Mitchell Hartman
speaker
1,202 appearances
42 recordings
3 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 15 Sep
Mitchell Hartman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And he says the working public has noticed.
People are more worried about job security.
They're less upbeat about the prospects of being able to find a new job.
And that is weighing on how they're thinking about their own personal finances.
This is evident in the University of Michigan's consumer surveys, says director Joanne Hsu.
People are worried about their own incomes falling or jobs getting eliminated, or they may know someone.
And even though high-income earners have been driving a lot of consumer spending, their sentiment about the job market has actually been deteriorating.
Among demographic groups, the worst deterioration in the job market has been for Black workers, says Valerie Wilson at the Economic Policy Institute.
In November, the Black unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent up from seven and a half in September.
it's up nearly 2% from one year ago.
The overall unemployment rate is only up 0.4%.
Bottom line on the job market heading into 2026, says economist Corey Staley at Jobsite Indeed, it's sclerotic, frozen.
Employers holding on to their workers, not bringing new workers on board.
Workers are feeling less confident in their ability to jump jobs, find new jobs.
People seem to be just kind of sitting still right now.
Staley says it's a job market short on dynamism and opportunity for workers to earn more and advance in their careers.
I'm Mitchell Hartman for Marketplace.
Okay, what do I see on this lot?
I've been visualizing this lot for a lot of time, a long time, more than one year, years now, since I've been in this location.
But what I see right now is a blank slate with sky is the limit.
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