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Economy

markodochartaigh

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1. Of course jobs numbers are always revised

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:26 AM

Sep 3

later, and for very good reasons. However, the revisions rarely seem to make the same splash that the first numbers make. How long until Trump is able to fire enough people to make sure that the first release is always as good as possible and leave the more accurate, and worse, number for later when news outlets will give it short shrift?

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BLS report: July job openings change little; hires and total separations unchanged [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 OP

Of course jobs numbers are always revised markodochartaigh Sep 3 #1

Job openings fall again and hiring has stalled. More evidence of weakening U.S. labor market progree Sep 3 #2

I had the same reaction. It is not an extreme change, but Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #3

AP & CNBC with gloomy reports progree Sep 3 #4

US job openings decline in July; hiring lackluster; Treasuries Rebound After Job Openings Data Confirm Slowdown progree Sep 3 #5

Chart Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #6