On Monday, we got the feeling that this week’s jobs report was going to be bad because White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that 9 million people had called in sick because of the Omicron variant at the time data was taken — meaning they were out sick, not unemployed.
On Wednesday, CNBC published a report saying that 301,000 jobs were “unexpectedly” cut in January as the Omicron variant slammed the labor market. That’s a bit short of the Biden administration’s predictions.
Prediction was plus 200k jobs
Reality was minus 300k jobs pic.twitter.com/FeCXnsZwMS
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) February 2, 2022
So close
— CroakerzAzz (@CroakerzAzzz) February 2, 2022
Maybe find new guesstimators?
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) February 2, 2022
Who are the people making these estimates? I feel they are ALWAYS wrong. Are they failed weather forecasters?
— Jaihawkk (@Jaihawkk) February 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/CandyTa86367420/status/1488973100960165899
@dmcgrew Heading for 30% approval.
— Devin Smrekar (@dsmrekar26) February 2, 2022
So much Building Back Better.
— Daigotsu Elenti (@ScarletElenti) February 2, 2022
These experts are really bad at experting.
— Doctor Whom (@Sneakeyghost) February 2, 2022
But…but…@SenSchumer and @ChrisMurphyCT told me the economy was booming under Biden? Maybe they meant imploding?
— Cory Nash (@tydy1098) February 2, 2022
Brandon just keeps on winning!
— Ultra Fringe Minority Scientist (@waitwhat_2000) February 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/VERBAL_CHANCLA/status/1488919625190363136
c'mon man!
people called in sick
😂🤡🤡🤡🤣— Mary Smith (@MarySmi36126717) February 2, 2022
Does not compute.
Did they fire everyone that called in sick?
— » J H « (@FuarFearg) February 2, 2022
"Omicron"… totally not woke mandates
— Detective Pepe (@MrDetectivePepe) February 2, 2022
Is this the cost of people being either fired or quitting because of vaccine mandates that took effect last month? I'll bet it was a MAJOR factor. Good going, Sleepy Joe!
— Michael Openshaw (@mopenshaw) February 2, 2022
"Unexpectedly" — a greatest hit from the Obama years is back.
— Vince Beck (@VBeck33) February 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/Captain_YukYuk/status/1489001728460484615
Has anyone done an analysis of how off the “experts” have been in their monthly predictions? Seems like their predictions have been regularly between 200k and 500k high.
— Dr. Man-Bear-Pig ⚔️ (@Man_Bear_Pig3) February 2, 2022
The guy above is right — it’s always “unexpectedly” low when a Democrat is president.
Related:
‘Is this real life?’ The upcoming jobs report must be *really* awful if Jen Psaki’s busting out this explanation for unemployment data https://t.co/3dP7WY07cf
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 31, 2022