What you need to know about the jobs report revisions

What you need to know about the jobs report revisions

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Why do revisions to the jobs report happen? Today on the show, we speak with a former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics about why revisions occur and how we should interpret the monthly report's actual message.

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