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Layoffs Are Near a 57-Year Low — So Why Is America’s Job Market Freezing Up?

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Layoffs Are Near a 57-Year Low — So Why Is America’s Job Market Freezing Up?

Employers are holding onto workers at a rate unseen since the late 1960s, yet job seekers are running into walls everywhere they turn. Something in the American labor market has quietly broken, and the consequences could ripple far beyond the unemployed.

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Layoffs Are Near a 57-Year Low — So Why Is America’s Job Market Freezing Up? 24/7 Wall St.

Source: 24/7 Wall St.

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