Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff?

Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by master_crab on Sunday November 30, 2025 @08:41PM (#46102501)

Black Friday did not set records. Bloomberg stated that it was up 4.1%, but that was not inflation adjusted. So it was just slightly higher than flat.

Not necessarily a bad thing…but not great either.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-29/black-fri...

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by chasd00 on Sunday November 30, 2025 @09:32PM (#46102860)

“Slightly higher than flat” is still a new record.

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by doctorpangloss on Sunday November 30, 2025 @11:12PM (#46103398)

Haha, Black Friday sets record by being the worst discounts ever.

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by brazukadev on Monday December 01, 2025 @02:43AM (#46104603)

"The best iphone launched yet" feelings

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by jeffbee on Sunday November 30, 2025 @08:57PM (#46102606)

You also have to adjust such things for population, which was up about .6% in August vs. last August, the latest data we have.

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by 3eb7988a1663 on Sunday November 30, 2025 @09:06PM (#46102670)

Last report I saw said US population was set to drop this year - first time in 250 years. With our demographic boomer bubble, continually dropping fertility, and anti-immigration stance, the trend is likely to continue.

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by jeffbee on Sunday November 30, 2025 @10:24PM (#46103177)

With the growth we already had in 2025 you'd have to nuke LA to end the year with a decline.

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by johnnyanmac on Monday December 01, 2025 @12:20AM (#46103744)

https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2025/0...

Most population growth was due to immigration for a while, and immigration (for obvious reasons in 2025) is way, way down.

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-us-population-could-shri...

what's your report?

>you'd have to nuke LA

Let's not give this administration ideas, please.

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by jeffbee on Monday December 01, 2025 @12:44AM (#46103917)

Do you normally get your demographic statistics from Brookings and AEI? My reference is to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/POPTHM its source being https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2025-09/pi0825.pdf

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by mghackerlady on Monday December 01, 2025 @01:01PM (#46110641)

If we're thinking of nuking places in CA, I hope to god it's the valley. Put an end to this AI bs

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by tayo42 on Sunday November 30, 2025 @10:43PM (#46103268)

Doesn't black Friday kind of suck now and for the last few years? There's sales all of the time, and there's all those open secrets about black Friday skus now.

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by LightBug1 on Monday December 01, 2025 @01:42PM (#46111227)

I found BF week was "ok" ... found a few genuine bargains ... but Cyber Monday really sucked ... I saw absolutely nothing new in terms of wow prices ... n=1

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