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1. And the previous 2 months were revised down by a combined 21,000, so we ended up with only 1,000 more jobs

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 05:57 AM

Sep 6

than were reported in last month's report, released August 1.

22,000 - 21,000 = +1,000 net new payroll jobs reported.

The August 1 report's total nonfarm payroll employment: 159,539k
. . . https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_08012025.htm -- Table B-1

This (September 5 report's) total nonfarm payroll employment: 159,540k -- a 1k increase
. . . This month's: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_09052025.htm or https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm or https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001

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Yesterday's LBN thread on the jobs report:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143524396

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In the last 4 months, only an average of 27,000 jobs/month were added
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3524426

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