Weak Jobs, Lowered Expectations

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured  Ahead of the January jobs report, officials are already moving the goalposts—arguing that weak job growth isn’t really weak and that 50,000 jobs a month should now be considered “great,” supposedly due to deportations.That explanation doesn’t hold up. If millions left the workforce, job openings should surge. Instead, hiring is frozen, small businesses are squeezed by tariffs, young grads can’t find work, and companies are investing in tech over people.Weak jobs numbers are a real problem—and redefining them doesn’t fix the economy.