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War-driven inflation and uncertainty contributed to sharply slower hiring in June.

• ↗Hiring worse than expected in June, but White House says labor market on 'upward trajectory'https://www-cdn.abcnews.com/Business/jobs-report-set-show-hiring-robust-pace/story?id=134336526

Ended health-care strikes and warmer weather restored jobs in March.

• ↗Strong US jobs rebound after winter strikes and stormshttps://think.ing.com/articles/strong-us-jobs-rebound-after-winter-strikes-and-storms/
• ↗US labor market posts largest jobs gain in 15 months, but clouds brewing from Iran warhttps://www.investing.com/news/economy-news/us-employment-growth-rebounded-in-march-unemployment-rate-falls-to-43-4597054

Winter storms and a health-care strike pushed February employment sharply lower.

• ↗Weather and strikes weigh on February US jobshttps://think.ing.com/downloads/pdf/article/weather-and-strikes-weigh-on-february-us-jobs
• ↗Strike derails healthcare gainshttps://kpmg.com/us/en/articles/2026/february-2026-jobs-report.html

Post-shutdown normalization helped hiring rebound at the start of 2026.

• ↗Payrolls poised for solid, not spectacular gainshttps://kpmg.com/us/en/articles/2026/february-2026-employment-primer.html

Federal workforce buyouts and cutbacks drove October's steep job losses.

• ↗November 2025 Jobs Report: Employers Add 64,000 Jobshttps://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/insights/research/november-2025-jobs-report-employers-add-64-000-jobs

Tariff uncertainty froze business decisions and weakened hiring through summer.

• ↗US employers slash hiring as Trump advances a punishing trade agendahttps://apnews.com/article/68a15f89d68793a6cf88a522ff33246c

Workers returned after strikes ended and hurricane disruptions faded.

• ↗US added a strong 227,000 jobs in November in bounce-back from October slowdownhttps://apnews.com/article/bb2c2cf596ffe8b080c45e98cdaeebc4

Hurricanes and the Boeing strike temporarily pushed October employment lower.

• ↗US employers added just 12,000 jobs last month as hurricanes and strikes sharply reduce payrollshttps://apnews.com/article/dcf54cd3b40f01ca78bccf86cd8e13d5

Broad service-sector hiring powered a strong September jobs rebound.

• ↗Employers added 254,000 jobs in September, reflecting strong gains as election nearshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/04/september-jobs-unemployment-labor-market/

High interest rates cooled demand and slowed summer hiring.

• ↗US hiring fell sharply in July, an unexpected setback for the economy stoking recession fearshttps://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/us-hiring-fell-sharply-in-july-an-unexpected-setback-for-the-economy-stoking-recession-fears/