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• 🇺🇸 AI jobs disruption ’modest’ so far, Morgan Stanley says — 11/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Technology Impact, #Economic Analysis
• 🇺🇸 U.S. Inflation Surged in March as Iran War Pushed Up Prices — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Soaring energy costs led to the biggest monthly increase in the Consumer Price Index since the peak of the post-pandemic inflation crisis in June 2022.

  Related: #Inflation, #Geopolitics, #Monetary Policy
• 🇺🇸 Trump’s Changes Lock Some Employers Out of H-1B Visa Program — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Since imposing a $100,000 fee on new visas in September, the Trump administration has upended the skilled worker program.

  Related: #Immigration Policy, #Government Regulation
• 🇺🇸 Women are getting most of the new jobs. What's going on with men? — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Over the past year, the vast majority of new jobs have gone to women. One economist says to help men find work, we need to embrace ways to "make girly jobs appeal to manly men."

  Related: #Gender Disparity, #Economic Policy
• 🇺🇸 Disney to lay off up to 1,000 workers — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Entertainment giant Disney is cutting up to 1,000 marketing-related jobs under new CEO Josh D'Amaro, according to reports.

  Related: #Corporate Restructuring, #Media Industry
• 🇺🇸 AI has replaced work for 20% of full-time employees in the U.S., survey says — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  A nonprofit AI research center found that half of American adults used AI in the past week, either for personal or work use.

  Related: #Artificial Intelligence, #Technology Adoption
• 🇺🇸 Top Influencers’ Secret Weapon for Engagement Might Be Replaced by AI — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  From Druski to Clavicular, most successful content creators rely on armies of amateur editors to cut their content into short viral videos. So why are they getting the ax?

  Related: #Creator Economy, #AI Disruption
• 🇺🇸 Disney is planning to lay off 1,000 workers — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Disney is planning to lay off 1,000 workers

  Related: #Corporate Restructuring, #Media Industry
• 🇺🇸 U.S. filings for jobless aid jump to 219K last week but remain within stable range of past few years — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  U.S. applications for unemployment benefits rose last week before Iran, Israel and the U.S. announced a two-week ceasefire deal that injected a degree of optimism into a still-clouded global economic ...

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Economic Indicators
• 🇺🇸 US weekly jobless claims rise, but remain at low levels — 09/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Economic Indicators, #Monetary Policy
• 🇺🇸 Disney Expected to Lay Off as Many as 1,000 Employees — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Disney is expected to lay off as many as 1,000 employees through role eliminations in the coming months, Variety has learned. Many of the cuts are expected to come from the media giant’s marketing dep...

  Related: #Corporate Restructuring, #Media Industry
• 🇺🇸 The AI Skills Shift: Mapping Skill Obsolescence, Emergence, and Transition Pathways in the LLM Era — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  arXiv:2604.06906v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As Large Language Models reshape the global labor market, policymakers and workers need empirical data on which occupational skills may be most susce...

  Related: #Artificial Intelligence, #Future of Work
• 🇺🇸 Disney To Lay Off Up To 1,000 Employees In First Cuts Under New CEO Josh D’Amaro — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Disney is planning to lay off as many as 1,000 employees over the next few months, Deadline has confirmed, the first cuts to come from the entertainment giant since naming its new CEO Josh D’Amaro. Th...

  Related: #Corporate Restructuring, #Entertainment Industry
• 🇺🇸 Mamdani Acknowledges ‘Troubling’ Job Losses in 100 Days’ Interview — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani is focused on economic justice. Some budget watchdogs and business leaders want him to concentrate on economic development.

  Related: #Municipal Politics, #Economic Policy
• 🇺🇸 AI will reshape 50-55% of U.S. jobs in next 3 years, analysis finds — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Researchers at Boston Consulting Group estimate that AI will "reshape" between 50-55% of U.S. jobs over the next three years. They note that while AI integration will likely change the nature of the w...

  Related: #Future of Work, #Technology Disruption
• 🇺🇸 Fewer in US, Canada say it's a good time to find a job: Gallup — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Fewer people in both the U.S. and Canada said it was a good time to find a job in 2025 in comparison to the year before, according to a new report from Gallup. In the Gallup State of the Global Workpl...

  Related: #Economic Sentiment, #Public Opinion
• 🇺🇸 Blue Collar Work Has Plateaued, Narrowing Options for Young Workers — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Skilled electricians, plumbers and factory workers are in demand, but job openings have dropped.

  Related: #Economic Trends, #Workforce Development
• 🇺🇸 Australian job vacancies rise 2.7% in February quarter — 02/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Economic Recovery, #Employment
• 🇺🇸 Volkswagen CEO defends 50,000 job cuts to offset high German production costs — 22/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Corporate Restructuring
• 🇺🇸 How to play the AI-driven ‘blue-collar renaissance’ — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Oppenheimer sees artificial intelligence driving a "blue-collar renaissance" as automation threatens to replace office jobs and boost physical trades.

  Related: #AI Impact
• 🇺🇸 Applications for jobless benefits fall to 205,000 as layoffs remain historically low — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining in the same range of recent years despite a broadly tepid labor market

  Related: #Economic Indicators
• 🇺🇸 U.S. applications for jobless benefits fall to 205,000 last week as layoffs remain historically low — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining in the same range of recent years despite a broadly tepid labor market.

  Related: #Economic Indicators
• 🇬🇧 UK pay growth sinks to five-year low as younger workers hit by hiring slowdown — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Unemployment holds steady, but Bank of England is unlikely to be convinced by ONS data to cut interest rates </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/mar/19/bank-of-e...

  Related: #Economic Trends
• 🇺🇸 UK wage growth slows to 3.8% in three months to January — 19/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Economy
• 🇺🇸 UK wage growth slows to 3.8% in 3 months to January — 19/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Economy
• 🇺🇸 Australia’s employment jumps in February, jobless rate still rises — 19/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Employment
• 🇺🇸 U.S. job openings rise to a better-than-expected 7 million — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Layoffs fell slightly and the number of Americans quitting their jobs — a sign of confidence in their prospects — slipped modestly.

  Related: #Economic Indicators
• 🇺🇸 US job openings rise to a better-than-expected 7 million despite sluggish labor market — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  U.S. job openings rose to nearly 7 million in January, better than expected at a time when the American labor market has looked sluggish

  Related: #Economic Data
• 🇺🇸 Oppenheimer sees blue-collar job demand driving industrial tech growth — 12/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Industrial Technology
• 🇺🇸 South England sees slowest fall in permanent placements in nearly two-and-a-half years — 09/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Economic Trends