US sheds 32K jobs as the White House claims ‘explosive growth’ backed by a GDP surge. But is Trump actually winning?

Data from ADP — a global human resources and payroll services software — is used to complement the usual U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) numbers. However, the government shutdown in October and November further obscured just how jobs are doing, due to delayed BLS’ reporting. The next jobs report is expected to be released on Dec. 16. Meanwhile, ADP’s latest monthly jobs report suggests the private sector lost 32,000 jobs in November (2).Part of the problem in establishing a consensus on how the econom ...