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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by vannevar on Sunday November 30, 2025 @10:26PM (#46103189)
>...but out in the official data, and less so but still true in the real world, things are still bobbing along.

I don't know that the official data shows things "still bobbing along." The graph of monthly employment numbers looks like it has a decidedly downward trend overall. September jobs were unexpectedly high, but we've had a lot of subsequent downward revisions and it may happen again for September.

https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2025/11/2...

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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by cal_dent on Sunday November 30, 2025 @11:48PM (#46103577)
looks like a return to post GFC pre-covid trend. That's sort of what I mean, we've obviously come from a boom-ish market and correcting. How much of it now is the shock that now isnt the same as the 2021-2023 market v this is the start of a real downturn. I don't know
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Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? by vannevar on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:58AM (#46108907)
Don't be fooled by the scaling due to the covid spike, 2025 looks quite a bit worse than pre-covid. It looks more like pre-2008.
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