Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-10 12:15:25 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 67BCDEB402BAD2CB4B717890D9FF1DA2806DD849B8AC4F08E8372D82B02F3826
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Original Note:
The 13.4M jobs total is factually correct but is misleading. The July 2023 figure is ~4M higher than the February 2020 peak of employment before COVID-19 forced massive layoffs. It’s more accurate to say ~9.4 jobs have been recovered and ~4M have been created. https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001 https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ceshighlights.pdf
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