Gillespie says that the Bush administration had the longest period of consecutive job creation, month-to-month, in history.
Some Wall Street analysts have concluded that the Fed is unlikely to act before its September meeting, once it has seen data on job creation in July and August.
On Sept. 12 and 13, the Moscow State Classical Ballet will perform Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake," followed by Milhaud's "Creation of the World" Sept. 14.
Given the weakening economy, that was still a respectable showing, well above job creation in November and December.
This, too, suggests that the big falloff in job creation from March to June was something of an illusion.
Presumably, if that ahead-of-the-pace jobs creation in January and February has helped him, it would already be reflected in his approval numbers by now.
Added to the disappointing job creation in December and January, the data suggests the wintery weather caused by the polar vortex did chill parts of America's economy.
Although Mr. Kerry's attack was blunted by a surge in job creation from March through May, his theme of a "middle-class squeeze" and Mr. Edwards's theme of "two Americas" may resonate with underlying economic conditions.
Unlike the delayed jobs data released on Tuesday, figures for unemployment and job creation in October and November, experts say, will be skewed as hundreds of thousands of government workers and contractors disappear from the work force and then reappear in next month's survey.
The downward revisions meant the average monthly job creation from June through August was 148,000, well below the 184,000 pace over the last 12 months.
Employment figures also showed that the US suffered a lull in job creation last month.
