Trump's 'roaring economy' meets a rough start to 2026 with job losses, rising gas prices and uncertainty | PBS News

There is a gap between the boom that Trump has predicted and the volatile results he has produced — one that could set the tone in this year's midterm elections as he tries to defend his party's majorities in the House and Senate. With Trump's tariffs drama ongoing, the war in Iran has suddenly created inflationary concerns regarding oil and natural gas. To the White House, it is still early in the year and stronger growth is coming…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-roaring-economy-meets-a-rough-start-to-2026-with-job-losses-rising-gas-prices-and-uncertainty 

 

Oil prices surge, stocks drop after weak update on U.S. job market : NPR

The S&P 500 dropped 1.3% after a report showed U.S. employers cut more jobs last month than they created and after oil prices spiked above $90 per barrel. The combination of a weak economy and high inflation is a worst-case scenario for investors because the Federal Reserve has no good tool to fix both problems at the same time...

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/06/g-s1-112788/oil-prices-stocks-jobs-report

 

BREAKING: Markets roiled by surprise February jobs loss and spike in oil prices

https://youtu.be/sYsqdpXhZpg?si=ijf74Bs-hJZTbW3c

 

The U.S. unexpectedly loses 92,000 jobs in January : NPR

February's job losses were widespread, with factories, construction companies and the federal government all shedding workers. Even health care, which has been a source of strength in the job market, lost 28,000 jobs in February — partly as a result of a nurses strike...

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/06/nx-s1-5737603/jobs-labor-market-economy

 

Job growth in January beats expectations, keeping Fed on hold - POLITICO

The data, released Wednesday by the Labor Department, showed the U.S. added a net 130,000 jobs last month, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, the second month in a row that joblessness fell...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/11/jobs-report-january-economy-00775732 

 

U.S. long-term unemployment hits post-pandemic high, straining economy - The Washington Post

More Americans have been jobless for six months or more, a sign of the labor market's weakness ahead of the Federal Reserve's highly anticipated meeting this week...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/15/long-term-unemployment-workers-jobs/

Gen Z's job market: slow hiring amid Trump tariffs, policy uncertainty

It's a sign of how reluctant companies have been to hire amid ongoing economic uncertainty over tariffs and policy...

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/19/trump-tariffs-jobs-gen-z 

 

White House says jobs surging among U.S.-born. Here’s what economists say. - The Washington Post

Despite the Trump administration's celebrations, other data suggests that U.S.-born workers are on less stable footing than their foreign-born counterparts this year. 

While economists take issue with foreign- and native-born worker counts from the census survey, they say the unemployment rate, employment-population ratio and labor force participation rate provide a more accurate snapshot of the job market and how it has changed over time. 

Joblessness is actually higher among U.S.-born workers than among immigrants, and U.S.-born workers are more likely to be unemployed than they were a year ago, BLS data shows...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/16/native-born-jobs-foreign-immigrant-labor-census/

Opinion | A shrinking labor force is sounding the recession alarm bell - The Washington Post

Low unemployment is great, but only if it's due to lots of new jobs, not an evaporating labor force...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/15/labor-force-recession-indicator/

 

China's unemployed young adults who are pretending to have jobs

With real jobs increasingly hard to come by, some young adults would rather pay to go into an office than be just stuck at home…

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdd3ep76g3go 

 

Trump NEW SCHEME Revealed as he COLLAPSES IT ALL

The summer economic data releases have been a disaster under Trump. 

• Downward revisions on prior jobs reports on top of soft hiring for July. 
• Inflation is rearing its ugly head in various parts of the economy. 
• A growing housing affordability crisis. Loss of confidence in long-term treasuries. 
• The only reason the stock market continues to perform is because foreign investors and U.S. corporations are propping up share prices because there are fewer and fewer places to find a return on investment. 

All the while, the GOP continues forward with plans to hurt the impoverished and middle class citizens of the United States. Today’s video explains why this isn’t an accident. Trump and the GOP are killing the economy and government institutions on purpose because they ultimately want to privatize every layer of the economy. Max from ‪@UNFTR‬ reports.

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/YviiBQ15IwU?si=W0cri1ZfHuvBZxzQ

U.S. unemployment claims rise to pandemic high - The Washington Post

Continuing claims for unemployment benefits jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/07/unemployment-claims-rise/

The fatal flaw in the #Trump plan to use tariffs and a trade war to bring manufacturing jobs back

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HE8jonPuhmY

 

Tuberville plies bogus numbers on Biden jobs versus Trump unemployment

In Biden's first year in the White House, the unemployment rate rapidly improved, falling from 6.4% in January to 3.9% in December. In 2022, the average for the year improved to 3.6%. A year later, it remained at 3.6%. 

In fact, in April 2023, the jobless rate fell all the way to 3.4% — a level unseen in the United States since before the Moon landing. What's more, the unemployment rate has now been below 4% for 27 consecutive months — a streak also unseen since the 1960s.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/tuberville-picks-fight-unemployment-gop-cant-win-rcna153884

Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden

The only recent recession was in 2020, early in the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, the US economy has grown considerably. Unemployment has also hit historic lows, wages have been going up and consumer spending has been strong…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/poll-economy-recession-biden

Cheaper gas and thriving labor: 5 economic trends we're grateful for

For all the gloomy forecasts about the U.S. economy — recession! unemployment jump! sticky inflation! — plenty of developments are underway that allow for some optimism and gratitude this holiday season...

https://www.axios.com/2023/11/22/economic-trends-grateful-for

US economy going strong under Biden – Americans don’t believe it

The US has roared back from the Covid recession by official measures. But two-thirds of Americans are unhappy about the economy despite consistent reports that inflation is easing and unemployment is close to a 50-year low. And the poll suggests many are unaware of or don't believe the positive economic news the government has reported...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/15/biden-economy-bidenomics-poll-republicans-democrats-independents

PolitiFact | Gov. Ron DeSantis’ claim about benefits for immigrants in California is missing context

Immigrants in the country illegally are generally ineligible for federal benefits, but some states, including California, have created their own programs. However, California does not currently offer unemployment benefits to people in the U.S. illegally…

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/09/ron-desantis/gov-ron-desantis-claim-about-benefits-for-immigran/

Republican leaders literally speechless about good news on jobs

It was tough to blame President Joe Biden for celebrating the latest numbers on job growth. The Democrat said in a statement on Friday: 

"Today is a good day for the American economy and American workers. We learned this morning that the economy created 339,000 jobs last month. We have now created over 13 million jobs since I took office. That is more jobs in 28 months than any president has created in an entire 4-year term."

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republican-leaders-literally-speechless-good-news-jobs-rcna87730

More Biden Jobs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh0grctzjfg