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To: Signalman
Wasn't there a story last month that the DOL suddenly "found" an additional 800K jobs that had been overlooked? This is probably where this comes from.

Nearly 400,000 More Jobs Added Than First Thought
Wall Street Journal ^ | September 27, 2012 | By Ben Casselman

Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2012 2:13:02 PM by Oldeconomybuyer

The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday released an early look at its annual “benchmark revision” of its payroll data. When the preliminary revisions become final early next year, the official data should show that 386,000 more Americans were working in March than previously believed. The private sector did even better, adding 453,000 jobs versus previous estimates. [snip]

See, all those jobs were hiding under the couch all along.
29 posted on 10/05/2012 9:21:06 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Good find.


31 posted on 10/05/2012 9:25:26 AM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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