January Jobs Report Gains Mask Year of Downward Job Revisions
The January jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) appears, at first glance, to have positive numbers. But revisions within the report for previous months — and examinations of numbers over the past year — indicate a shakier economy than the Trump administration may want to admit. The report, published on Wednesday morning, boasts of 130,000 jobs being created in January…