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Future of Work

AI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that’s masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests

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January 7, 2026
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Future of Work

Top economist says latest jobs data shows a ‘jobless expansion’ with no historical precedent—and it’s ‘gut-wrenching’ for the middle class

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January 7, 2026
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Success

Is AI really killing finance and banking jobs? Experts say Wall Street’s layoffs may be more hype than takeover—for now

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December 21, 2025
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Commentary

The AI efficiency illusion: why cutting 1.1 million jobs will stifle, not scale, your strategy

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December 18, 2025
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Commentary

Our data shows that companies of 500 and fewer workers mostly avoided the AI layoffs. They’re making AI work for them

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December 18, 2025
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Commentary

The AI layoff wave is just beginning — and it’s by design

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December 17, 2025
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Economy

The labor market’s holiday present for America: the highest unemployment in 4 years. It might be ‘noisy’ but the jobs just aren’t there

By Eva Roytburg and Nick Lichtenberg
December 16, 2025
Stephen Greene works a street corner hoping to land a job as a laborer or carpenter on June 3, 2011 in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Economy

Unemployment hits 4-year high as frozen jobs data shows recession risks getting ‘uncomfortably high,’ top economist Mark Zandi says

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December 16, 2025
US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025.
Banking

Top economist Diane Swonk: Jerome Powell risks losing the Fed’s credibility on a gamble over AI and immigration

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December 10, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Federal Reserve officials delivered a third consecutive interest-rate reduction and maintained their outlook for just one cut in 2026.
Economy

Powell warns of a ‘very unusual’ economy as tariffs keep goods inflation high amid a weakening labor market

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December 10, 2025
Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell speaks during the George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series at Stanford University on December 01, 2025 in Stanford, California.
Economy

The Fed delivers a rare ‘hawkish cut’ as Powell tries to steady a softening job market

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December 10, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Hoover Institution's George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series in Stanford, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. The Federal Reserve said it was monitoring community and regional banks' commercial real estate loan portfolios amid concerns over "elevated interest rates, tighter underwriting standards, and lower commercial property values." Photographer: Jason Henry/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Economy

‘Be careful what you wish for’: Top economist warns any additional interest rate cuts after today would signal the economy is slipping into danger

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December 10, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Hoover Institution's George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series in Stanford, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.
Economy

‘Fodder for a recession’: Top economist Mark Zandi warns about so many Americans ‘already living on the financial edge’ in a K-shaped economy 

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December 9, 2025
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Economy

The ‘forever layoffs’ era hits a recession trigger as corporates sack 1.1 million workers through November

By Nick Lichtenberg and Eva Roytburg
December 9, 2025
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Economy

AI isn’t the reason you got laid off (or not hired), top staffing agency says. You don’t have the right skills

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December 9, 2025

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