The job market is completely frozen.
The job market is completely frozen. pic.twitter.com/n9eh5AnCVV — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) August 3, 2025
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Turns out cutting labor oversupply still works. Fewer undocumented workers means tighter job markets, which means pay goes up.
According to a new op-ed from the Center for Immigration Studies, nearly 1 million illegals have self-deported under Trump’s renewed enforcement push, aided by cash incentives and digital check-ins. The report ties this exodus to a measurable increase in average …
Poilievre warns corporations replacing Canadians with cheap foreign labor, calls for net outflow of migrants to protect domestic jobs
Canada needs skilled professionals in engineering, medicine, quantum computing, chip design, space, IT, and other high-tech sectors to drive innovation, fill labour gaps, and strengthen the economy , not just cheap labour. — Make Ontario 4Trillion Economy (@Ontario2050) July 15, …
Labor Market ‘Cracks’ Are ‘Spreading’; Should You Be Worried? | Eric Basmajian
Eric Basmajian, economist and founder of EPB Research, breaks down the hidden cracks in the U.S. labor market, the return of tariffs, wage stagnation, and the Fed’s precarious monetary stance amid growing recession risks.
S&P 500 market breadth near the worst level this century and Labor, inflation, and equity conditions nearly identical to June 1999 when Fed hiked rates to 5% to cool markets
Fed faced same risks in ‘99 as today… June 1999. The Fed is concerned about: -Rampant equity speculation and its impact on wealth (SPX PE 24x, today 23x)-Too tight labor markets (UR 4.3%, today 4.1%)-Too high wage growth (ECI 3.5%, …
White House can’t hide labor cracks forever, collapse in job prints will rattle markets…
The current US administration cannot stop one of the best Biden’s trick to masquerade the health of the economy, why? Guess what’s going to happen to stock the moment NFP prints collapse https://t.co/arwdoBy3s6 — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) July 7, 2025
THE DEEPER DIVE: Labor Data is Actually a LOT Worse than it Looked, and it Already Looked Bad!
by David Haggith And, yet, the picture gets worse still looking further forward, based on the labor-market conditions that are building as major trends so far. Just as I expected, the government’s report on jobs Thursday totally contradicted ADP’s Wednesday …
Are we heading for a short dip or a real crash?
It looks like tough times could be on the horizon. ADP just posted its first negative print since March 2023: private payrolls dropped 33,000 in June. The labor market is contracting. pic.twitter.com/0YlIHDNwSz — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) July 6, …
June jobs report reveals weakening labor market with rising long-term unemployment and shrinking participation despite headline gains in government and low-wage sectors
6.5M sidelined want work participation rate keeps falling… 1. Sector BreakdownJune job gains were led by gov’t, healthcare, and hospitality—low-wage, service-heavy sectors. Meanwhile, business services, manufacturing, and tech were flat or shrinking. This isn’t strength—it’s a shift toward unproductive labor. …
How to Solve the Migrant Labor Problem for Farming in One Year … Humanely
It can be done, but the present rapid, militaristic methods are not the way for farm labor because we all still need to eat. And everyone CAN win. by David Haggith Sure, they’re mostly good people doing good work, but …
Not only labor shortages and debt surge but also housing glut and record delinquencies prove today’s crisis beats 2008 severe standards
Picture 2008 again. The fear on screens. The system breaking. Now pause. The difference today is quieter and darker. The collapse arrives in data points, not alarms. Start with labor. The working‑age population between 25 and 54 is now shrinking …
US jobless claims rise for fourth week in a row, labor market shows signs of softening.
Caution sign: New jobless claims are ticking up. The numbers are still low, but there's an upward trend. This is key to watch. The main reason the US economy has been so resilient is 159.5 million people are still employed …
Nvidia led the market rebound, but no new highs now signals a downturn. Labor market weakness hidden beneath surface optimism.
Nvidia did the heavy lifting during the market rebound since April. Failure to make new highs at this point means the market is heading down $NVDA pic.twitter.com/NzCOvtlWvo — The Maverick of Wall Street (@TheMaverickWS) June 1, 2025 The unemployment rate …
Consumer fear of job losses hits highest since 2008, survey signals historic warning for labor market
JUST IN: 67% of US consumers now expect higher unemployment over the next 12 months, the highest since 2008. This percentage has more than doubled over the last 5 months. Currently, more Americans anticipate higher unemployment than during the 1981-82, …
The labor market is still holding up.
Breaking: April jobs number: 177k vs 133k expectations. Revisions mehUnemployment stays flat at 4.2%Average hourly earnings +.2% vs +.3% expectations lightYOY +3.8% vs +3.9% exp Bond yields up a bit. Stocks popped some — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 2, 2025 …
Tesla building ‘legion of robots’ to lead $5 trillion AI labor revolution. Morgan Stanley sees 1 billion humanoids by 2050 with Tesla poised to dominate
TESLA OPTIMUS EYED FOR $5 TRILLION ROBOT TAKEOVER Morgan Stanley sees a $5 trillion humanoid robot market by 2050—and Tesla’s Optimus is in prime position. With up to 1 billion robots projected by mid-century, analysts say companies controlling the brains …
The labor market is definitely cracking; tons of layoffs.
Feds: pic.twitter.com/WPERDG22oi — bossbabymom1 (@bossbabymom1) February 21, 2025
U.S. judge declines to block Elon Musk’s DOGE from Labor Department systems
A federal judge on Friday declined to block Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting department from accessing the U.S. Department of Labor’s systems, an initial setback for the government employee unions resisting his efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy. The temporary ruling …
Labor data revisions show the real story behind the numbers. Food prices, especially eggs, keep soaring
We’re in a strange, contradictory market where some trends suggest stability, but the underlying reality remains volatile. Only a 22% chance of a recession occurring within the next year pic.twitter.com/nx26BqGko7 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) January 24, 2025 Your food …
The UK Labor Market Is Sending A MASSIVE Warning to the World
UK payrolls took a massive hit in both November AND December. While the media looks for reasons to blame, the answer instead comes from all the rest of the world. Unemployment is on the rise all over the place, with …
VIDEO: If You Think H-1B Is All About Cheap Labor, You’ve Been Fooled Again. Here Is the Much More Horrific Reason Behind H-1B.
Synopsis: The real goal of H-1B is to take jobs away from the native population to impoverish the native population to the point that they can no longer afford to have children. Numerous reason are given in the video as …
J.D. Vance: “We’re done importing foreign labor! We’re going to fight for American citizens and their good jobs and their goo
Our Next Vice President @JDVance “We’re done importing foreign labor! We’re going to fight for American citizens and their good jobs and their good wages!”pic.twitter.com/IZ7yJfz9zU — The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) December 27, 2024
California’s job market weakens; Nevada faces early labor market recession signs.
California’s job market worsens: employment drops, unemployment rises, labor force shrinks. https://t.co/ANUo7WJBMK — WarnTracker 2.0 (@j77324) December 20, 2024 Nevada’s labor market shows recession signs: employment declines monthly since June. It 100% is. The entire situation is just getting worse, …
We are on the same rate-cut path as 2007. Remember what happened in 2008? Powell becoming extra-hawkish likely means the labor market is about to crack
We are on the same rate-cut path as 2007. Remember what happened in 2008? — Steven Van Metre – AI 👑 (@MetreSteven) December 18, 2024 https://twitter.com/Logisticsexpert/status/1869522799389454585 Maybe he is finally starting to see the stagflation? — David Sommers (@dgsommersmkts) December …
November’s layoff trend is alarming. The labor market shows clear signs of contraction.
BREAKING: The median duration of unemployment in the US rose to 10.5 weeks in November, the longest in 3 years. At the same time, the average unemployment duration rose to 23.7 weeks, the highest since April 2022. Both metrics have …
Germany’s labor market suffers, with unemployment hitting 2.9 million, highest since 2016.
⚠️VOLKSWAGEN PLANS TO CLOSE AT LEAST 3 GERMAN FACTORIES AND CUT THOUSANDS OF JOBS⚠️ The largest EU carmaker also plans to lay off TENS OF THOUSANDS of people out of its 300,000 workforce and slash pay by 10%. Brace for …
Over the last five years, only 479,000 U.S.-born workers were added to the U.S. labor force, compared to 3.6 million foreign-born workers, per NFAP.
This is why Trump was elected. Funny..the US media will not talk about this. — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) November 13, 2024 https://nfap.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Immigrants-and-Americas-Labor-Force-Growth.NFAP-Policy-Brief.2024.pdf
Labor Starmer is causing IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE to the UK, he MUST be held accountable
‘Within three months of office, this Labour Government are doing irreversible lasting damage to this country, damage that will be felt in decades to come.’
Attitudes about the labor market are deteriorating. Fresh low in the Labor Differential. Not a welcome sign for unemployment
Attitudes about the labor market are deteriorating. Fresh low in the Labor Differential. Not a welcome sign for unemployment pic.twitter.com/kw8mIH0VYy — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 25, 2024 Some layoffs announced in August/September :Intel : 15,000 employeesDell : 12,500 employeesSAP …
2007 similarities continue to pile on… This is now the weakest labor market conditions for job seekers since late 2007.
We’re really in a ‘holding pattern’ is it comes to the labor market – the data continues to worsen while the market has pulled down its pants and continues to moon the labor market. Unemployment will need to rise further …