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U.S. Challenger Job Cuts

Latest Release

Jan 09, 2025

Actual

38.792K

57.727K

Challenger Job Cuts, released by Challenger, Grey & Christmas monthly, provides information on the number of announced corporate layoffs by industry and region. The report is an indicator used by investors to determine the strength of the labor market. A lower than expected number should be taken as positive to the USD, while a higher than expected number as negative

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Source: Challenger, Gray, & Christmas

Release Date	Time	Actual	Previous
Feb 06, 2025 (Jan)	12:30		38.792K
Jan 09, 2025 (Dec)	12:30	38.792K	57.727K
Dec 05, 2024 (Nov)	12:30	57.727K	55.597K
Oct 31, 2024 (Oct)	11:30	55.597K	72.821K
Oct 03, 2024 (Sep)	11:30	72.821K	75.891K
Sep 05, 2024 (Aug)	11:30	75.891K	25.885K

News

Job cuts rose 319% YoY in March, highest Q1 since 2020 - Report By Investing.com - Apr 06, 2023

By Senad Karaahmetovic U.S. employers announced nearly 90,000 job cuts in March, which is up about 15% compared to February, according to the report published by Challenger, Gray & Christmas,...

Silicon Valley Bank's ominous wobble casts long shadow ahead of jobs report By Investing.com - Mar 10, 2023

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- Not many in financial markets expected Friday to be dominated by a mid-sized West Coast bank rather than the U.S. jobs report for February, and even fewer feel good...

U.S. jobless claims hit 10-week high of 211,000 By Investing.com - Mar 09, 2023

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- The number of people claiming unemployment benefits for the first time rose to a 10-week high last week, a sign that the labor market may be losing its ability to...

Analysis

PREVIEW: US Nonfarm Payrolls (Nov'21) By Ryan Anderson - Dec 03, 2021

Analysts look for 550k nonfarm payrolls to be added in November, similar to October's 531k; the jobless rate is seen falling by one-tenth of a percent to 4.5%; the Fed appears almost certain to...

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Week ahead highlights include US jobs report, ISM; EZ Flash CPI; OPEC+ meeting By Ryan Anderson - Aug 27, 2021 1

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