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Job Growth Was Overstated
Job Growth Was Overstated
August 21, 2019 at 5:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 101 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/08/21/job-growth-was-overstated/
"SNIP....
The Labor Department said employers added a half-million fewer jobs in 2018 and early 2019 than previously reported, the New York Times reports.
“The revisions don’t change the overall picture of a healthy job market. But they do mean that 2018, which had ranked among the strongest years of job growth in the decade-long recovery, was weaker than previously believed.”
......SNIP"
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That's been one of my most used statements the past 2 years.
