Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Economy

progree

(11,976 posts)

2. What they ALWAYS leave out is the downward revisions to prior months. Which in the April report (released 5/2) totalled

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:25 PM

Thursday

58,000. Meaning we only gained 177,000 - 58,000 = 119,000 compared to what was reported in the March report (released 4/4)

Anyway, that puts a little shade of the giddy bubbly boo 177,000 number.

The last 3 months (Feb,Mar,Apr) averaged 155,000 jobs/month per the April report.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

1 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

mahatmakanejeeves

2 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Yahoo Finance: May jobs report expected to show hiring slowdown, flat unemployment rate [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Thursday OP

The things I'm watching and the markets have hardly moved in 4+ hours bucolic_frolic Thursday #1

What they ALWAYS leave out is the downward revisions to prior months. Which in the April report (released 5/2) totalled progree Thursday #2