"The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) rose from 8.0 million in August to 8.6 million in September ... "
"Half a million new temp jobs in a month?"
That would be 600,000, 20% higher than a half a million.
My guess is it is returning college students resuming part time jobs in their college towns and on their college campuses.
These job changes are not supposed to be included, because they are supposed to be taken into account by the seasonal adjustments.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2940855/posts?page=4
Has a couple ideas on that: campaign hiring and college kids’ left their jobs in Aug instead of Sept.
I would like to think it’s an anomalous result instead of a corrupt one.