Hiring stalls with companies reluctant to expand in uncertain economic landscape

Report: US hiring stalls

WASHINGTON — The American job market, a pillar of U.S. economic strength since the COVID-19 pandemic, is crumbling.

Hiring Stalls With US Companies Reluctant to Expand In an Uncertain Economic Landscape

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool due to uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic policies. Hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July, the Labor Department said Friday, and came in below the roughly 80,000 economists had expected for August. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, also worse than expected and the highest level since 2021. When the Labor Department put…

Hiring stalls with companies reluctant to expand in uncertain economic landscape

The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, the Labor Department reported Friday.

U.S. Hiring Stalls as Employers Fear an Erratic Economy

The federal government, its workforce targeted by Trump and by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, cut The post U.S. Hiring Stalls as Employers Brace for an Uncertain and Erratic Economy appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.