Monday, April 20, 2026

Job Market News - Low-hire; Low-fire

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Job openings have been trending down (down 19.1% from Feb 2024 - Feb 2026) for non - farm operations jobs. These is below prepandemic levels even as layoffs have remained low. A result has been a broad hiring slowdown that has hurt all new entrants to the labor market, a group that includes young workers (w/ and w/ out college degrees).


“There’s just a general slowdown in hiring and less churn,” said Adam Ozimek, the chief economist at the Economic Innovation Group, a nonpartisan think tank. “And so those who need their first jobs are probably disproportionately affected.”


Source: NYT

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