Job Market Slowdown: AI & Trade Policies Impact
Update: 2025-12-16
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The American job market is grappling with uncertainty and slow growth, as companies hesitate to hire new employees due to challenges in implementing AI and adjusting to new trade policies. This reluctance, coupled with a divided Federal Reserve on interest rate support, has made it difficult for job seekers to secure interviews. The recent government shutdown further complicated matters by delaying and incomplete economic reports. The Labor Departments November job numbers, released eleven days late, showed a modest forty thousand new jobs, with the unemployment rate holding steady at four point four percent. This slowdown in hiring is linked to ongoing trade tariff uncertainty, higher interest rates, and the increasing use of AI and other technologies. The revised figures also reveal that job creation has been much slower than initially reported, averaging just fifty-nine thousand new jobs a month since March, a stark contrast to the hiring boom after the COVID-19 lockdowns.
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