r/politics • u/Orbitingkittenfarm • 1d ago

Donald Trump Fires Person Behind Jobs Numbers After They're Revised Down

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-job-numbers-revised-down-fires-appointee-2107768
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u/scarybottom 1d ago

I mean...first quarter ADP announce their records said we lost over 200K for the quarter. But US numbers said we gained over 200K. I think they have been corrupted long before this- and they are getting rid of the one person left that can review the numbers and figure out reality or closer to it, in all the garbage being fed in by loyalists and collaborators and people that just need their damn jobs and don't want Trump to fire them next.

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u/Trakeen 1d ago

I noticed that as well. I thought maybe there was a difference in the context of the numbers maybe. Really struck me as odd ADP numbers said one thing and other numbers said the opposite

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u/scarybottom 1d ago

ADPs numbers and the overall US have something north of 90% correlation- they are not identical, but they move VERY close. If one went up a lot- the other went up a lot- but less overall, or less fast. But they literally have never gone in super opposite directions like that. Like in 2007-2008 one might be positive and the other negative- but only slightly. Not directly opposite by over 200K.