XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 21:30:17 -0000 (UTC), bks@panix.com (Bradley K.   
   Sherman) wrote:   
      
   >>>> | Sell America Is the New Trade on Wall Street   
   >   
   > |   
   > | Layoff plans hit their highest January total since the   
   > | global financial crisis while hiring intentions reached   
   > | their lowest since the same period, outplacement firm   
   > | Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday.   
   > |   
   > | U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up   
   > | 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December   
   > | 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since   
   > | 2009, while the economy was in the final months of its   
   > | steepest downturn since the Great Depression.   
   > |   
   > | At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires,   
   > | also the lowest January since 2009, which is when   
   > | Challenger began tracking such data. The crisis recession   
   > | officially ended in March 2009.   
   > | ...   
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   >   
   >    --bks   
      
   Of course this had nothing to do with the record Biden inflation that   
   has made everything unaffordable....   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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