US announced job cuts surge in March on Doge hit, recruitment firm Challenger says

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4. A couple of nits:

About 497,052 layoffs were announced in the first three months of the year ...

(1) Challenger, Gray & Christmas tracks announced layoffs. I can't tell from that what the timeline is. That is, the layoffs have not necessarily all occurred. Some will be at some future date. I mean, someone is still getting laid off; we just don't know when.
(2) There are also simultaneously job openings showing up. The DOL's BLS tracks job openings and labor turnovers on a monthly basis. The newest report, for February I think, came out a few days back. It's in LBN and in the Economy forum.

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