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Federal Government Job Cuts Still Hitting Employment Data: The Labor Market By Major Industry In Charts

The headcount reduction by the federal government reached 97,000 since January, including a further reduction of 3,000 civilian employees in September. State governments have shed 25,000 employees ...
Boston Herald

Lack of jobs data due to government shutdown muddies view of hiring and the US economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around ...
Reason

The Federal Government Has Shed 271,000 Jobs This Year. That's Great.

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office for a second time in January, more than 3 million people worked for the federal government. While the Trump administration has taken many ...
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The Fed Should Look At Private Sector Jobs Growth And Not Get Distracted By The Massive Federal Government Job Cuts

The federal government civilian headcount got slashed by 162,000 in October and by 172,000 over the three months of September, October, and November. Since January, the federal government has ...

With jobs data delayed, analysts flock to unofficial data

Countless private firms offer a read on the job market, consumers and the economy, but they can’t replace official government statistics.