January worst month for job cuts since 2009
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Started by metmike - Feb. 5, 2026, 9:48 a.m.

US layoffs jump 205% in January, hitting 17-year high driven by UPS, Amazon
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/us-layoffs-jump-205-in-january-hitting-17-year-high/articleshow/127935938.cms?from=mdr

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January worst month for job cuts since 2009: Report

https://thehill.com/business/5724073-employers-cut-jobs-restructuring/

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Layoffs in January were the most to start a year since 2009, as employers like Amazon and UPS slashed jobs

https://www.businessinsider.com/january-layoffs-cuts-highest-level-since-2009-challenger-2026-2

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By metmike - Feb. 5, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
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Hiring slows in December to end the weakest year of job growth since the pandemic

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/09/nx-s1-5670392/jobs-employment-labor-market-economy-tariffs

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2025 Was the Worst Non-Recession Year for Jobs Growth Since 2003

                

Jobs this past year grew at a rate 70 percent slower than the year before Trump took office.

https://truthout.org/articles/2025-was-the-worst-non-recession-year-for-jobs-growth-since-2003/



By metmike - Feb. 5, 2026, 9:59 a.m.
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Donald Trump's rating of his economy:

Trump rates economy ‘A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus’ ahead of event touting affordability

https://thehill.com/homenews/5640090-donald-trump-economy-inflation/

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Lying about the economy will continue until morale improves 

Our great President Donald Trump will, of course, lead us in the necessary lying

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/17/jobs-report-economy-trump-hoax/87794187007/

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Donald Trump created this video himself last year to demonstrate how he  feels about and in many cases impacts Americans, institutions, businesses and most realms that he considers to be beneath his omnipotence( almost everybody).

We're witnesses that exactly now with his economy.


  Trump's SHOCKING AI VIDEO shows him DUMPING SHIT on 'NO KINGS' protesters    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugrn6DNAYEU

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By metmike - Feb. 5, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
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U.S. Manufacturing Is in Retreat and Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t Helping

Levies on imports were supposed to bring back a golden age of U.S. manufacturing. They haven’t worked, so far.

By 

David Uberti

ET

https://www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-manufacturing-is-in-retreat-and-trumps-tariffs-arent-helping-d2af4316?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqce9rk44jP66onA1ANvsl253Jlerm5X3zdfPfxvc7pN7zx3GnJdyqRbmzKG-4U%3D&gaa_ts=6984be82&gaa_sig=hJ9d1A-UOmFghiuVBrATLZJh6HpNpD9lgKiN0e9S03zNZPjWbQ679KYZxnNmWkqS8zecZqbu7BzC6-QXce2HGw%3D%3D

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Trump said tariffs would bring factories 'roaring back.' So why are manufacturing jobs on the decline?

 

The Effects of Tariffs, One Year Into Trump’s Trade Experiment

Five charts show the impact on the economy after a year of sweeping trade changes by the Trump administration.

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