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Challenger Job Cuts Fall With Favorable Tech-Led Y/Y Comparison

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  • Challenger job cuts of 45.5k marked a -41% Y/Y decline in November, the second Y/Y decline this year and the largest since Feb’22.
  • It comes as we start to lap the surge in tech-based job cuts in Nov’22. Indeed, tech job cuts of 5k were 90% lower than the 52.8k of Nov’22.
  • On the flip side, ex-tech job cuts increased 68% Y/Y in Nov. They were led by retail with 6.5k vs just 373 a year ago.
  • The monthly figures can vary wildly but the quarterly trend is slowing a pullback from the tech-led spike early in the year, with overall job cuts up 390% Y/Y in Q1, 163% Y/Y in Q2, 106% Y/Y in Q3 and -16% Y/Y as of Oct-Nov.
  • The ex-tech equivalent has also seen some progress but to less extent: 211% Y/Y in Q1, 130% in Q2, 142% Y/Y in Q3 and 47% Y/Y in Oct-Nov.

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