Nick Reed 08.22.24 - Job Revisions Report

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Good Thursday morning! Here's what Nick Reed covers this hour:

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics revised down its total tally of jobs created in the year through March by 818,000 as part of its preliminary annual benchmark review of payroll data.
• Trump weighed in on the news saying, "The administration padded the numbers with an extra – listen to this one – 818,000 jobs that don’t exist. So they said they existed and they never did exist. They built ‘em up so they could say what a wonderful job they’re doing."
• President Biden's Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo dismissed the news as Trump spreading misinformation.
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan said their campaign is considering dropping out and supporting former President Trump.
• Former President Trump has surged ahead of VP Harris in at least one betting market.
• Black voters at a Chicago barbershop criticized the Democrats for their policies.

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