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Return of Mass Layoffs a Grim Sign for U.S. Workers
Putting pressure on an already lousy job market, the mass layoff is making a comeback. In the past week, Cisco, Lockheed Martin and Borders announced a combined 23,000 in job cuts. (See: Another Retailer Bites the Dust: Borders Doomed by Amazon Deal, Davidowitz Says)
Those announcements follow 41,432 in planned cuts in June, up 11.6% from May and 5.3% vs. a year earlier, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Meanwhile, state and local governments have cut 142,000 jobs this year, The WSJ reports, and Wall Street is braced for another round of cutbacks. This week, Goldman Sachs announced plans to let go 1000 fixed-income traders.
If these trends continue, we may soon be talking about losses in the monthly employment data -- not just disappointing growth, says Howard Davidowitz, CEO of Davidowitz & Associates
"Everything in business is confidence," Davidowitz says. "You lose confidence and businesses can't deal with that [and] who could have confidence with what's going on in Washington?"
Davidowitz is bipartisan in his criticism, calling the U.S. political system "dysfunctional and deranged." (See: "A Bunch of Morons in Washington": Howard Davidowitz Handicaps the Debt Ceiling Debate)
Still, the restructuring expert is a longtime and vocal critic of President Obama: "There has never been in a situation in my lifetime where a guy increases the debt by 40%, GDP growth is on the way down, Food Stamps are up, millions more are unemployed -- and to accomplish this we spent $4 trillion."
In This Time is Different, co-authors Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart demonstrate that financial crises are typically followed by severe recessions, slow recoveries, subpar growth and greater frequency of recessions in the decade following the crisis. (See: Bernanke In Denial About Economy's Fate, Vincent Reinhart Says)
"No one believes the economy, Obama or not, is going to improve," my Breakout colleague Jeff Macke says in the accompanying clip. "Time [is] the only thing that heals."
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and the beat goes on, Obama's recovery is a lie, and he is trying to play us like the clowns that we are. Time to stop appoligizing for him and stand up for your fellow man, instead of support this lieing destroyer of our nation!
if you are black and support obama because he is black you SUCK!!! and dont deserve to be called an American. You should be called a racist, cuz in the end even you know that you are one.
Putting pressure on an already lousy job market, the mass layoff is making a comeback. In the past week, Cisco, Lockheed Martin and Borders announced a combined 23,000 in job cuts. (See: Another Retailer Bites the Dust: Borders Doomed by Amazon Deal, Davidowitz Says)
Those announcements follow 41,432 in planned cuts in June, up 11.6% from May and 5.3% vs. a year earlier, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Meanwhile, state and local governments have cut 142,000 jobs this year, The WSJ reports, and Wall Street is braced for another round of cutbacks. This week, Goldman Sachs announced plans to let go 1000 fixed-income traders.
If these trends continue, we may soon be talking about losses in the monthly employment data -- not just disappointing growth, says Howard Davidowitz, CEO of Davidowitz & Associates
"Everything in business is confidence," Davidowitz says. "You lose confidence and businesses can't deal with that [and] who could have confidence with what's going on in Washington?"
Davidowitz is bipartisan in his criticism, calling the U.S. political system "dysfunctional and deranged." (See: "A Bunch of Morons in Washington": Howard Davidowitz Handicaps the Debt Ceiling Debate)
Still, the restructuring expert is a longtime and vocal critic of President Obama: "There has never been in a situation in my lifetime where a guy increases the debt by 40%, GDP growth is on the way down, Food Stamps are up, millions more are unemployed -- and to accomplish this we spent $4 trillion."
In This Time is Different, co-authors Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart demonstrate that financial crises are typically followed by severe recessions, slow recoveries, subpar growth and greater frequency of recessions in the decade following the crisis. (See: Bernanke In Denial About Economy's Fate, Vincent Reinhart Says)
"No one believes the economy, Obama or not, is going to improve," my Breakout colleague Jeff Macke says in the accompanying clip. "Time [is] the only thing that heals."
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Ted S3 hours ago
Why is America trying to rebuild other countries and let ours go down the toilet - we were once the leader now we are starting to become a 3rd world country...let's get back to buildinig the USA - hey, if we produce the best - they will come to us - now we pruduce junk and go to China for our needs... More17 Replies
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American10 hours ago
People are losing confidence with more than just the government. Most people do not trust wall street and with good reason. Whats truly sad is that nobody in washington truly lives up to the oath they took when they enter office. They pledged to represent all citizens, not the parties.11 Replies
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luannesrackissmallerthanm ...15 hours ago
Cut off the bribes to our politicians through special interests and lobbies. Put two-term, term limits on the House and the Senate. If congressmen miss too many sessions during campaign season, automatically eliminate them from consideration for their second (and last) term. Eliminate lifetime... More25 Replies
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JR18 hours ago
"who could have confidence with what's going on in Washington?"4 Replies
This says it all! Dysfunctional and deranged!
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ny ny3 hours ago
talk about jobs i had to call a.t.t. customer service on several occasions this pass week and i was talking to a rep in the philippines . #$%$ A.T.T. a phone company i shocked . why not give those jobs to americans34 Replies
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Gene2 hours ago
What ever happened to Obamas laser focus on jobs? Light go out???????22 Replies
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NONE GIVEN18 hours ago
nasa 9000 jobs. yahoo writers left it out...13 Replies
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Barney Rubble4 hours ago
Do you really need an expensive college degree to become a Barista or Cashier?13 Replies
Young Americans should think carefully before burning $100,00 to $200,000 for a four year college degree. Can you believe the US Colleges and Universities are Tax Exempt?! How do these Colleges and Universities... More
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Thomas Jefferson2 hours ago
It's called a recovery. Right Barry? Some of us with sanity call this a depression.3 Replies
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fireman32273 hours ago
Obama says things are getting better well its time Washington to pull there heads out of there collect A** and smell what they are tiring to shovel.2 Replies
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schmutter2 hours ago
Are stimulus road & construction jobs being done by Americans... or outsourced to companies doing the work with illegal workers? Anyone checking this?11 Replies
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et13 hours ago
Time does NOT heal....it will only get worse and worse. The jobs are gone. 10 million outsourced. Companies only exist here in name only and have factories in other countries..where they are making trillions of dollars in profit. I am a 99er, no one will employ me plus I am 63...I was on the CNN... More26 Replies
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Stinking Genius2 hours ago
As long as companies are rewarded for their production being done in China with them hiring entry level people in the US for marketing - Then this will continue5 Replies
Apple is a perfect example
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Mike17 hours ago
Don't forget the thousands of layoffs stemming from the shuttle program shutdown. This was just covered in the news last night.9 Replies
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hawrischuk2 hours ago
Washington is pushing us towards a revolution.3 Replies
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John16 hours ago
Congress needs to offer tax incentitives to companies that hire US workers and curtail jobs that go offshore!23 Replies
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Rainmaker17 hours ago
The whole problem is easy to identify. American workers are now competing with cheap labor from overseas. Companies are moving to tap into it with outsourcing and moving facilities overseas. Technology is changing so fast that workers are blindsided, and they don't see it coming until it is too... More9 Replies
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Jerry16 hours ago
Yes! I'm glad someone finally said it. We are at 9% unemployment with a bloated deficit and an anemic economy. There is no disagreement on reducing the deficit, just on how it should be done - cuts or taxes. Problem is, both are bad for the economy. So, no matter what "balanced" approach the... More9 Replies
and the beat goes on, Obama's recovery is a lie, and he is trying to play us like the clowns that we are. Time to stop appoligizing for him and stand up for your fellow man, instead of support this lieing destroyer of our nation!
if you are black and support obama because he is black you SUCK!!! and dont deserve to be called an American. You should be called a racist, cuz in the end even you know that you are one.