Liam Denning, Columnist

I Got It Wrong on Oil Jobs and That's a Good Thing

Job growth turned positive sooner than expected. Now let's see if it lasts.

June 2, 2017 at 2:53 PM UTC

Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy. A former banker, he edited the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote the Financial Times’s Lex column.

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Well, that happened sooner than expected.

Back in early April, I predicted oil-sector payroll growth would finally turn positive again in May, meaning we wouldn't see it until July, when complete numbers would be released.