Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Hypes Good Job Numbers About to Come In And Skips Right By Them As News Turns Negative

Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo was stunned when the jobs report she read on-air Wednesday missed its projected growth and instead showed a decline.

Earlier that day, the firm ADP released its report on private sector hiring for the month of June. Although the private sector was projected to see an increase of nearly 100,000 jobs, Wednesday’s report showed hiring had actually contracted to the tune of 33,000. As noted in a report by CNBC, it is the first month of job loss in the private sector since March 2023.

In a statement published with the jobs report, ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson cited a “hesitancy to hire and a reluctance to replace departing workers” as the reason for the losses.

Just moments before the job numbers were available to her, Bartiromo — joined by Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) — told viewers that they were projected to be very good. When they weren’t, she quickly changed the subject.

“We are waiting any moment now to get the jobs numbers for the month of May,” she said. “The expectations call for the ADP numbers to be up 95,000 for the month of June, rather. It’s the June jobs data. And we’ll, of course — right now, seeing the number actually show a decline in jobs. Down 33,000 on ADP.”

Bartiromo didn’t skip a beat and moved on, “The bill includes $25 billion for the ‘Golden Dome,’ the missile defense system. Senator, you introduced a bill supporting the construction of that system. I want to get your take on defense and whether or not that’s an area you see continuing to grow, because everyone’s trying to figure out where the economic growth comes from on a day that we see the June ADP numbers down 33,000 jobs in the month of June versus an estimate of up 95,000, Senator.”

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