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U.S. Challenger Job Cuts

Latest Release

Aug 04, 2022

Actual

25.810K

32.517K

Challenger Job Cuts, released by Challenger, Grey & Christmas monthly, provides information on the number of announced corporate layoffs by industry and region. The report is an indicator used by investors to determine the strength of the labor market. A lower than expected number should be taken as positive to the USD, while a higher than expected number as negative

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Source: Challenger, Gray, & Christmas

Release Date	Time	Actual	Previous
Aug 04, 2022 (Jul)	07:30	25.810K	32.517K
Jul 07, 2022 (Jun)	07:30	32.517K	20.712K
Jun 02, 2022 (May)	07:30	20.712K	24.286K
May 05, 2022 (Apr)	07:30	24.286K	21.387K
Mar 31, 2022 (Mar)	07:30	21.387K	15.245K
Mar 03, 2022 (Feb)	08:30	15.245K	19.064K

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