Obama brags about 160,000 jobs created per month but ignores the 1.46 million folks who lose their jobs each and every month.

This week's Thursday "first time claimant" report is up 11,000 over the initial report for the week ending June 2.  For the 66th week (out of 67),  the Federal Government has adjusted these numbers in an effort to avoid the "current" news cycle.  As it turns out,  all adjustments - all 66 of them - somehow miss the headlines for the weeks they are adjusted except, here,  at Midknight Review.  As an example,  the 3,000 upward adjustment for the previous report (June 2) will go unreported.  In fact,  the headline will read:  "Current first time claims are up 6,000 over last week," when the true headline is this:  "Initial reports for first time claims are up 11,000 over the initial reports for June 2."  

June 9 - 386,000 new claims/ This initial report will be moved up to near 390,000,  this time next week . . . . .  that is the pattern.  

June 2 -  377,000 - adjusted up to 380,000 with the June 9 report.  

May 2012

May 26 - 383, 000 revised up by 6,000 to 389,000  revised up 65 out of last 66 weeks.

May 19 - initial report is 370,000 - revised up 3,000 to 373,000.

May 12 - initial report 370,000 , adjusted up to 372,000 (63 out 64 weeks this adjustment has been higher than its initial report)

May 5 - first report is 367,000 - revised with the May 17 report to 370,000

April 2012

April 28 - first report is 365,000 ---  adjusted up to 368,000 with the May 3 report

April 21 _  first report for week ending on the 21st,  is 388,00 - the same initial report as last week's.  An adjustment [upward ?] will occur with next Thursdays report.  This was adjust up to 392,000.  

April 14 - first report is 388,000 to be adjusted next Thursday.  Adjust  number is 389,000

April 7 :  first report is 380,000 off an estimate of 359,000. This number was adjusted up to 388,000 !!!

March 2012

March 31:  first report was 357,000 but was adjusted upwards by 10,000 to 367,000

March 24 (week ending)  --  359,000,  adjusted up 11,000 from the first report of the week before. 

March 17 - 348,000 as a first report.  This will be adjusted up to 350,000 to 352,000 by next Thursday (3/29).  With the March 24 First Report,  we find out that the week ending 3/17 missed the the truth completely/  Instead of 348,000,  the final report was 364,000 or 16,000 off the mark.  

March 10 - 351,000 as a first report.  We expect this number to be revised to 354,000. It was adjusted to 353,000, 000

March 3 (week ending)  First report 362,000 - adjusted upward to 365,000

February 2012

Feb 25  -  351,000 before weekly adjustment  - 3,000 higher than the initial report of Feb 11.  --  This week was adjusted up to 354,000

Feb 18 - 355,000 before weekly adjustment (supposedly, the weekly adjustment was 353,000)

Feb 11 355, 000 after adjustment (originally reported at 348,000 (?)

Feb 4 361,000 without weekly adjustment

January 2012

Jan 28   367,000 adjusted to 373,000

Jan 21  Adjusted up to 379,00:  initial report was 377,000, an increase of 21,000 or 25,000 higher than the original report of the 14th.  

Jan 14 352,000 first Labor report:  (week ending) first report numbers are 355,000 on Fox, 352,000 from Labor. A 2nd   revision brought this week's number to 356,000

Jan  7  399,000 unadjusted. I expect this to be 403,000 after revision. The actual adjusted number was 402,000

December 2012

Dec. 31  372,000 unadjusted (this report) . This was revised to 375,000.

Dec. 24  387,000 adjusted from initial report of 381,000

Dec. 17  366,000 / first adjust to 364,000 but later reported back to 366,000

Dec. 10 368,000  (I actually do not remember this report.)

Dec.  3  385,000 adjusted.