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JOLTS (job openings) were an absolute disaster today. Came in at 7.6 million openings vs 6.866MM expectations. Keep whistling by the graveyard 🪦 pic.twitter.com/K8nADMveH7 — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) June 2, 2026 Job openings surged to 7.618 million — a big …
Has nothing to do with AI, bro. Finance suffers most in a recession — Cairo – Reinvent Ideal (@reinventideal) March 8, 2026
Job openings in finance and insurance are imploding. Is this related to AI or something else entirely? pic.twitter.com/fbz3yOh3Ny — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) February 27, 2026
The economy looks fine on paper while people struggle just to get by. As Statista’s Felix Richter reports below, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 9.3 million Americans reported working multiple jobs in November 2025 – the highest …
People are going to freak out when they realize the large A.I. labs can train a model to do your job by simply feeding it a screen recording of what you do on a daily basis. The acceleration is coming. …
by Michael Look out below, because the dam is beginning to break. Many of us were projecting that our economic problems would accelerate during the early portion of 2026, and that is precisely what has taken place. Employers are conducting brutal …
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 …
The U.S. job market is unraveling quietly while most people cling to the hope of a rebound that has already failed, and the numbers now reveal an economy slowing far faster than anyone wants to admit, leaving millions of workers …
The US now has more unemployed people than job openings for the first time since April 2021. pic.twitter.com/D82jmvYP4L — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) September 3, 2025 “The number of job openings fell to 8.8 million in July, the lowest level since …
More mass layoffs, this time at $UPS https://t.co/qLD0SlWzdE — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) April 29, 2025 UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close dozens of buildings due to lower Amazon volumes UPS’s stock jumps after earnings beat expectations, but full-year outlook …
A pretty big miss on JOLTS—7.6 million job openings versus the expected 8 million. That’s not just a rounding error; that’s a clear sign the labor market isn’t as strong as some want to believe. And construction? Job openings are …
This is the surge in Job openings people are talking about. pic.twitter.com/sqtaSDE666 — Mr.Awsumb (@MrAwsumb) January 7, 2025 If we seasonally adjust the job openings, the applicants won't notice how bad it is. Or how many of them have been …
The latest report from the Labor Department reveals a concerning trend in the U.S. labor market: job openings have dropped to 7.44 million as of September 2024, down from 7.86 million in August. This decline marks the lowest level of …
https://twitter.com/AndrewJCuff/status/1832469702553055655 Now it all makes sensehttps://t.co/9iekPHoK0z — Wuhan Fourth Turning Swan (@TheWuhanClan) September 8, 2024 AC
The job openings rate has fallen to 4.55%, just a whisker above the 4.5% rate that Fed Governor Christopher Waller has identified as the tipping point at which unemployment could surge if openings fall any further. Get out of stocks. …
https://twitter.com/GayBearRes/status/1817966316265087364 🚨Paychex small business jobs index fell slightly again for Jul and, while not a large drop, it's the first reading in contraction territory (albeit marginal) since covid; annual growth in weekly earnings came in at 2.87% – has the …
2YR/10YR Treasury spread steepening in response? Buckle up! — B_radRiffs (@B_radRiffs) July 9, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings fell in April to the lowest level since 2021. But they remained at historically strong levels despite high interest rates …
Job openings are collapsing; the Bloomberg, Citi, and GS economic surprises indices are all below zero; and the Atlanta Fed GDPNow model has cut its Q2 GDP growth estimate from over 4% in mid-May to 1.8% now (and only 1.3% …
via Mike Shedlock Unemployment is rising and job openings have crashed. It looks recessionary. Let’s investigate with a series of pictures. Job openings and unemployment level from the BLS, chart by Mish Job openings have plunged from a peak of …
https://twitter.com/GayBearRes/status/1802451948626415808 The number: California is suffering from the nation’s second-biggest drop in job openings since the Federal Reserve began hiking interest rates two years ago. The source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at job openings for the 50 states and Washington, D.C., for …
The increasing elderly population in the United States is driving a high demand for long-term care workers, with an estimated 900,000 job openings in the sector. Facing a shortage of workers, many companies are considering hiring more migrant workers to …
Job openings in the US for the previous month were just revised down by 115,000 jobs. 12 of the last 14 job openings reports have been revised lower after the fact. Economists in D.C. project strength in the initial headline, …
Also: Jobs data tends to lag, indicating the situation might be worse than the market currently anticipates. Paradoxically, this is bullish for the near future as the market is eager to price in the cuts. TLDR: Bad news is good …
Job openings is a reliable leading indicator for the unemployment rate Job openings have collapsed Indicating that the unemployment rate is likely to increase pic.twitter.com/dH0bsSsCzy — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) October 29, 2023
Yep this is one of the many metrics falling down in the labor market pic.twitter.com/fzMC6yWFGE — RecessionALERT (@RecessionAlert) October 12, 2023 Warning: The probability of a recession in 2024 is now over 60% This level has been seen only 2 …
by confoundedinterest17 Billions Biden, the President who loves to (recklessly) spend taxpayer money (mostly on large donors). is going to have difficuly spinnig the latest employment figures. First, ADP jobs added only 177k jobs in August. Second, job openings (JOLTs) are …
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics just got jolted! US job openings in July collapsed by -22.4% to 8.82 million job openings. As M2 Money growth remains negative. You can see the same collapse in growth of job openings in this chart. Apparently, …
We were higher now we are lower lol pic.twitter.com/2RCUYU1tLT — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) August 29, 2023 Over the last 3 months, 2.55 million job openings have been filled. This is by far the largest 3-month decline in JOLTS on …
by confoundedinterest17 The wheels are coming off the Bidenomics recovery. US job openings (JOLTS) keep declining as The Fed withdraws its Covid sugar splash of monetary stimulus and raise The Fed’s target rate. For those enthralled by the narrative that …
US job openings fell in June to the lowest level since April 2021, suggesting some softening in demand for workers in an otherwise resilient labor market. pic.twitter.com/fXipTISecT — Cheddar Flow (@CheddarFlow) August 1, 2023