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Economics Uncovered

There are reasons to be skeptical about the monthly US jobs report

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Steven Anastasiou
Feb 08, 2023
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The latest monthly jobs report released by the U.S. BLS (the Current Employment Statistics (CES) report), claims that 517,000 nonfarm payroll jobs were added in January.

While the latest CES jobs report thus suggests that employment growth surged during January, a deeper analysis reveals concerns that create material skepticism surrounding current and pa…

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