Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-10 20:46:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7EBCCB5D3BE86E8886F26A1C70A334A20A71B860E20474020F98EE3A4802A333
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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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