MJ Muse<p>U.S. job openings fell by the most in 14 months in Dec. Uncertainty about <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DementiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DementiaDon</span></a> policies, broad tariffs, mass deportations of migrants cause uncertainty</p><p> In contrast, defying fears of a pandemic-driven Great Depression and bucking Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, the U.S. job market closed out the Biden era at the cusp of full employment, if not beyond it, with steady job gains, growing wages <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpIsUnfitForOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsUnfitForOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpIsALoser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsALoser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpIsNotWell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsNotWell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LaborMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborMarket</span></a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-job-openings-fall-sharply-december-layoffs-low-2025-02-04/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/markets/us/us-job-</span><span class="invisible">openings-fall-sharply-december-layoffs-low-2025-02-04/</span></a></p>