Trump says job numbers are fake, but Michigan workers face real pain

AFordMotorCompanyworkersworksonaFordF150truckontheassemblylineattheFordDearbornTruckPlantonSeptember27,2018inDearborn,Michigan.TheFordRougePlantiscelebrating100yearsasAmerica’slongestcontinuouslyoperatingautoplant.ThefactoryproducedEagleBoatsduringWWIandcurrentlyproducestheFordF150pickuptruck.|BillPugliano/GettyImages Michigan’seconomyhasbeenslowingoverthepastyear,butitsjobspicturemaybefargloomierthanthemuch-watchedmonthlyreportshaveindicated. NewlyrevisednumbersshowthatMichiganactuallylost13,800jobsinthe12monthsendinginMarch,insteadofthe25,900jobsreportedlycreatedintheperiod. “Itwasanouch,”saidGabeEhrlich,directoroftheUniversityofMichigan’sResearchSeminarinQuantitativeEconomics. ThepreliminarybenchmarkrevisionbytheBureauofLaborStatisticsshowstherewere911,000fewerU.S.jobscreatedinthe12monthsendinginMarchthanreportedinthecloselywatchedmonthlyfigures.Itwasthelargestpreliminaryrevisionbythebureauinrecordsgoingba