All Posts Tagged Jobs Report

Bureau of Labor Statistics data is bunk

January 4th, 2008 | No comments

At least according to this TrimTabs report it is. An interesting read, which notes that December hiring was probably zero. Bloomberg agreed. (h/t to Eric Savitz)

U.S. Jobs, Productivity Climb

December 5th, 2007 | No comments

Via Forbes: An analysis of payroll data released on Wednesday showed an increase in private-sector employment of 189,000 during November, significantly above market expecations…The number was more than twice the 65,000 rise expected by analysts. Too many folks to count were surprised by this, and I’m not sure why. First, there’s a flood of temporary [...]