by Ryan Littlestone | September 6th, 2018, 11:33:27 | Economic Data, US
August 2018 US Challenger Grey Layoffs report 6 September 2018 Highest since March “August job cut announcements seem to indicate the summer lull is over. Companies are assessing global market conditions and adjusting staffing levels accordingly,” said John Challenger...
by Ryan Littlestone | July 5th, 2018, 11:42:15 | Economic Data, News, US
June 2018 US Challenger layoffs report 5 July 2018 19.6% vs -4.8% prior y/y Finally they published the full report; Retail scalps led the way again and that stands at 73k for the year so far but well donw on last year. Challenger tracked some 2600 store closures....
by Ryan Littlestone | May 3rd, 2018, 11:30:55 | Economic Data, US
April 2018 US Challenger layoffs report 3 May 2018 -1.4% vs 39.4% prior “Most of the cuts in March came from a single announcement, but an increase in large-scale job cut announcements could be on the horizon,” said John Challenger, Chief Executive Officer of...
by Ryan Littlestone | March 8th, 2018, 12:30:24 | Economic Data, US
February 2018 US Challenger layoffs report 8 March 2018 Retail leads again at the start of the year but that could reflect the usual seasonal patterns.
by Ryan Littlestone | February 1st, 2018, 12:30:35 | Economic Data, US
January 2018 US Challenger layoffs report 1 February 2018 Change -2.8% vs -3.6% prior y/y Given the time of year, it will be no surprise where the bulk of the cuts came. The retail sector saw 15k cut, adding to the 22k last month. That’s the seasonals at play....