Conspiracy theories have always surrounded strong jobs numbers. But what happens when the data falls short? | CNN Business

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For months, many Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have been quick to assert — without proof — that subsequent downward revisions to initial employment estimates published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics were intentional in order to mask the true state of the economy at the time and help bolster Democrats’ case to voters.

If that were the case, why would the BLS produce an initial estimate that employers hired just 114,000 new workers in July, the second-lowest monthly gain since December 2020? That report, which also resulted in the unemployment rate

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