A host of alternative jobs data from Wall Street are pointing in the same direction: The U.S. labor market is losing steam

Core Insights - The current federal data blackout is leading to reliance on Wall Street numbers and surveys, which indicate a consistent trend: a lack of hiring among companies [1] Group 1 - The absence of federal data is creating a gap that Wall Street metrics are attempting to fill [1] - Non-governmental data is corroborating the narrative that few companies are expanding their workforce [1]