10/ Wage growth has been particularly weak for managerial/supervisory workers recently.

11/ We're still a little lower than the Fed anticipated we would be in their most recent projections (from June), but catching up.

12/ Long-term unemployment continues to rise, even as short-term unemployment remains stable. Consistent with a low firing, low hiring environment. People who are unlucky enough to lose their jobs get stuck.

Forgive the dilettante question, but how much can we trust these numbers, given the firing of the BLS commissioner and politicization of the data?

So far, you can still trust them. I don’t know how long that will last.