Mass Layoffs
S&P 500 Defies Gravity as Mass Layoffs Surge: A Paradoxical Market in November 2025
The U.S. economy is currently navigating a perplexing landscape, where a dramatic surge in mass layoffs, marking the highest October job cuts in 22 years, appears to be fueling, rather than hindering, the S&P 500's impressive rally. This "layoffs jump" has seen over