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BREAKING: U.S. layoffs set to surpass the Great Recession levels, on track to be worst since Great Depression. — Polymarket (@Polymarket) December 7, 2025 US layoffs soar past 1.1M in 2025, highest level since the pandemic November saw 71,321 job …
Low Claims, Slow Cracks And The Labor Market’s Most Misleading Signal This chart only measures one thing…how many people got laid off this week and immediately filed for unemployment insurance. And on that narrow metric, the number is undeniably low, …
Playing out, sadly: RECESSION INTO ALL TIME HIGHS #Employment ADP commentary from Chief Economist Richardson: “Hiring has been choppy of late as employers weather cautious consumers and an uncertain macroeconomic environment. And while November’s slowdown was broad-based, it was led …
Challenger, Gray & Christmas said layoff plans totaled 71,321 in November, a step down from the massive cuts announced in October but still enough to bring the 2025 total up to 1.17 million. The most-cited reason for the month was …
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 …
by Michael For a long time we were warned that when the financial system finally started melting down, the price of silver would explode. It appears that those that predicted this were quite prescient. The yen carry trade is unwinding, …
U.S.-based employers announced 153,074 job cuts in October, up 175% from the 55,597 cuts announced in October 2024. It is up 183% from the 54,064 job cuts announced one month prior, according to a report released Thursday from global outplacement …
The system is quietly trapping everyone while pretending nothing’s wrong. According to the BLM's most recent numbers, private employers are reporting 13,500 job cuts a WEEK. These are PRIVATE EMPLOYERS. NOT GOVERNMENT JOBS. The BLM reports we are seeing the …
Alternative data shows US layoffs are surging: Job cuts tracked by MacroEdge jumped +70,609 MoM in October, to 154,559, the highest in at least 2 years. Monthly job cuts have now exceeded 100,000 for the 5th time this year. At …
This news is totally insane CEOs of Walmart and Amazon want Americans to receive stimulus again. They want it so bad! h/t @LockedUpLarry
The company has 114 million active consumers, with 27 million new active users in the prior three months. However, while Klarna is attracting more customers, the company’s average revenue per user fell about 10%. Klarna’s actual loan losses improved slightly …
There’s already a notable drop in consumption, truck fright in the US is down 17% YoY, while shipping containers inbound from China is down 15% YoY. JUST IN: Powell says job creation is "close to zero" due to AI — …
Job cuts for October totaled 153,074, a 183% surge from September and 175% higher than the same month a year ago. It was the highest level for any October since 2003. Companies in the technology sector announced 33,281 cuts, nearly …
A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Trump’s efforts to lay off thousands of federal employees amid the government shutdown. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, an appointee of former President Clinton, sided with government employee unions that asked her to …
We’re about to enter the retail holiday season. Give it a few more weeks to see the real horror. Trucking freight volumes, a signal for the goods economy are a dumpster fire right now (-17% YoY) pic.twitter.com/4YPkLJtHdu — Craig Fuller …
00:00 Corporate Bankruptcies Surge 44% Higher Than Long Term Average 09:47 National Debt Just Surpassed 38 Trillion 15:39 Target Announces Largest Layoff in Over a Decade 18:23 Costco Groupon Pays You To Shop There Corporate bankruptcies have been skyrocketing to …
This week could become a storm of unprecedented volatility, with over 30% of $QQQ components reporting earnings while investors wrestle with record-high margin leverage and frenzied options activity. AI-driven layoffs threaten to ripple across industries in ways rarely seen before, …
In Roman times, if soldiers weren’t paid, emperors died.
NEW from me: California keeps losing tech jobs Amidst the AI boom, the US is in the largest sustained drawdown in tech employment since the dot-com bust And what tech jobs remain continue to leave California for the rest of …
Q: How many layoffs have you authorized? Trump: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented. How's this legal? pic.twitter.com/dcxmvSIayv — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 10, 2025 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday began laying off more than 4,000 …
Federal layoffs have begun and are substantial. Layoffs won't hit every agency. Director Vought – Punchbowl#MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) October 10, 2025 The White House says it is making good on threats to fire thousands of federal workers amid a …
🚨US layoffs are running at RECESSION levels: US-based employers have announced 946,426 job cuts year-to-date, the most since the 2020 CRISIS. This is the second-largest total since the Great Financial Crisis. Over the last 36 years, only 4 years have …
Corporate America has turned into a machine that exists only to feed itself. It is built on greed, layoffs, and fake values, and it is starting to eat itself alive. The serious question is how did it get this bad. …
President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats. Rather than simply furlough employees, …
The government is not drifting toward shutdown. It is being driven into one. The White House has already moved from vague warnings to direct execution orders, and that single pivot changes everything. When top officials start saying “Two days. Imminent. …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Prospects dwindle for tech jobs. The Tech Layoff Tracker has a nice set of tools and charts that track layoffs. The latest layoffs across all tech companies. So far in 2025, there have been 533 layoffs at tech companies …
They say the economy’s fine. That’s the first lie. You walk through any town that used to have factories, used to have warehouses, used to have jobs, and you don’t see recovery. You see silence. Long-term unemployment just hit a …
The Big Short wasn’t about 2008. It was about every earnings call you’re watching right now. 2006: lenders bragged about profits while delinquency rates exploded. 2025: – Corporates brag about “AI revenue” but hide costs. – They brag about “stable …
