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A new Labor Department. report found 12 month jobs data overshot by over 900,000 positions

If confirmed, the adjustment would be the biggest on record.

The White House says the correction is further evidence of problematic federal reporting.

A U.S. Department of Labor report Tuesday shows job hiring data collected in the 12 months ended in March overshot by 911,000 positions, one of the biggest one year revisions on record.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, an agency of the Labor Department, makes regular revisions to its survey-driven employment data as additional information, such as late survey submissions and other sources, including state unemployment insurance tax records, come in.

But the jobs number adjustment released Tuesday, a downward revision of 911,000 positi

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