Job Growth in the Private-Sector, Massive Job Losses at Federal & State Governments in H2 2025 by Wolf Richter • Jan 9, 2026 • 62 Comments The Fed should look at private-sector employment. Layoffs at the government are a political decision, not the result of economic weakness.
ADP Employment Report: +41,000, Mostly at Medium-Size Companies. Small Companies Had First Payroll Gain in 5 Months by Wolf Richter • Jan 7, 2026 • 22 Comments Private-sector job growth slowed to a crawl in the second half.
The Fed Should Look at Private-Sector Jobs Growth and Not Get Distracted by the Massive Federal Government Job Cuts by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2025 • 88 Comments Federal government slashed 172,000 jobs in 3 months, Private Sector gained 225,000, the most since May.
Layoffs Show No Signs of a Weakening Labor Market by Wolf Richter • Dec 11, 2025 • 47 Comments If the labor market is weakening, it’s on the job-creation side of the equation, maybe in part due to AI.
CEO of ICE on Making Mortgages “Portable” & “Assumable” in the Era of MBS, and on AI at ICE and its Impact on Hiring by Wolf Richter • Dec 10, 2025 • 36 Comments “I look at our own behavior, which is we’re kind of slow walking some of that kind of hiring now because we’re using these tools.”
Job Openings Jump by 443,000 in 2 Months: Labor Market Retightens, Fed Faces Scenario of Solid Job Market and Accelerating Inflation by Wolf Richter • Dec 9, 2025 • 63 Comments 7.67 million job openings, highest since May, 2nd highest all year, and up from a year ago.
Low-Fire Low-Hire Job Market, after Massive Overhiring by Big Tech & Others in 2021 & 2022 by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2025 • 61 Comments But today’s initial unemployment insurance claims were a doozie that’ll reverse next week.
Private-Sector Job Trends by Industry: From Job Destruction in “Information” to Job Creation in “Mining & Natural Resources” by Wolf Richter • Dec 3, 2025 • 55 Comments Three-month average job creation dips into negative for the first time since 2020, per ADP data.
Federal Government Job Cuts Still Hitting Employment Data: The Labor Market by Major Industry in Charts by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2025 • 36 Comments Federal and state governments cut 122,000 employees this year through September. But other industries hired.
Data Fog Engulfing October due to Government Shutdown May “Never” Be Fully Lifted by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2025 • 73 Comments Survey-based data doesn’t exist because the surveys were not conducted in October. But data that companies electronically submitted exists.
