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Netflix to lay off roughly 1,000 employees

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Concern about finding a job is spiking

Line chart. U.S. adults’ concern that people wanting work can’t find it. Share saying they are very concerned; Latest survey of 5,062 U.S. adults conducted Sept. 28–Oct. 4, 2026; Irregular surveys, July 2022 to October 2026. 11 records. Survey date: 2022-07-04, Very concerned (%): 27; Survey date: 2022-10-16, Very concerned (%): 29; Survey date: 2023-01-24, Very concerned (%): 30; Survey date: 2023-04-02, Very concerned (%): 27; Survey date: 2024-01-21, Very concerned (%): 31; Survey date: 2024-09-02, Very concerned (%): 40; Survey date: 2025-04-13, Very concerned (%): 41; Survey date: 2025-09-28, Very concerned (%): 42; Survey date: 2026-01-26, Very concerned (%): 45; Survey date: 2026-07-12, Very concerned (%): 44; Survey date: 2026-10-04, Very concerned (%): 48

Share of U.S. adults who say they are very concerned that people wanting work can't find it

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The rising risk of the AI-versus-everything-else economy

Growth in U.S. construction spending&nbsp;&nbsp;

Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, FactSet; Chart: Axios/Matt Phillips; Note: Data center construction includes construction costs, such as labor, materials, profits of contractors, architectural and engineering work and miscellaneous overhead, interest and taxes. Does not include servers, racks, chips or memory.

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Labor Department marks low layoffs milestone

A line chart that tracks the four-week average of U.S. jobless claims weekly from Jan. 6, 2024, to Oct. 3, 2026. Claims rose from 205,500 to a peak of 242,250 in June 2025, then eased to 198,000 by October 2026, the series low.

Four-week average of U.S. jobless claims

Data: U.S. Department of Labor; Chart: Courtenay Brown/Axios

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