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Hiring in the US drops to pandemic lows as job market under Trump stagnates

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 854 words · By Andy Hirschfeld
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What to know about Hiring in the US drops to pandemic lows as job market under Trump stagnates

Hiring in the US drops to pandemic lows as job market under Trump stagnates Labour market stagnation mirrors a slowing private payroll growth, averaging just 18,000 monthly in recent months Job openings in the United States have dropped to their lowest level…

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What happened

Hiring in the US drops to pandemic lows as job market under Trump stagnates Labour market stagnation mirrors a slowing private payroll growth, averaging just 18,000 monthly in recent months Job openings in the United States have dropped to their lowest level…

Why it matters

Tuesday’s Job Openings and Labour Turnover Survey (JOLTS), a monthly report released by the US Labour Department, showed that job openings tumbled by 358,000 to 6.882 million in February.

Common ground

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Labour market stagnation mirrors a slowing private payroll growth, averaging just 18,000 monthly in recent months”
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Wikipedia sources refer to military ranks, private equity, and privatization definitions, which are unrelated to payroll growth statistics.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A private is a soldier, usually with the lowest rank in many armies. Soldiers with the rank of private may be conscripts or they may be professional (career) soldiers. The term derives from the term "…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Private equity (PE) is stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public. Instead, it is offered to specialized investment funds and limited partnerships that take an active r…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to transitioning something from the public sector into the private sector. It is al…
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Claim 2: “The Federal Reserve, the US’s central bank, has been under pressure to reduce interest rates under President Donald Trump’s second term.”
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Claim 3: “Fewer people are also leaving their jobs for new ones, reflecting stagnation in the job market. Three million people quit last month, for a rate of 1.9 percent.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to confirm job quit rates or labor market turnover.
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Claim 4: “That put consumer sentiment at its lowest level since December.”
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Claim 5: “A Labour Department report from last week underscored that there is less demand among companies for new workers.”
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Claim 6: “Hiring in the US drops to pandemic lows as job market under Trump stagnates”
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All Wikipedia sources are unrelated to labor market data. No independent news sources or web search results confirm US hiring levels or Trump's second term job market trends.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump is the name of two related civil lawsuits by American author E. Jean Carroll against United States President Donald Trump. The two suits resulted in a total of $88.3…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On August 24, 2023, after being indicted on racketeering and related charges, Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States who went on to win the 2024 presidential election, voluntarily …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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Claim 7: “Hiring efforts also slumped in February, with 498,000 fewer people hired, for a total of 4.8 million people. That marks the lowest hiring level since March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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Claim 8: “The blow to the global fossil fuel industry has sent prices skyrocketing. In the US, for example, the American Automobile Association (AAA) has found that the average price for a gallon (3.79 litres) of petrol is $4.018, up more than a dollar from the average of $2.982 a month ago.”
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Claim 9: “A March report from the University of Michigan showed that consumer sentiment — a measure of economic confidence — dropped 6 percent from this time last year and 5.8 percent from the previous month.”
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Claim 10: “The Supreme Court ruling barring the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to implement tariffs.”
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Claim 11: “Trump’s średni of the Strait of Hormuz disrupted global oil trade, leading to a surge in US gasoline prices to $4.018 per gallon.”
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Claim 12: “That was down from a projected 6.918 million job openings for the month, a steeper decline than experts had expected. In January, the JOLTS report had recorded 7.240 million job openings.”
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Claim 13: “Job openings in the United States have dropped to their lowest level in six years, as the demand for labour stalls amid concerns about trade, immigration and the surging role of artificial intelligence (AI).”
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Wikipedia sources mention 2023 calendar year and unrelated military attacks, with no labor market data or job openings information.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2023 (MMXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starting on 17 October 2023, and in response to United States support for Israel in the Gaza war, Iran-backed militias initiated a coordinated series of more than 170 attacks on US military bases and …
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Claim 14: “US stock markets saw gains in midday trading on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones up 1.9%, Nasdaq up 3.4%, and S&P 500 up 2.3%.”
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Claim 15: “Tuesday’s Job Openings and Labour Turnover Survey (JOLTS), a monthly report released by the US Labour Department, showed that job openings tumbled by 358,000 to 6.882 million in February.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to confirm job openings numbers or trends.
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Claim 16: “Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that “zero-employment growth equilibrium” has “a feel of downside risk”.”
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