Post #6000

📈 US job growth revised down by over 1M The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has sharply revised its 2025 employment data, cutting more than 1 million jobs from prior estimates as of December 2025. According to The New York Times: • Employers added just 181,000 jobs in 2025. • Down 69% from the initial estimate of 584,000 • 2024 job growth was also revised lower by nearly 28% This isn’t a minor adjustment, it’s one of the largest downward revisions in recent years. Where the cuts hit hardest: The Information sector (software, internet, broadcasting) saw some of the steepest corrections: • –88,000 jobs between March 2024 and March 2025 • Roughly a 3% downward revision Economists increasingly point to AI-driven automation especially in white-collar and tech-heavy roles as a structural factor behind the discrepancy. In short: companies may have over-hired during the AI buildout… and quietly optimized after. The bigger signal: If over 1M “phantom jobs” disappear on revision, it raises a harder question: Are we entering a phase where AI doesn’t just create productivity but suppresses net employment growth? This may be the first statistical glimpse of that shift. @aipost🏴