Many commentators were surprised by the disappointing April jobs numbers but none more so than CNBC’s Steve Liesman, who had to do a double-take while reading them during a Friday Morning segment of Squawk Box. The Department of Labor datareleased Friday showed that the U.S. economy is still 8.2 million jobs short of pre-lockdown levels, with a reported increase of just 266,000 jobs in April. As the numbers came in this morning, Liesman was so taken aback that he thought it was a typo… It wasn't.

Many commentators were surprised by the disappointing April jobs numbers but none more so than CNBC’s Steve Liesman, who had to do a double-take while reading them during a Friday Morning segment of Squawk Box. The Department of Labor datareleased Friday showed that the U.S. economy is still 8.2 million jobs short of pre-lockdown levels, with a reported increase of just 266,000 jobs in April. As the numbers came in this morning, Liesman was so taken aback that he thought it was a typo… It wasn't.

Many commentators were surprised by the disappointing April jobs numbers but none more so than CNBC’s Steve Liesman, who had to do a double-take while reading them during a Friday Morning segment of Squawk Box. The Department of Labor datareleased Friday showed that the U.S. economy is still 8.2 million jobs short of pre-lockdown levels, with a reported increase of just 266,000 jobs in April. As the numbers came in this morning, Liesman was so taken aback that he thought it was a typo… It wasn't.