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by FreedomToCreate 2346 days ago
Read the article and not once do they offer the data that would give this metric any real context. How much hiring was going on in that same period. For all we know 64K layoffs occurred in dying sectors of the industry while 100K jobs (made up hypothetical number) we created in new segments. Without context, 351% means nothing.