BLS Revises Job Gains Down....BIG TIME!!!.....TYPICAL PROPAGANDA...MAKE THE HEADLINE....HIDE THE REVISION!!!
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for December was revised down by 43,000, from +333,000 to +290,000, and the change for January was revised down by 124,000, from +353,000 to +229,000. With these revisions, employment in December and January combined is 167,000 lower than previously reported. (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since the last published estimates and from the recalculation of seasonal factors.)