by Calculated Risk on 4/14/2020 10:37:00 AM

I'm updating these tables since the headline job streak ended in March.

Through February 2020, the employment report indicated positive job growth for a record 113 consecutive months.

Headline Jobs, Top 10 Streaks
Year Ending	Streak, Months
20201	113
1990	48
2007	46
1979	45
1943	33
1986	33
2000	33
1967	29
1995	25
1974	24
1Ended February 2020

However, if we adjust for Decennial Census hiring and firing (data here) the streak of consecutive positive jobs reports ended in January 2019 at 107 months. It makes sense to adjust for the Census hiring and firing since that was preplanned and unrelated to the business cycle.

Ex-Census Jobs, Top 10 Streaks
Year Ending	Streak, Months
20191	107
2007	46
1979	45
1990	45
1943	33
1986	33
2000	32
1967	29
1995	25
1974	24
1Ended January 2019