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Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Is the glass half full? Challenger expresses some optimism based on December. The 2025 Challenger report headline is Highest Q4 Layoffs Since 2008; Lowest YTD Hiring Since 2010 U.S.-based employers announced 35,553 job cuts in December, down 50% from the 71,321 job cuts announced in November. It is down 8% …
It’s obvious the economy is a mess right now, slowest job growth in 15 years, a weakening dollar, sky-high tariffs, a government shutdown, and everything else falling apart. Meanwhile, the top 10% are chilling, barely noticing any of this, watching their net worths hit new records as the market keeps climbing. We didn’t get the …
May job gains revised down signaling labor slowdown… Companies are in lock down mode, reluctant to hire anyone right now. It will likely get worse until the Fed wakes up and cuts rates. pic.twitter.com/v40GWQRUXx — Craig Fuller 🛩🚛🚂⚓️ (@FreightAlley) July 2, 2025 If we start losing service jobs these jobs numbers are going to start …
by confoundedinterest17 Another (economic report) bites the dust! U.S.-based employers announced 75,151 cuts in August, a 217% increase from the 23,697 cuts announced one month prior. It is 267% higher than the 20,485 cuts announced in the same month in 2022, As M2 Money growth collapses to Great Depression levels. Instead of The Dust Bowl, we can call …
Glenn Greenwald: “No matter how you slice it… the polls show that there’s only one person who’s likely to challenge Joe Biden and defeat him for reelection, and that’s the person whom Biden’s DOJ happens to be prosecuting in multiple cases… Not just cases that have been brought but ones that rely on highly dubious …
by confoundedinterest17 So much for Biden’s “miracle economy.” Challenger jobs cuts report is out for May and job cuts soared 286.7% year-over-year (YoY). As M2 Money growth crashes.