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gab13by13

(31,259 posts)
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:45 AM 15 hrs ago

Over 100 Companies, Including Nike & Amazon Submit Layoff Plans

AI is shredding our workforce, companies just won't need as many workers and the Fed can't fix that by lowering interest rates.

As a matter of fact when the Fed continues to push interest rates near zero it is going to weaken the dollar which means that people can't buy as much of those Chinese goods at Walmart. It also means that inflation is going to rise. What it doesn't necessarily mean is that mortgage rates are going to go down, they may, in fact, go up seeing as lenders want to guarantee a return on their loans.

I am not an economist, only had Econ 101, but it seems to me we are headed for a K-shaped economy for many years to come. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer is Krasnov's plan. Krasnov's Big Oil friends have kept the lid on gasoline prices, just think where inflation would be if gasoline jumps up.

I can see the consolidation up front and personal. My daughter is the CFO of a company that was just taken over by a larger company, she just finished the negotiations, it looks like a done deal. Even my daughter will have issues finding a new job, our job market is shrinking.

Oh but I see that unemployment dropped, yeah OK.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/over-100-companies-including-nike-and-amazon-submit-layoff-plans-and-one-thing-is-to-blame/ar-AA1TWRZ6?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=69626fcb7c074fbf89d1a046448f6385&ei=17

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Over 100 Companies, Including Nike & Amazon Submit Layoff Plans (Original Post) gab13by13 15 hrs ago OP
Retail stores are closing at faster rates these days. PoindexterOglethorpe 11 hrs ago #1
Yeah, it's not just AI, it trumponomics...nt Wounded Bear 11 hrs ago #2
Economy is brutal. Lots of people without jobs. Melon 11 hrs ago #3
A lot of folks were calling for economic boycotts. It turns out boycotts weren't needed... PeaceWave 11 hrs ago #4
Trump is cooking the numbers dalton99a 11 hrs ago #5

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,459 posts)
1. Retail stores are closing at faster rates these days.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 02:30 PM
11 hrs ago

Keep in mind that we ALWAYS have a recession when a Republican is President. Always. So it's just a matter of time, and is clearly starting even as I type.

PeaceWave

(2,693 posts)
4. A lot of folks were calling for economic boycotts. It turns out boycotts weren't needed...
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 02:41 PM
11 hrs ago

Trump's tariffs were all that was needed to damage the economy. The end result is the same though...A whole lot of lost jobs.

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