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As of May 2, 2025, stock futures are trending upward as investors prepare for today’s key nonfarm payrolls report. The April employment data is expected to provide an early look at the economic effects of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, which were implemented recently. The report follows an early readout on first-quarter growth, which showed […]

Something strange, and potentially alarming, is happening to the job market for young, educated workers. According to the New York Federal Reserve, labor conditions for recent college graduates have “deteriorated noticeably” in the past few months, and the unemployment rate now stands at an unusually high 5.8 percent. Even newly minted M.B.A.s from elite programs