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@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2025-07-07 04:14:00

And the most recent jobs report has many hints that ICE is indeed having that desired effect: in an otherwise stagnant or contracting labor market, there was job group in leisure and hospitality, private health care, and (somewhat less) construction — all job markets with a concentration of immigrant labor.
I am not an economist and this is not a proper analysis — grain of salt, please! — but a quick skim of these stats is at least superficially consistent with a good chunk of current job growth coming from decreased immigrant participation in the labor force.
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@cdarwin@c.im
2025-08-01 16:59:03

Trump is ‘killing jobs and jacking up prices’, Democrats say,
as global markets fall over tariff turmoil – US politics live
Senate minority leader Jeffreys says
‘chickens are coming home to roost for Trump’
amid markets slump and meagre job growth figures
🔸Trump signs order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods
🔸Full list of new tariff rates

Trump orders firing of labor statistics chief after weaker than expected jobs report – US politics live
President directs his team to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, after meagre employment growth

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-08-01 17:51:08

Trump orders two nuclear submarines moved near Russia
after ‘foolish and inflammatory statements’ from Medvedev – live
US president says his decision comes after the former Russian president said Trump should remember Moscow had Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities

Trump orders firing of labor statistics chief after weaker than expected jobs report – US politics live
President directs his team to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, after meagre employment growth

@lilmikesf@c.im
2025-09-03 18:09:33

The damn #data don't lie... even if #WhiteHouse has fired the #statisticians
#USA

“This is a turning point for the labor market,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. “It’s yet another crack.” “This is yet another data point underscoring how this job market is frozen and it’s difficult for anyone to get a job right now,” Long added. Weekly jobless claims data due on Thursday will offer the next round of insight into the health of the job market. Then, attention turns to the closely followed jobs report on Friday morning.
Job openings ticked down in July to levels rarely seen since the Covid pandemic, bolstering fears of cooling in the labor market. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover report showed around 7.18 million listings in July, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. That's only the second reading under the 7.2 million level since the end of 2020. Job opening data falls to levels rarely seen since pandemic The Job Openings and Labor Turnover report showed around 7.1…
@smurthys@hachyderm.io
2025-08-02 02:41:59

May's #employment gain of 144K revised down BY 125K; June's 147K down BY 133K.
That's BY; not TO.
#Labor numbers are often revised but this seems too much, and it fuels distrust. Hard to believe it's incompetence or some freaky coincidence.
#uspol #usa #jobs #stats