“Nonfarm payrolls grew by just 114,000 for the month, down from the downwardly revised 179,000 in June and below the Dow Jones estimate for 185,000.”
Is anyone in journalism trying to figure out why these “consensus” estimates by economists are so regularly wrong?
Might be useful.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/job-growth-totals-114000-in-july-much-less-than-expected-as-unemployment-rate-rises-to-4point3percent.html?__source=iosappshare%7Corg.joinmastodon.app.ShareActionExtension
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