RE:RE:Influence on the POG now and where its headed.I will have a whack at this. The jobs numbers are always manipulated and are very political in nature. The fact is those in office tout them when released "hey look at how great they are and how great we are doing!!" to then have them revised down after with no fan fare nor news follow up. The "other" side of the news reported the recent huge 800K+ negative revisions but the "main stream" news barely covered it if at all ?! This is political. In fact for the last amost 2 years the initial jobs have been revised down EVERY month after the initial number to a NEGATIVE number months after the fact. To where we are currenly flat / negative on the year. Additionally the jobs numbers in how they are calculated are easy to manipulate to where they can't be trusted at all really. As an illustration did you know that if "Jim " got a job at McDonalds . And "Bob" got a job at Burger King. That is (2) jobs gained. BUT if "Jim" quits at the same time as "BOB" and "Jim" takes Bob's Burger King job and "Bob" takes Jim's McDonalds job that this also adds (2) more jobs ! Was a "new" job created ? No .. but shuffling of jobs increases the job count. In addition if "Bob" could work a full time job (as ONE job) but due to the economy and stuggling to survive "Bob" takes 2 part time jobs and ubers on the side. "Bob" accounts for now 3 new jobs (and with his burger joint switch now 4). It's easy to see how this can be manipulated. And where a weak economy can show a lot of jobs because people need extra jobs just to survive. Last the current administration here in the US has bragged about all the jobs he ceated during the beginning of his administration. But won't tell you they were not "new" jobs... just people returning to work post the "covid" shutdown / disruption . Again manipulation of the facts to serve political favor. Unless you think that if an entire neighborhood that was required to evacuate due to a wild fire . And when the folks were ok'ed to return they suddenly became new homeowners on the stats. They all do it ... some much more than others.