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Job Growth Plummets Amid Trade War Turmoil

8/2/2025

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Miran emphasized the shifting landscape of global trade, linking the turmoil to the trade war and President Trump's tariffs. He refuted a Detroit auto parts maker's assertion that tariffs caused layoffs. Meanwhile, journalist Jamie Dupree reported a troubling decline in job growth from May to July, marking the weakest stretch since December 2020.

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Miran emphasized the shifting landscape of global trade, linking the turmoil to the trade war and President Trump's tariffs. He refuted a Detroit auto parts maker's assertion that tariffs caused layoffs. Meanwhile, journalist Jamie Dupree reported a troubling decline in job growth from May to July, marking the weakest stretch since December 2020.