The Jobs Numbers: Now They Tell Us

News that the Biden payroll growth numbers were off by some 818,000 jobs certainly puts a damper on the Democrats’ parade.

AP/Nam Y. Huh
A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant at Prospect Heights, Illinois April 4, 2023. AP/Nam Y. Huh

Now they tell us. The news that the Biden payroll growth numbers were off by some 818,000 jobs certainly rains on the Democrats’ parade. Just the other night President Biden was touting his record on job creation as a reason to back his anointed successor, Vice President Harris, in November. Even before the downward revision, though, Mr. Biden had been padding the job numbers, which started from an artificial low during the Covid pandemic.

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