What’s up with the 911,000 jobs?

[Caveira]

 

was he lying?
 

Another Massive Employment Whiff: 911,000 Jobs Vanish

More terrible employment news for the American economy…

According to the new numbers – published on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) by the perpetually goal-seeking U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – a record 911,000 jobs were “disappeared” between the months of April 2024 and March 2025. That total – which represents 0.6% of the entire U.S. workforce – was even worse than last summer’s announcement of 818,000fewer jobs from April 2023 to March 2024.

It also came on top of previous downward revisions of 577,000for the period.

While the vast majority of “disappeared” jobs on the latest report (.pdf) came under the administration of former president Joe Biden, the revision period did include the first two months of the second term of president Donald Trump. And, as we noted last week, Trump’s numbers haven’t looked so hot since then…

[red viking]

Ignorance is bliss when you're a winger. 

If the jobs news is positive, beat your chest about it. 

If it's negative, it's either fake or the old data was fake (to make this look bad). 

You can't make this stuff up. 

Simpler explanation is that Trumptard is doing a horrible job with the economy, with tariffs bouncing all over the place to maximize uncertainty and drive up inflation. Also, AI is playing a role. 

[Bigbrog]

Just now, red viking said:

Ignorance is bliss when you're a winger. 

If the jobs news is positive, beat your chest about it. 

If it's negative, it's either fake or the old data was fake (to make this look bad). 

You can't make this stuff up. 

Simpler explanation is that Trumptard is doing a horrible job with the economy, with tariffs bouncing all over the place to maximize uncertainty and drive up inflation. Also, AI is playing a role. 

LOL...you do realize that you do the exact same thing, right?!  

[red viking]

6 minutes ago, Bigbrog said:

LOL...you do realize that you do the exact same thing, right?!  

No, I don't. Questioning official government figures is completely different from questioning what some random idiot says on YouTube. 

[Caveira]

4 minutes ago, red viking said:

No, I don't. Questioning official government figures is completely different from questioning what some random idiot says on YouTube. 

The article is from YouTube.  That’s just a jokie joke video of Biden and me asking is he lying.   Read the words?

[Bigbrog]

10 minutes ago, red viking said:

No, I don't. Questioning official government figures is completely different from questioning what some random idiot says on YouTube. 

Ummm...yes you do!!  Then again we already establish you have zero ability to do any sort of self reflection

[Offthemat]

The mistakes always seem to favor the same people. 

[red viking]

18 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

The mistakes always seem to favor the same people. 

The "mistakes" even out over time, so thats ANOTHER 110% lie. Wow, ,they're non-stop. if they over-estimate this month, then they have to revise it downward the next month. New data comes in every month to provide a more refined estimate. 

And they aren't typically "mistakes." They're estimates based upon the evailable data but new data comes in after the initial estimate. 

It's very basic math & science.  

You should give all the whack job conspiracy theories a break. The wingers are constantly whining about being the victims. Literally everybody is out to "get" them. 

[Caveira]

52 minutes ago, red viking said:

The "mistakes" even out over time, so thats ANOTHER 110% lie. Wow, ,they're non-stop. if they over-estimate this month, then they have to revise it downward the next month. New data comes in every month to provide a more refined estimate. 

And they aren't typically "mistakes." They're estimates based upon the evailable data but new data comes in after the initial estimate. 

It's very basic math & science.  

You should give all the whack job conspiracy theories a break. The wingers are constantly whining about being the victims. Literally everybody is out to "get" them. 

Isn’t it the largest “mistake” in the history of these numbers?

[Wrestleknownothing]

2 hours ago, Caveira said:

Isn’t it the largest “mistake” in the history of these numbers?

Only a mistake if you have no clue how the numbers are created.

And no, the 2009 annual benchmark revision was larger in percentage terms. 

[Caveira]

2 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Only a mistake if you have no clue how the numbers are created.

And no, the 2009 annual benchmark revision was larger in percentage terms. 

On September 9, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor, released a preliminary revision to its employment data, announcing it had overstated job growth between March 2024 and March 2025 by 911,000 positions. This was the largest downward preliminary revision on record, causing a significant public reaction.

[Lipdrag]

4 hours ago, Offthemat said:

The mistakes always seem to favor the same people. 

Yes.  If the mistakes were a random walk (statistically) then no one would be carping .  Or everyone would.  But when the mistakes are skewed there is  someone tipping the scales.  BLS is in a 92% partisan location.  My hypothesis is that their statistical errors are statistically significant which shows a causation effect.  Maybe one of our numerically gifted colleagues can prove or disprove my hypothesis.

Edited 8 minutes ago by Lipdrag