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Aviation Pro

(14,733 posts)
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 10:16 AM Sep 4

Place your bets

The jobs report scheduled for release tomorrow will either be:

1. Delayed
2. Cooked with false numbers.

For context ADP is reporting weak numbers.

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Place your bets (Original Post) Aviation Pro Sep 4 OP
The two choices are not mutally exclusive...nt Wounded Bear Sep 4 #1
3. Ignored because he did something to distract from it. tinrobot Sep 4 #2
If they cook the books, plenty of experts will respond with truth. Silent Type Sep 4 #3
I thought the new guy announced no more monthly reports, just quarterly? Nt Fiendish Thingy Sep 4 #4
Math is not their strong suit underpants Sep 4 #6
I told you previously that He hasn't been confirmed yet. Wiz Imp Sep 4 #10
I've got $5 on..., underpants Sep 4 #5
'TRILLIONS OF JOBS!!!' spanone Sep 4 #7
Neither. Wiz Imp Sep 4 #8
Thanks for that Aviation Pro Sep 4 #11
Cooked SheltieLover Sep 4 #9

Wiz Imp

(6,963 posts)
10. I told you previously that He hasn't been confirmed yet.
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 10:42 AM
Sep 4

And while that is what the nominee said he wanted to do, Trump hasn't publicly agreed to it yet.

See Post 8.

The quarterly data for 1st quarter 2025 will be released September 9 as will the preliminary estimates of benchmark revisions for March 2025..

Wiz Imp

(6,963 posts)
8. Neither.
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 10:37 AM
Sep 4

Trump's pick for new BLS Commissioner has not been confirmed yet. In the meantime, Bill Wiatrowski is the Acting Commissioner. He's a long time BLS employee who came up through the statistical programs and has served as Deputy Commissioner and Acting Commissioner on several different occasions previously. In addition, Julie Hatch Maxfield is still the Associate Commissioner for Employment and Unemployment Statistics which oversees the jobs report. She has spent her whole career at BLS working in the CES (jobs) program eventually moving up to upper management overseeing the program. I know Bill & Julie and can say unequivocally that they will NOT falsify numbers. They are good honest people. The numbers will come out on time and they will be legit. What happens after this month remains to be seen, but as long as Bill & Julie are running things, the data will be legit.

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