ZeroHedge and EJ Antoni assert yes, relying on the household series… Figure 1: Total change in civilian employment (bold black), change attributable to government employment (blue bar), to private (tan bar). Source: BLS CPS, and author’s calculations. If it seems implausible that government employment should flip-flop between positive and negative values, then you might be … Continue reading Did Government Employment Account for Most of September’s Employment Gains?