The data released by the Labor Department on Friday was a mess of conflicting signals, unable to agree on whether the economy was adding or losing jobs, leaving economists uncertain about the reliability of the information.
The discrepancy between the employer and household surveys, typically aligned over the long term, stemmed from some combination of measurement error and randomness, leading to challenges in interpreting the current labor market situation.
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