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56. I suppose it depends how one picks the start and end points -- I have Slobf as negative jobs created
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 06:13 PM
Aug 2022

comparing January 2017 to January 2021. Or February 2017 to Feburary 2021.

# Nonfarm Employment (Establishment Survey, in thousands)
https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001

YEAR JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH YADA
2016 143205 143417 143654 143851 143892 144150 144521 144664 144953 145071 145201 145415
2017 145628 145818 145960 146165 146388 146585 146768 146913 147012 147153 147353 147529
2018 147662 148064 148289 148468 148801 148984 149050 149269 149326 149471 149573 149821
2019 150100 150124 150348 150636 150713 150843 150921 151081 151244 151337 151589 151789
2020 152128 152504 151006 130513 133155 137660 139048 140713 141632 142279 142612 142497
2021 143017 143727 144431 144694 145141 145698 146387 146904 147328 148005 148652 149240
2022 149744 150458 150856 151224 151610 152008(P) 152536(P)

Monthly changes, in thousands
https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth
Year Jan Feb Mar yada
2016 108 212 237 197 41 258 371 143 289 118 130 214
2017 213 190 142 205 223 197 183 145 99 141 200 176
2018 133 402 225 179 333 183 66 219 57 145 102 248
2019 279 24 224 288 77 130 78 160 163 93 252 200
2020 339 376 -1498 -20493 2642 4505 1388 1665 919 647 333 -115
2021 520 710 704 263 447 557 689 517 424 677 647 588
2022 504 714 398 368 386 398(P) 528(P)

Meaning every Biden month has been better than Slobfather's entire presidency, as Biden hasn't had a negative month yet.

Thanks a lot Biden, worst unemployment in half a century IronLionZion Aug 2022 #1
Links to some BLS Data Series Numbers and Graphs progree Aug 2022 #2
Did you mean to respond to my post? IronLionZion Aug 2022 #3
Oh go ahead and accept the data! BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #5
I accept! IronLionZion Aug 2022 #12
.... BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #15
Thanks! 😊😊😊 /nt progree Aug 2022 #43
... BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #44
The OP. I threw a quick "edited to add" at the bottom a minute later explaining my mistake. I'm progree Aug 2022 #8
I see "Hiring Now" signs all over the place in Montgomery County, MD nt Samrob Aug 2022 #63
But, but but what about the recession???????!!?11? Meadowoak Aug 2022 #4
it's more nuanced than that. With the job market like this, inflation is likely not receding. Calista241 Aug 2022 #42
Holy shit! Them's some good numbers. Itchinjim Aug 2022 #6
3.5% is the all time record low! Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #7
Sorry, not the record low progree Aug 2022 #16
Wasn't 3.5% unemployment touted by the "librull media" as the doc03 Aug 2022 #9
Low is bad, right? IronLionZion Aug 2022 #13
At the time, Slobfather's 3.5% was the lowest unemployment rate since May 1969 when it was 3.4% progree Aug 2022 #24
But now it is "are we in a recession"? nt doc03 Aug 2022 #29
Links to earlier reports: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #10
and gasoline prices dropping to over a dollar, will lower inflation JohnSJ Aug 2022 #11
The guy down the road that had a life size Joe Biden doc03 Aug 2022 #17
LOL BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #19
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Aug 2022 #22
That is so cool! PatSeg Aug 2022 #21
Payroll levels have returned to pre-COVID levels! BootinUp Aug 2022 #14
There are still help wanted signs on about every doc03 Aug 2022 #18
From the source: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #20
Where are the half-baked twitter pundits and grandstanding politicians now? mathematic Aug 2022 #23
we need a GIF of furiously moving goalposts. lol BootinUp Aug 2022 #26
I have seen a few postd on DU but this one is a good alternative BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #32
It was just last week the so-called financial experts were saying we were in a recession JohnSJ Aug 2022 #30
This time is different BootinUp Aug 2022 #25
The other indicator that is "different" BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #37
No doubt Republicans telling their Corporate buddies to STOP HIRING DAMMIT!! Bengus81 Aug 2022 #27
Marketwatch BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #28
Additional links: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #31
Links to charts and graphs from the BLS Twitter account: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #33
May/June revised upwards BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #34
Meaning there are 556,000 more jobs than were in the June report released 7/8. progree Aug 2022 #35
Will have to see what happens next month BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #36
Another point here is that wages can grow and that doesn't kill jobs Yavin4 Aug 2022 #38
I think we are getting it narrowed down to BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #39
Amazing now adding 534k jobs is a bad thing...seems big media theme nowforever Aug 2022 #40
+1 BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #41
New article by P. Krugman BootinUp Aug 2022 #45
A Not paywalled link progree Aug 2022 #47
TY. Good read. BootinUp Aug 2022 #48
Graphs BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #50
Thanks 😊. Aug 10 (July's CPI report) will be very interesting. /nt progree Aug 2022 #57
You're welcome BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #58
The CPI numbers are seasonally adjusted, but that can get screwed up too! progree Aug 2022 #59
Well colleges start much sooner BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #60
The next milestone is stopping the drop in real wages progree Aug 2022 #46
Let me throw this out there BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #53
Wage growth moves slower than CPI. Compare it to core CPI mathematic Aug 2022 #55
I can't do that. I can't compare wages to an inflation measure that excludes energy and food progree Aug 2022 #62
"Tucker's opening monologue tonight: Jobs: Do we need them?" mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #49
Lol NickB79 Aug 2022 #51
The US netted more jobs this month alone than the entirety of Donald Trump's presidency. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #52
I suppose it depends how one picks the start and end points -- I have Slobf as negative jobs created progree Aug 2022 #56
I want to rec this post a gazillion times! llmart Aug 2022 #54
Fox Slammer Aug 2022 #61
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