11/3/17: Revised numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics give
Trump something to brag about – not counting the fact that so far only three
members of his 2016 campaign have been indicted. Job numbers for September have
been revised upward to +14,000 jobs gained, instead of a previous estimated
loss, followed by 261,000 jobs (preliminary) added in October.
This
keeps a healthy string alive: 85
months in a row with job growth – 75.629 of those months (figuring from
the swearing-in at noon on January 20, 2017) under President Obama.
(Bureau
of Labor Statistics figures are “preliminary” for two months. In November the
September number is revised again to +18,000. It seems more accurate to me to
leave in place the numbers as they were reported at the time in posts like this.)
Job growth for 85 months.
