Ignore the May jobs report‘s topline establishment survey number and the media’s celebratory reporting. It’s not to be trusted.
A new analysis by the Daily Caller News Foundation shows that payrolls were overstated by 1.3 million last year after accounting for the constant downward revisions. A new Bloomberg Economics report finds monthly job gains were overstated by 730,000 last year. Bloomberg says a surge of business closures is to blame.
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