Investors may be “having a cake and eating it” in 2026, with Wall Street strategists predicting stock market gains driven by Fed rate cuts, tax incentives, and lower-than-expected…
Read more ‘Inflation will surprise to the downside in 2026’: Why Wall Street expects juiced economy, stock gains this yearRestructuring of work permits and recruitment policies is reshaping construction, agriculture, and services while raising concerns about long-term economic and social effects. After more than two years of…
Read more Foreign workers replace Palestinian labor in Israel, face hurdlesConcerns about how AI will affect workers continue to rise in lockstep with the pace of advancements and new products promising automation and efficiency. Evidence suggests that fear…
Read more Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026 | TechCrunchConstruction employment on Long Island saw another year-over-year drop in September, the seventh straight month of declines, according to a new report from the Associated General Contractors of America. …
Read more Long Island loses construction jobs for seventh straight month | Long Island Business NewsThe entire job market is in turmoil, we know, but a new report highlights that it’s worse for this year’s graduating class than for people starting their working…
Read more 2025 Graduates Are Facing the Toughest Job Market in DecadesJob creation by U.S. companies has nearly flatlined since last spring, with most employers only hiring to replace departing staff members, or leaving those positions vacant. The bad…
Read more How Companies Are Turning No-Hire, More-Fire Into a Growth StrategyFor decades, businesses have avoided hiring candidates whose experience and abilities surpassed the requirements of the jobs they sought to fill. That hesitation was mostly based on concerns…
Read more The Job Market Is Flooded With Overqualified Candidates—Here’s How They Can Supercharge Your TeamNEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. labor market remained mired in its low-hiring, low-firing doldrums through September, though the economy overall “may be on a somewhat firmer trajectory than…
Read more Fed’s Powell says economy on firmer footing, QT end in viewAI evangelists continue to insist that AI is improving workers’ efficiency and thus business productivity, freeing up staff from mundane duties to do more meaningful work. Not as…
Read more This Report Says AI Stole 17,000 Jobs This Year. The DOGE Effect Is Much WorseIn Brief: Retailers are delaying or reducing seasonal hiring due to tariffs and economic uncertainty. Analysts predict holiday job gains may fall to the lowest level since 2009.…
Read more Retailers delay holiday hiring amid tariffs, slowdown | Long Island Business NewsWith evidence mounting that most companies are now limiting hiring to replacing departing employees, it’s little wonder many people are hugging their current jobs even more tightly. That…
Read more These 4 Sectors Are Still Recruiting as the Job Market FlattensRecent college graduates face a remarkably inhospitable labor market as businesses pull back on hiring, and now suffer even higher unemployment rates than the general U.S. population. Were…
Read more 5 College Degrees That Are Least Likely to Land New Grads a JobWant more stock market and economic analysis from Phil Rosen directly in your inbox? Subscribe to Opening Bell Daily’s newsletter. The government shutdown means investors will go without…
Read more Forget the Jobs Report. This Chart Shows the Labor Market Is DeterioratingThe artificial intelligence (AI) age is upon us and, as is the case with every disruptive technology, it is accompanied by doomsayers who fear it will irreparably harm…
Read more No, these new studies don’t show an AI jobs apocalypse is comingConstruction employment on Long Island saw another year-over-year drop in May, the fifth straight month of declines, according to a new report from the Associated General Contractors of…
Read more Long Island construction jobs fall for 5th straight month | Long Island Business NewsIn September 2022, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed he was leaving office with “unemployment…down to lows not seen since I was about 10 years old and bouncing…
Read more 25% of working age Britons are on disability. Why is the U.K. government paying millions to stay home?(Bloomberg) — The selloff in stocks intensified and bond yields tumbled as a weak jobs report fueled worries that the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates at a…
Read more S&P 500 Has Its Worst Jobs Day Since October 2022: Markets WrapThe Federal Reserve’s goal is to get the inflation rate at least near 2% before it begins cutting interest rates. That’s a formal target backed by written policy,…
Read more The Fed’s 2% inflation target is a source of growing liberal discontentThe streaming wars have reached a fever pitch with more ads, higher prices, and greater competition as platforms scramble to reach profitability and capture paying users. With so…
Read more Stock market news today: Stocks pop, tech leads as focus fixes on jobs dataFormer Kroger employees who left the company have been getting some surprising texts and emails. The supermarket operator—the nation’s largest by sales—wants them back, and it isn’t being shy…
Read more Kroger workers who quit are getting texts and emails from the company asking them to come back
