The Biden administration’s claims of job creation have unraveled, revealing a staggering discrepancy in reported employment numbers. The Labor Department’s latest data shows that nearly 400,000 jobs supposedly added last year never existed. The government’s monthly reports painted a picture of economic recovery, but the more comprehensive Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data tells a different story.
The official reports from July through September showed an increase of 399,000 jobs, but the BED data, which surveys 12 million businesses, found a net loss of 1,000 private-sector jobs during the same period. This is not a minor adjustment. It is a direct contradiction that exposes how inflated job numbers were used to push a false narrative of economic strength.
The deception runs deeper. The Bureau of Labor Statistics revises job numbers annually, and the latest benchmark adjustment erased 598,000 nonfarm payrolls from the previous year’s reports. This means that month after month, the administration overstated employment gains, only to quietly revise them downward later.
The pattern is clear. From March through June, the government claimed 398,000 new jobs, yet BED data shows a net loss of 163,000 private-sector positions. Instead of adding nearly 800,000 jobs, the economy likely shed more than 160,000. These revisions are not routine corrections. They are evidence of systemic misrepresentation designed to maintain public confidence in an economy that is struggling under inflation, rising debt, and stagnant wages.
Sources:
https://budget.house.gov/press-release/fact-check-biden-misleads-on-job-creation-statistics
https://www.johnlocke.org/labor-department-admits-biden-faked-new-jobs/