My guess is that BLS will probably push it down to 8.2% to help butress Zero’s speech tonight. If, on the other hand, it stays at 8.3% the numbers must be really bad; so bad they can’t torture them much more without being blatently exposed for political manipulation. But I can absolutely guarantee you there’s no way the print will be allowed to rise above 8.3%.
Debbie is up next.
Interestingly, the number could drop to 8.2 or 8.1 IF people become so discouraged, they stop looking for work. Such people are not included in the stats.