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Non Farm Payrolls Can No Longer Mask Deteriorating Economic Fundamentals

Labor Data Confirms What We Have Always Known-Their Lying

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Mike Agne
Mar 06, 2026
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Hopefully everyone is off to a great start this Friday. This morning gave us the much anticipated Employment Situation report, but we will always call it NFP or Non-Farm Payrolls. This was the busiest day during the old trading floor days, the hype and anticipation of the resulting action from this number was always something to look forward to. Although those days are gone, that doesn’t take away the importance of this data. We know for years the BLS has used all sorts of gimmicks to mask the true employment situation, well we have seen the real picture start to emerge over the last 5 months and today’s negative print, could just be the start of something more disastrous down the road.

Source: Zerohedge

Total nonfarm payroll employment data for February 2026 posted a loss of 92,000 jobs. This was a significantly below the initial estimates for a gain of 50k to 60k. The unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.4% up 1/10th a percent.

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