I\’ve been a bit of a slacker, but I\’m trying to get back on wagon.
Here are the A and B Tables for the May 2012 BLS Employment report in csv format
May 2012 BLS A Tables (Household Survey – Population/Labor Force/Employment/Unemployment)
May 2012 BLS B Tables (Payroll Survey – Non-Farm/Private/Jobs by industry)
And I want to capture my initial analysis so you can see what you\’re missing on Twitter (and so I can come back to it later)
Oof! 82K private sector jobs in May. Bad news. #BLSFriday
— Political Math (@politicalmath) June 1, 2012
March April and May combined had about as much job growth as January. Ouch #BLSFriday
— Political Math (@politicalmath) June 1, 2012
Labor Force was up 642K, Employment (A Tables) was up 422K, Unemployment up 220K #BLSFriday
— Political Math (@politicalmath) June 1, 2012
We need over 200K payroll growth per month. The last 2 months combined were 146K #BLSFriday
— Political Math (@politicalmath) June 1, 2012
Payrolls up 69K non-farm jobs, 82K private jobs, gov\’t jobs remained flat #BLSFriday
— Political Math (@politicalmath) June 1, 2012
Labor Force was up 642K, Employment (A Tables) was up 422K, Unemployment up 220K #BLSFriday
— Political Math (@politicalmath) June 1, 2012
The real bad news: This isn\’t isolated. This is the 3rd month in a row of weak job reports. #BLSFriday
— Political Math (@politicalmath) June 1, 2012
Silver lining: The labor force rose a good chunk #BLSFriday
— Political Math (@politicalmath) June 1, 2012
This is the worst employment report since last May. So maybe it\’s cyclical. (Probably not though) #BLSFriday
— Political Math (@politicalmath) June 1, 2012
I expected a tepid employment report, over 100K but under 200K. Not this. Blech. #BLSFriday
— Political Math (@politicalmath) June 1, 2012
And Annie Lowrey has what I thought was a fantastic summary of how this jobs report felt
Maybe the farm payrolls report is really good this month?
— Annie Lowrey (@AnnieLowrey) June 1, 2012
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