WSJ is a shite rag

They revised the previous two months lower by 95k

Earnings up tho

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The BLS Jobs report showed that there was an increase of 139,000 jobs in the month of May, which was a little above market expectations of 130,000. Employment gains in March and April were revised lower by a combined 95,000. The unemployment rate remained at 4.2%, matching estimates. Average weekly earnings were up 0.4% for the month and up 3.9% year over year.

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In the body of the article, number beat the 125k estimate.

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Until they change it

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Until they change it

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so like always

Whoever puts the numbers out needs to fix their seasonal adjustments

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Personally, I don't find anything wrong with the headline or article. That's just me, though.

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Me neither. But some people expect the media to fellate their chosen candidates.

Yay we are over estimated number and after the last 4 years of Biden on top of that first year of covid collapse we are fortunate not to be in a hastened free fall. That said if a minimum of a 250k jobs report isn’t met then it’s not good. During last administration numbers were false positives and false in general as many of the jobs created were government, those can be considered as a negative result any time a government job is created. This 250k is probably not close either as being a minimum as that is a number derived 20 plus years ago as a bottom line one. Yes 22k government jobs are supposedly reduced, not nearly enough but it’s a start.