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Government Jobs Increased in February? (www.bls.gov)

submitted 4 months ago by jacksilver@lemmy.world to c/economy@lemmy.world

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Not sure if questions are allowed here, but reading the lastest job reports I saw that the US added jobs in the government sector for February 2025. Given all the layoffs due to DOGE I would have expected a negative number.

Is there just a lag in reporting or am I missing something?

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[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I belive that data is from the middle of the month before the firings started.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah I think I read something about February 12th. I'm not super familiar with how they collect the data and wouldn't be surprised that it's a lagging indicator.

I was just expecting numbers to be bad, given the federal layoffs so was surprised to read they were generally good.