US August Challenger job cuts +13.7% vs -4.2% y/y prior - ConsultFX

US August Challenger job cuts +13.7% vs -4.2% y/y prior

Latest data released by Challenger, Gray, and Christmas Inc - 6 September 2018 - Prior -4.2% - Layoffs 38.47k vs 27.12k prior ForexLive The data provides information on the number of announced corporate layoffs by industry and region and acts as a general labour market indicator. Quite a hefty amount of layoffs there but the data release here tends to be