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7. I get 336k/month average. From the BLS itself

Reply to RussBLib (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 3, 2025, 12:42 AM

Aug 3

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001

Monthly changes (in thousands): https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth

YEAR: JAN FEB MAR etc.
2021: 365 509 824 365 421 796 931 487 466 857 637 575
2022: 225 869 471 305 241 461 696 237 227 400 297 126
2023: 444 306 85 216 227 257 148 157 158 186 141 269
2024: 119 222 246 118 193 87 88 71 240 44 261 323
2025: 111 102 120
Highlighted months sum to 16,140k (336k/month average)
Gives the February 2021 over January 2021 increase (509k) to Biden
Gives the February 2025 over January 2025 increase (102k) to tRump