American worker confidence just hit a record low and is even worse than it was during the darkest days of the pandemic
The U.S. worker confidence score for February of this year reached a record low of +24, according to new research from ...
Federal job cuts by the numbers: Will layoffs affect the economy?
Amaranth adds that in past periods of austerity, government employment has declined by 4,000 to 10,000 per month. In a report ...
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Why does the government have 6 unemployment rates?
The "official" rate only counts unemployed people who have looked in the last four weeks. Five other rates track other kinds ...
The housing market now has more ‘downside risks’: layoffs from DOGE and the trade war
A week of back-to-back housing data revealed a tiny boost in sales and modest improvement where home prices and mortgage ...
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Each federal layoff could lead to at least 1 other job loss in the private sector
Spending by federal workers stimulates local economies. Once they’re laid off, that could affect nearby businesses, like ...
Associates Are Organizing Protests in Face of Big Law's Silence, Concessions to Trump Administration
A number of associates at a number of firms are talking about doing recruitment strikes if firms do not commit to not ...
A Secure Border and Aggressive Tariffs Go Together
My first job in high school was washing dishes at a local restaurant. It wasn’t glamorous, but it paid well. Some of my other ...
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Layoff Anxiety Survey: 7 in 10 Workers Are Bracing for Job Cuts
As headlines about job cuts flood American news feeds, 70% of workers are taking steps to prepare for layoffs, according to a new survey from the MarketWatch Guides team. As of June, companies had ...