The government's latest data confirms the dramatic slowdown sweeping across the labor market. We've been documenting hours being cut, quitters quitting quits, no one hiring, and now even a few layoffs. Not only do the latest figures back all that up, they also help explain consumer behavior and even the last GDP estimate.  Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis CNBC Ford guides to low end of 2024 earnings forecast as it slightly tops Wall Street’s third-quarter expectationshttps://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/28/ford-motor-f-earnings-q3-2024.html Ford Q3 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2024/10/28/third-quarter-2024-financial-results.html Challenger Gray & Christmas October 2024https://www.challengergray.com/blog/job-cuts-fall-in-october-2024-but-ytd-up-4-from-last-year/ https://www.eurodollar.universityTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDU