Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker
“I hate to be giving the Trump administration excuses for a weak economy, but I do feel an obligation to call the data as I see it and not make it up for political convenience. And the excuse actually does not buy them much anyhow. The seemingly simple point is that we might well have gotten a weaker than expected jobs report in February because of weather-related factors. It wasn’t that February weather was especially bad. We did get some snowstorms in late January and February, but that is what happens in winter. Since our data are all seasonally adjusted, the question would be if February’s weather (before the reference date – February 12th) was worse than an ordinary February. My guess is probably not. But January’s weather was likely better than a normal January.” (03/10/26)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/10/the-bad-jobs-report-blame-it-on-the-weather/