US Hiring Stalls with Employers Reluctant to Expand

Trump hits the links amid economic slowdown concerns

Wall Street took hits on the market after hiring slumped in August. The economy added 22,000 jobs, far below expectations, fueling fresh concerns about a slowdown. Nikole Killion has more details.

Trump Has Successfully Tanked the American Labor Market

Donald Trump’s disastrous governance has successfully tanked America’s labor market. The federal government released another weak jobs report Friday, after the previous poor jobs report resulted in Trump lashing out and firing the Commissioner of Labor Statistics. At the time, Trump baselessly claimed that the “Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.” The latest jobs report found that the economy only add…

U.S. labour market weakens with little job growth and rising unemployment

The U.S. economy added 22,000 new jobs in August while the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent. Job growth has stalled, with economists blaming U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping import tariffs and an immigration crackdown that has reduced the labour pool.

US hiring stalls with employers reluctant to expand

The American job market, a pillar of U.S. economic strength since the pandemic, is crumbling under the weight of President Donald Trump’s erratic economic policies. Uncertain about where things are headed, companies have grown increasingly reluctant to hire, leaving agonized jobseekers unable to find work and weighing on consumers who account for 70% of all U.S. economic activity. Their spending...

Hiring stalls in U.S. with companies reluctant to expand in an uncertain economic landscape

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labour market continued to cool due to uncertainty over President Donald Trump's economic policies.

US Added Just 22,000 Jobs Last Month Amid Donald Trump's Uncertain Economic Policies

US employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool under uncertainty over President Donald Trump's economic policies.