2d ago

Government Jobs Increased in February?

www.bls.gov Employment by industry, monthly changes

Not sure if questions are allowed here, but reading the lastest job reports I saw that the US added jobs in the government sector for February 2025. Given all the layoffs due to DOGE I would have expected a negative number.

Is there just a lag in reporting or am I missing something?

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I belive that data is from the middle of the month before the firings started.
- Yeah I think I read something about February 12th. I'm not super familiar with how they collect the data and wouldn't be surprised that it's a lagging indicator.
  I was just expecting numbers to be bad, given the federal layoffs so was surprised to read they were generally good.