[null and void]

Interesting. My hard count of announced job losses is much higher.

AND I figure I’m only capturing about half of the actual number.

I’ve counted about 70K, and am guessing the BLS will report about 140K.

[GeronL]

I think the media and government want to downplay those kinds of numbers

[Ed Condon]

I had to read the article twice, to see if I could find the word “unexpectedly”. I didn’t find it, guess the term only appears in gubmint releases.