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> For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total nonfarm employment from the establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 115,000
by joobus 10y ago
> For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total nonfarm employment from the establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 115,000.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.tn.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.tn.htm
So 38,000 +- 115,000. In other words, they don't really know if employment went up or down.
- __derek__ 10y agoThanks for digging that up. I thought it was around 100,000 and was about to go look for the actual number.