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Paychex article speaks of the pace of hiring which may still be positive (as indicated in articles 2 & 3) even though "less positive" month-to-month. The third article carves out such a small niche of the small business population by looking at the 1-10 employee market that gains in larger "small businesses" could easily dwarf them in the numbers.
Therein lies the beauty of statistics, there are almost always some real verifiable data that can support whatever inane claim you might want to make. Certainly the world of politics shows us that on a daily basis!
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics
-Mark Twain
Ahh, but he didn't add the semi-colon fragment :)
Thanks for clearing the ownership of the root quote up !