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Posts Tagged: “revisions“

September 11, 2025 Guest Commentaries

June Job Loss Signals Trouble Ahead

With another round of jobs data released last week, another revision to June’s numbers reveal two startling truths. First, jobs actually decreased in June, contrary to the initial estimates. Second, and arguably worse, the Trump administration’s cover-up of these numbers is as bad as critics thought. The following article was originally published by the Mises […]

September 6, 2025 Exploring Finance

Jobs: Firing the Head of the BLS Resulted in Positive Revisions for the First Time in 2025 

The analysis below covers the Employment picture released on the first Friday of every month. While most of the attention goes to the Headline Report, it can be helpful to look at the details, revisions, and other reports to get a better gauge of what is really going on.  Current Trends  The jobs report showed […]

April 4, 2025 Exploring Finance

 Jobs: A Decent Job Report Flew Way Under the Radar

The analysis below covers the Employment picture released on the first Friday of every month. While most of the attention goes to the Headline Report, it can be helpful to look at the details, revisions, and other reports to get a better gauge of what is really going on.

September 5, 2023 Key Gold Headlines

Job Numbers Have Been Revised Down for Every Month This Year

I’ve been saying that the government job numbers seem wonky. Looking at the monthly revisions bears this out. Every month this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has revised the nonfarm payroll numbers from previous months lower.