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BumRushDaShow

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7. That other group mainly polls their own subscribers

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 4, 2025, 08:50 AM

Apr 2025

including those who they do payrolls for (one of their services) and that is all "private employers" and doesn't include government, so their numbers are almost always different from the government's numbers.

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An independent group gab13by13 Apr 2025 #1

yep. nt ImNotGod Apr 2025 #4

That other group mainly polls their own subscribers BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #7

The ADP numbers are "actuals" for about 20% of the private workforce. How they estimate the other 80% progree Apr 2025 #10

How can so many people get laid off and the numbers rise? Weird? walkingman Apr 2025 #2

A lot of them may not have filed for UE yet due to court rulings BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #6

And both surveys were taken in the week containing March 12, if the usual practice was followed progree Apr 2025 #8

And there have been a billion court rulings over that time BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #9

UE #'s TalentAgency Apr 2025 #13

Most data is by "survey" BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #16

Wrong. Wiz Imp Apr 2025 #18

BLS does their various "surveys" BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #20

No. You are completely 100% wrong Wiz Imp Apr 2025 #23

"jobs numbers are calculated by BLS employees located in DC " BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #25

I don't know why you refuse to accept it, but you still have several facts wrong. Wiz Imp Apr 2025 #28

"The national job numbers are calculated by plugging the survey responses into a mathematical formula. " BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #29

OK. One last response and I'm done. Wiz Imp Apr 2025 #30

"How is that ignoring it?" BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #31

I'm delurking long enough to note that this week's report on unemployment claims numbers is here too. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 #27

Are the drumpf administration numbers reliable? biophile Apr 2025 #3

to answer, no, there is no way he will allow any negative reports. nt ImNotGod Apr 2025 #5

At this point, I'm inclined to say they are still honest Wiz Imp Apr 2025 #19

Who's hiring? mdbl Apr 2025 #11

The "health" cuts just started up towards the end of last month and into this month BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #12

From the source, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 #14

The economy is propelled by the last of the momentum Marthe48 Apr 2025 #15

The last sputtering gasps of the Biden Boom! Finished in 2 months by an orange bloated lying fraudster wolfie001 Apr 2025 #17

I just saw in the linked article from CNBC Wiz Imp Apr 2025 #21

But how many have been reinstated by the courts? BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #22

The best I can tell about 25,000 have been reinstated by the courts. Wiz Imp Apr 2025 #24

I found the NYT is doing a running tally and apparently the "275,000" is just an "announced" number BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #26