Layoffs and Job Reductions

• Have Trump’s Tariffs Gone as High as They Can Go? Business Hope So - A wave of companies are petitioning for exemptions from the Trump administration’s high levies on foreign-made goods, saying they are hurting business and raising prices.
• Private Employers Cut Jobs in November, in Latest Sign of a Slowdown - Data from ADP, a payroll processor, is getting added attention because of delays in official statistics caused by the government shutdown.