Seasonal hiring down 25% from last year as layoffs rise and retailers stay cautious amid weak consumer spending

Note: “Weak consumer spending” refers to store expectations before the season started. Consumer spending ended up being high which is why Black Friday set a new record No paywall: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/seasonal-hiring-offers-little-reprieve-for-labor-market-woes-110044972.html Plenty of Americans are expected to pour into stores and fill online carts this holiday shopping season. Fewer may be able to pick up seasonal work …

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Bitcoin Price Crash Warning Issued by CryptoQuant CEO, Urges Investors to Be Cautious.

BREAKING: #Bitcoin Price Crash Warning Issued by CryptoQuant CEO, Urges Investors to Be Cautious. Ju cites a critical MACD signal on the PnL Index. The 365-day moving average is at an inflection point, suggesting a possible market downturn.https://t.co/7H0ugpYKrF — Jacob King (@JacobKinge) January 22, 2025 If the U.S. government ever made a strategic crypto reserve, …

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Japan will be forced to hike again. Hedge funds cautious after #BOJ steamroll; slower $JPY weakening weakens jawboning impact. Japan’s economy defies every rule in the book

Japan will be forced to hike again. pic.twitter.com/OZoNx4M9IK — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) December 26, 2024 Translation : Urgent need for rate hikes. https://t.co/jAWawyZ51o — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 27, 2024 📊💴 Tokyo inflation accelerates, fueling rate hike expectations Tickers of interest: $JPY $NKY Full Story → https://t.co/kAUGf8Jhz6 pic.twitter.com/4nSjl8TVHp — PiQ (@PiQSuite) December 26, 2024 …

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Mark Halperin — Huge confidence gap between Trump and Harris…. ‘Democrats are very cautious, no predictions.’

“The confidence gap remains,” says @MarkHalperin of the moods of the opposing camps at Mar a Lago and in Wilmington. “Republicans I talked to are sending me their Electoral College guesses. They’re all above 270, some as high as 320 or 322. I don’t have a single Democrat emailing… pic.twitter.com/xxLjVuUcwL — 2WAY (@2waytvapp) November 5, …

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The Federal Reserve needs to be cautious about interest-rate cuts

by notayesmanseconomics Yesterday brought rather a marked change in views on the US economy and much of it related to this from the Institute for Supply Management or ISM. The New Orders Index remained in contraction territory, registering 44.6 percent, 2.8 percentage points lower than the 47.4 percent recorded in July. The August reading of …

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“Boodle Biden” Strikes Again! Biden Announces $16.4B in New Funding For Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (For Middle Class Consumers, Borrowing Costs Rising, Housing Prices Rising, Banks Cautious About Consumer Lending, Shipper Maersk Announces Plans To Cut At Least 10,000 Jobs)

by confoundedinterest17 President Joe Biden and his boss Barack Obama remind me of the legendary corrupt Chicago politicians First Ward Alderman Michael “Hinky Dink” McKenna and “Bathhouse” John Coughlin. And their love of “boodle” (a slang term money, gained (Biden family payoffs from foreign countries), or spent improperly (Obama shipping large pallets of cash to US enemy …

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