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Meaning that one can have an employment drop and still have a steady or even decreasing unemployment rate.

Note that Household Survey numbers, where all of the below links (except the ADP one) comes from, are highly volatile on a month-to-month basis.

Some data series while I'm at it:


# Labor Force http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11000000?output_view=net_1mth

# Employed http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12000000?output_view=net_1mth

Last 3 months in THOUSANDS: -895, -185, -64
As usual they widely deviate from the headline non-farm payroll jobs numbers that come from the separate Establishment Survey

# Unemployed http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS13000000?output_view=net_1mth

# Unemployment rate http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000

# LFPR (Labor Force Participation rate) http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000

# LFPR Prime age (25-54): SA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300060

# U-6 unemployment rate http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS13327709

# ADP PRIVATE Payrolls: Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ADPMNUSNERSA