The lowest estimate on Wall Street was 60,000. So 18,000 is a several standard deviations away from the consensus.
How are they coming up those numbers? Chicken entrails?
It was just reported on CNBC that they also quietly revised the number of jobs created downward from April and May by 44,000. Assuming they fudged this months number by a similar amount, we are into negative job growth.
How's that Hope and Change working out for you America?