Revisions to Payrolls Survey – Jan. 2022

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Heavily revised growth for November and December 2021. 800k jobs removed in June and July. The late 2021 revisions may be late reporting, or the BLS’s Seasonal Adjustment ARIMA models thrashing around, combined with the Benchmark Revision. The seasonal adjustment would explain the balancing drop in mid-year: The ARIMA model must rob Peter to pay… Read more » Read More

State Payrolls

Posted - Filed under COVID Recovery, Employment.

Various charts and tables from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’  State and Metro Employment data. REQUEST MORE CHARTS Next update: September Release on October 20th.         State Employment – Total Private Payrolls January through August 2020 current and worst % drops. Seasonally Adjusted. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics State Trough August Rebound… Read more » Read More