Is the US in a hiring recession?

American workers are staring down a terrible labor market. It’s so bad that job postings are at their lowest level since the depths of the pandemic.

The demand for new hires “continues to wane,” said CNN. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week that there were just 6.54 million job openings in December, the “lowest level since September 2020.” That leaves “slim pickings” for Americans looking to find a new job, said NerdWallet’s Elizabeth Renter, per the network. And economists are cautious about how tariffs...