Ah… I infer that with the daily economic and social chaos and confusion caused by this administration, many businesses had no idea if their own outlook was good or bad. The ones less affected would respond positively, right away so earlier data may have extrapolated from that.
Based on reporting, it looks like the BLS didn’t have the staff to do the legwork anymore after the purge of the federal government, so they used various models to “guesstimate” the totals for May/June.
Ah… I infer that with the daily economic and social chaos and confusion caused by this administration, many businesses had no idea if their own outlook was good or bad. The ones less affected would respond positively, right away so earlier data may have extrapolated from that.
Based on reporting, it looks like the BLS didn’t have the staff to do the legwork anymore after the purge of the federal government, so they used various models to “guesstimate” the totals for May/June.