-1994 116.863 116.826          37,000
Dec-1994 116.900 116.861          39,000
Jan-1995 114.591 114.552          39,000
Feb-1995 115.249 115.212          37,000
Mar-1995 116.005 115.971          34,000
Apr-1995 116.838 116.802          36,000
May-1995 117.562 117.524          38,000
Jun-1995 118.277 118.242          35,000
Jul-1995 117.044 117.008          36,000
Aug-1995 117.307 117.269          38,000
Sep-1995 118.221 118.180          41,000
Oct-1995 118.822 118.780          42,000
Nov-1995 119.060 119.016          44,000
Dec-1995 119.058 119.015          43,000
Jan-1996 116.358 116.315          43,000
Feb-1996 117.296 117.252          44,000
Mar-1996 118.099 118.055          44,000
Apr-1996 118.936 118.890          46,000
May-1996 120.063 120.016          47,000
Jun-1996 120.726 120.681          45,000
Jul-1996 119.689 119.643          46,000
Aug-1996 119.981 119.932          49,000
Sep-1996 120.724 120.672          52,000
Oct-1996 121.441 121.384          57,000
Nov-1996 121.899 121.841          58,000
Dec-1996 121.875 121.815          60,000
Jan-1997 119.331 119.269          62,000
Feb-1997 120.191 120.126          65,000
Mar-1997 121.073 121.007          66,000
Apr-1997 122.047 121.979          68,000
May-1997 123.125 123.053          72,000
Jun-1997 123.772 123.700          72,000
Jul-1997 122.786 122.710          76,000
Aug-1997 122.853 122.772          81,000
Sep-1997 123.857 123.770          87,000
Oct-1997 124.760 124.673          87,000
Nov-1997 125.153 125.063          90,000
Dec-1997 125.289 125.195          94,000
Jan-1998 122.736 122.636        100,000
Feb-1998 123.508 123.405        103,000
Mar-1998 124.227 124.122        105,000
Apr-1998 125.265 125.160        105,000
May-1998 126.345 126.240        105,000
Jun-1998 127.005 126.902        103,000
Jul-1998 125.931 125.832          99,000
Aug-1998 126.170 126.069        101,000
Sep-1998 126.977 126.874        103,000
Oct-1998 127.754 127.650        104,000
Nov-1998 128.155 128.051        104,000
Dec-1998 128.322 128.215        107,000
Jan-1999 125.570 125.460        110,000
Feb-1999 126.557 126.445        112,000
Mar-1999 127.269 127.158        111,000
Apr-1999 128.415 128.305        110,000
May-1999 129.284 129.176        108,000
Jun-1999 130.010 129.906        104,000
Jul-1999 129.140 129.039        101,000
Aug-1999 129.194 129.093        101,000
Sep-1999 129.970 129.866        104,000
Oct-1999 130.904 130.803        101,000
Nov-1999 131.364 131.263        101,000
Dec-1999 131.501 131.402          99,000
Jan-2000 128.862 128.763          99,000
Feb-2000 129.525 129.427          98,000
Mar-2000 130.624 130.526          98,000
Apr-2000 131.622 131.526          96,000
May-2000 132.577 132.481          96,000
Jun-2000 133.089 132.998          91,000
Jul-2000 131.869 131.776          93,000
Aug-2000 131.880 131.786          94,000
Sep-2000 132.547 132.449          98,000
Oct-2000 133.104 133.007          97,000
Nov-2000 133.467 133.371          96,000
Dec-2000 133.405 133.308          97,000
Jan-2001 130.527 130.433          94,000
Feb-2001 131.190 131.097          93,000
Mar-2001 131.780 131.689          91,000
Apr-2001 132.185 132.094          91,000
May-2001 132.890 132.800          90,000
Jun-2001 133.267 133.179          88,000
Jul-2001 131.776 131.687          89,000
Aug-2001 131.704 131.614          90,000
Sep-2001 131.968 131.872          96,000
Oct-2001 132.168 132.072          96,000
Nov-2001 131.976 131.880          96,000
Dec-2001 131.591 131.491        100,000
Jan-2002 128.706 128.602        104,000
Feb-2002 129.174 129.069        105,000
Mar-2002 129.778 129.672        106,000
Apr-2002 130.364 130.257        107,000
May-2002 131.131 131.023        108,000
Jun-2002 131.511 131.404        107,000
Jul-2002 130.068 129.960        108,000
Aug-2002 130.153 130.044        109,000
Sep-2002 130.670 130.557        113,000
Oct-2002 131.339 131.227        112,000
Nov-2002 131.458 131.345        113,000
Dec-2002 131.045 130.932        113,000
Jan-2003 128.358 128.248        110,000
Feb-2003 128.769 128.660        109,000
Mar-2003 129.258 129.148        110,000
Apr-2003 129.908 129.801        107,000
May-2003 130.663 130.559        104,000
Jun-2003 130.989 130.890          99,000
Jul-2003 129.646 129.550          96,000
Aug-2003 129.697 129.601          96,000
Sep-2003 130.351 130.253          98,000
Oct-2003 131.142 131.045          97,000
Nov-2003 131.302 131.208          94,000
Dec-2003 131.120 131.026          94,000
Jan-2004 128.458 128.365          93,000
Feb-2004 129.067 128.976          91,000
Mar-2004 130.107 130.019          88,000
Apr-2004 131.224 131.139          85,000
May-2004 132.127 132.047          80,000
Jun-2004 132.569 132.495          74,000
Jul-2004 131.405 131.334          71,000
Aug-2004 131.421 131.351          70,000
Sep-2004 132.133 132.068          65,000
Oct-2004 133.111 133.050          61,000
Nov-2004 133.360 133.301          59,000
Dec-2004 133.129 133.074          55,000
Jan-2005 130.423 130.369          54,000
Feb-2005 131.245 131.195          50,000
Mar-2005 132.083 132.038          45,000
Apr-2005 133.294 133.247          47,000
May-2005 134.104 134.058          46,000
Jun-2005 134.769 134.728          41,000
Jul-2005 133.705 133.665          40,000
Aug-2005 133.951 133.910          41,000
Sep-2005 134.576 134.533          43,000
Oct-2005 135.302 135.260          42,000
Nov-2005 135.857 135.817          40,000
Dec-2005 135.655 135.614          41,000
Jan-2006 133.000 132.961          39,000
Feb-2006 133.924 133.887          37,000
Mar-2006 134.903 134.868          35,000
Apr-2006 135.816 135.780          36,000
May-2006 136.621 136.584          37,000
Jun-2006 137.121 137.083          38,000
Jul-2006 135.945 135.908          37,000
Aug-2006 136.149 136.110          39,000
Sep-2006 136.817 136.777          40,000
Oct-2006 137.516 137.475          41,000
Nov-2006 137.898 137.857          41,000
Dec-2006 137.786 137.747          39,000
Jan-2007 134.994 134.952          42,000
Feb-2007 135.683 135.641          42,000
Mar-2007 136.576 136.533          43,000
Apr-2007 137.381 137.335          46,000
May-2007 138.323 138.277          46,000
Jun-2007 138.825 138.779          46,000
Jul-2007 137.425 137.379          46,000
Aug-2007 137.534 137.488          46,000
Sep-2007 138.096 138.046          50,000
Oct-2007 138.835 138.786          49,000
Nov-2007 139.143 139.090          53,000
Dec-2007 138.929 138.875          54,000
Jan-2008 135.896 135.840          56,000
Feb-2008 136.414 136.356          58,000
Mar-2008 137.003 136.944          59,000
Apr-2008 137.535 137.475          60,000
May-2008 138.105 138.045          60,000
Jun-2008 138.296 138.237          59,000
Jul-2008 136.811 136.751          60,000
Aug-2008 136.697 136.635          62,000
Sep-2008 136.748 136.686          62,000
Oct-2008 137.038 136.973          65,000
Nov-2008 136.355 136.288          67,000
Dec-2008 135.321 135.254          67,000
Jan-2009 131.627 131.555          72,000
Feb-2009 131.387 131.314          73,000
Mar-2009 131.249 131.175          74,000
Apr-2009 131.429 131.357          72,000
May-2009 131.697 131.626          71,000
Jun-2009 131.510 131.442          68,000
Jul-2009 129.910 129.844          66,000
Aug-2009 129.786 129.719          67,000
Sep-2009 130.144 130.077          67,000
Oct-2009 130.741 130.673          68,000
Nov-2009 130.787 130.720          67,000
Dec-2009 130.242 130.178          64,000
Jan-2010 127.374 127.309          65,000
Feb-2010 127.811 127.746          65,000
Mar-2010 128.646 128.584          62,000
Apr-2010 129.770 129.698          72,000
May-2010 130.886 130.801          85,000
Jun-2010 131.004 130.908          96,000
Jul-2010 129.664 129.569          95,000
Aug-2010 129.728 129.624        104,000
Sep-2010 130.221 130.090        131,000
Oct-2010 131.195 131.071        124,000
Nov-2010 131.502 131.371        131,000
Dec-2010 131.199 131.050        149,000
Jan-2011 128.338 128.183        155,000
Feb-2011 129.154 128.994        160,000
Mar-2011 130.061 129.899        162,000
Apr-2011 131.279 131.072        207,000
May-2011 131.963 131.707        256,000
Jun-2011 132.453 132.144        309,000
Jul-2011 131.181 130.821        360,000
Aug-2011 131.457 131.058        399,000
Sep-2011 132.204 131.746        458,000
Oct-2011 133.125 132.870        255,000
Nov-2011 133.456 133.172        284,000
Dec-2011 133.292 132.965        327,000
Jan-2012 130.657 130.297        360,000
Feb-2012 131.604 131.210        394,000
Mar-2012 132.505 132.081        424,000
Apr-2012 133.400 132.945        455,000
May-2012 134.213 133.723        490,000
Jun-2012 134.556 134.072        484,000
Jul-2012 133.368 132.868        500,000
Aug-2012 133.753 133.092        661,000
Sep-2012 134.374 133.797        577,000
Oct-2012 135.241 134.792        449,000
Nov-2012 135.636 135.069        567,000
Dec-2012 135.560 134.822        738,000

So there you have it, the BLS decided to “reconstruct” the employment numbers.  Gives you lots of confidence in their reporting doesn’t it? Plus this new fudge factor is now “baked in the cake” so all new numbers after January will have it already fudged in so we will never know what the real numbers are.

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