About that jobs report.

[Crepitus]

Analysts say it's an anomaly caused by a flawed statistical model. It's shows that the healthcare industry, which is under assault by the Rump administration, suddenly spike to 120K new jobs (which is more than 90% of the jobs claimed in the report) and that is more than unlikely, worse than improbable, it's basically impossible.

Some folks on Wall Street think yesterday’s U.S. jobs number is ‘implausible’ and is thus due for a correction | Fortune

Some analysts are worrying that the latest number might be wrong, and that the level of job creation in America is lower than the stats suggest.

fortune.com

 

[Jake Starkey]

The January 2026 jobs report itself is accurate as published — 130,000 jobs added and unemployment at 4.3% — but the revisions to prior months reveal that earlier reports were significantly overstated, which is why many analysts are questioning the reliability of recent labor data.

What the data shows​

• January’s headline numbers are solid: payrolls up 130,000, unemployment down to 4.3%.
• However, annual revisions showed that job growth from April 2024–March 2025 was 898,000 lower than originally reported.
• Additional revisions cut 403,000 jobs from the 2025 totals, meaning the U.S. added only 181,000 jobs for the entire year — “an exceptionally weak year by almost any standard.”
• The BLS updated its birth–death model (business openings/closures), which likely caused some of the corrections and should improve accuracy going forward.

Bottom line​

• January 2026 numbers are accurate as reported.
• But the revisions show that earlier reports were significantly overstated, making the labor market look stronger than it actually was.
• Analysts now view the job market as weaker and more concentrated (health care, social assistance, construction) than the headline numbers alone suggest.

 

[Crepitus]

The January 2026 jobs report itself is accurate as published — 130,000 jobs added and unemployment at 4.3% — but the revisions to prior months reveal that earlier reports were significantly overstated, which is why many analysts are questioning the reliability of recent labor data.

What the data shows​

• January’s headline numbers are solid: payrolls up 130,000, unemployment down to 4.3%.
• However, annual revisions showed that job growth from April 2024–March 2025 was 898,000 lower than originally reported.
• Additional revisions cut 403,000 jobs from the 2025 totals, meaning the U.S. added only 181,000 jobs for the entire year — “an exceptionally weak year by almost any standard.”
• The BLS updated its birth–death model (business openings/closures), which likely caused some of the corrections and should improve accuracy going forward.

Bottom line​

• January 2026 numbers are accurate as reported.
• But the revisions show that earlier reports were significantly overstated, making the labor market look stronger than it actually was.
• Analysts now view the job market as weaker and more concentrated (health care, social assistance, construction) than the headline numbers alone suggest.

That doesn't really address the point in the OP.

 

[Jake Starkey]

I am not arguing your point. That's your duty.

I am giving more information.

 

[Nordberg]

When Trump fired all the people who provided labor statistics, you had to know the new ones would slant for Trump. Trump also fired the watchdogs and replaced them with suckups. Reality is what Trump says it is.