Thursday, July 2, 2015

April and May 2015 job gains revised down by 60,000 per BLS report, 7/2/15

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7/2/15, "Employment Situation Summary," bls.gov

Last paragraph:

"The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for April was revised from +221,000 to +187,000, and the change for May was revised from +280,000 to +254,000. With these revisions, employment gains in April and May combined were 60,000 lower than previously reported."...
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-34,000= 15% downward revision in April

-26,000=9% downward revision in May


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