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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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