US Employers Scale Back Hiring, Job Cut Announcements in September

Mike, as you know, we've got a low confidence consumer, but we've got a high confidence investor. And we're seeing companies or at least investors in companies get excited about the prospect of growth in 2026. Now, you'd expect that to correspond with hiring intentions, Mike.And I just wonder whether the economic data is contradicting that message. Well, the data we're getting so far suggests that it is in the sense that companies just aren't hiring Challenger, Gray and Christmas with their job cuts. Announ ...