Payrolls up by nearly 1.8 million, topping expectations despite coronavirus resurgence

Two months of record-setting payroll growth slowed in July but was still better than Wall Street estimates even as a rise in coronavirus cases put a damper on the struggling U.S. economy.

Nonfarm payrolls increased of 1.763 million for the month. The unemployment rate fell to 10.2% from its previous 11.1%, also better than the estimates from economists surveyed by Dow Jones. An alternative measure that includes discouraged workers and the undermployed holding parttime jobs for economic reasons fell from 18% to 16.5%.The consensus was for growth of 1.48 million and an unemployment rate of 10.6%.

However, there were wide variations around the estimates as the pandemic's resurgence dented plans to get the shuttered U.S. economy back online. Forecasts ranged from a decline of half a million jobs to a rise of 3 million. May and June saw a combined increase of more than 7.5 million, the fastest two-month rise in U.S. history.

The reason for those big gains, though, was the return of displaced workers who were laid off as the nation sought to stave off the Covid-19 spread. Though bars and restaurants have struggled to cope with restrictions brought on by the pandemic, leisure and hospitality led the month with a growth of 592,000 jobs, with 502,000 of those coming in eating and drinking establishments.

Do we trust these numbers coming from a government controlled by lying Donald Trump? Something just doesn't smell right about these goofy numbers. Somebody is cooking the books.

There aren't NEW jobs. They are counting 'return to work' as new jobs. Or replacing someone as new jobs...

No need for extra unemployment stimulus

Dead rising

is minimizing how great the numbers are. Expectation was actually 1.2 million according to

Rise with death

This doesn't seem to tally with the 20th consecutive week of 1 million + new unemployment claims. I don't understand the details how the figures are calculated but they seem to be contradicting each other to me

Let’s see Trump turn that one inside out. PassTheReliefBillNiw

So this was before the uptick in cases too, right?

BOGUS jobs data again 20k manufac jobs as opposed to 200k expected

Good to see jobs returned from March (these are not new jobs)

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