Analysts were left shocked Wednesday after ADP released its latest jobs report that showed private employers had shed 32,000 jobs in September, a stark contrast to the expected gain of around 50,000 jobs.“Very disappointing, it was a weak number; this is private sector jobs for September, the total ...

Analysts were left shocked Wednesday after ADP released its latest jobs report that showed private employers had shed 32,000 jobs in September, a stark contrast to the expected gain of around 50,000 jobs.

The latest job numbers follow a wave of bad economic news for Trump, who raged against previous reports that showed a sharp decline in job growth, going as far as to call job numbers coming out of his own administration “rigged,” and firing the BLS chief in retaliation.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    UPI report on same

    ADP also revised its August numbers – from an increase of 54,000 jobs to a drop of 3,000.

    “oh yeah that, sorry, NOT an increase of fifty-four thousand jobs. . lessee . . . ahhh . ah here we go: a drop by three thousand.”