Chow Dang
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first heard May 2025
last heard 16 Dec
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There's been a bit of a black hole in terms of updated official government numbers.
So we're going to get some answers that will hopefully fill in the blanks.
In recent months, the jobs market has cooled significantly.
Companies aren't expanding their workforces because of rising inflation and tariff uncertainty.
And then you have Trump's administration policies targeting immigrants.
That's curbing the number of job seekers.
Economists generally describe the current environment as low fire, low hire, which basically means that companies aren't laying off workers in a huge, huge way, but they're also not willing to hire too many workers.
workers.
And that's for several reasons.
One of the reasons actually is executives believe that artificial intelligence may be able to handle more work.
And that's leading to some announcements about white collar layoffs.
Right now, American consumers are pretty reluctant to spend, and so manufacturers are...
feeling that, and then obviously with some tariffs already imposed and more tariffs coming, firms are refraining from making big investments.
Right now, American consumers are pretty reluctant to spend.
And so manufacturers are feeling that.
And then obviously with some tariffs already imposed and more tariffs coming, firms are refraining from making big investments.
They want to see what comes of the trade wars before they make big investments in capital decisions.
And all that is contributing to a very sluggish sector right now.
Some of these projects were already in the works before Trump came to office.
In terms of reason to doubt,
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