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Tariff and job worries surface heading into seasonally weak period for stocks. – MarketWatch

Tariff and job worries surface heading into seasonally weak period for stocks.  MarketWatch Job market concerns take center stage as earnings season rolls on: What to watch this week  Yahoo Finance ‘Bad News Is Bad News’: Jobs Data Shatters Wall Street’s Calm  Bloomberg Global stock index sinks with dollar, bond yields after weak US jobs data  Reuters Strong Earnings Can’t Save the Stock Market …

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Trump Live Updates: White House Defends Firing BLS Commissioner Over Weak Job Numbers – The New York Times

Trump Live Updates: White House Defends Firing BLS Commissioner Over Weak Job Numbers  The New York Times White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett defends Trump’s firing of labor statistics head  NBC News Larry Summers says Trump’s accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are ‘preposterous’  ABC News Trump’s Former Jobs Data Chief Decries Firing of Successor  Bloomberg ‘The revisions are hard evidence’: White House struggles to …

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Worried About AI Taking Your Job? Microsoft Just Dropped a List of 40 at Risk

Worried About AI Taking Your Job? Microsoft Just Dropped a List of 40 at Risk

Microsoft Research has revealed that jobs heavily reliant on information processing and communication are the most vulnerable to AI disruption. The findings are based on an analysis of over 200,000 anonymized interactions with the Copilot chatbot in the U.S. The study outlines which roles are most susceptible to being reshaped or replaced by AI tools, especially those that closely mirror …

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Top economist Brad DeLong to recent college grads: Don’t blame AI for job struggles—blame the sputtering economy

Top economist Brad DeLong to recent college grads: Don’t blame AI for job struggles—blame the sputtering economy

As recent college graduates face one of the toughest job markets in years, Berkeley economist and voluble Substacker Brad DeLong has a message for those struggling to land their first full-time gig: Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are not to blame. Larger forces are at work. DeLong, a professor at UC Berkeley and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, argued …

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Trump’s Next Job: Selling Skeptical Americans on His Economy – Bloomberg

Trump’s Next Job: Selling Skeptical Americans on His Economy  Bloomberg Confused about the economy? You’re not alone  CNN Economic fears of investors are here — and fed by Trump’s reaction  The Washington Post It’s Trump’s economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs  AP News New tariffs, alarming job numbers and a high-profile firing: A wild week for the Trump economy  NBC News …

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Trump Fires Data Chief on Bad Job News, Gets Chance to Tilt Fed – Bloomberg.com

Trump Fires Data Chief on Bad Job News, Gets Chance to Tilt Fed  Bloomberg.com Lashing Out Over Russia and Jobs Data, Trump Displays His Volatile Side  The New York Times Republican senators raise concerns about Trump’s firing of Labor Dept. official  NBC News Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s firing of labor statistics head after weak jobs report  PBS Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau …

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Stock market today: Dow sinks more than 500 points as job numbers shock Wall Street

Stock market today: Dow sinks more than 500 points as job numbers shock Wall Street

More last-minute modifications to tariff rates and a disappointing July jobs report weighed heavily on investors on Friday. At the close of trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 542 points (-1.23%). The Nasdaq sank 2.24%, and the S&P 500 plunged -1.6%. Nonfarm payrolls were up by 73,000 last month, which was far less than the 100,000 economists were expecting. …

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Treasuries Jump After Slower Job Growth Boosts Fed Cut Bets – Bloomberg

Treasuries Jump After Slower Job Growth Boosts Fed Cut Bets  Bloomberg Treasury yields tumble after much weaker-than-expected July jobs report, Fed governor resigns  CNBC Weak Jobs Report Sparks Big Rally in Short-Dated Treasuries  Barron’s 10-Year Treasury Yield Sinks to 5-Week Low on Tariff and Job Market Fears  TipRanks 10-Year Treasury Yield Long-Term Perspective: July 2025  Advisor Perspectives Source link

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