Accelerating Deterioration In Manufacturing Employment, Post-“Liberation Day”

US manufacturing jobs have worsened rapidly since “Liberation Day,” with accelerating losses and weakening sector conditions. The data point to growing labor slack and rising concerns about overall economic stability.

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ADP and BLS CES and QCEW data confirm:
 

Figure 1: Change since 2025M01 in manufacturing employment from BLS (blue), from implied preliminary benchmark (brown), in Powell conjecture prorated applied to implied preliminary benchmark (green), QCEW covered manufacturing seasonally adjusted using X-13 (in logs) by author (purple), and ADP (red), all in 000’s, s.a. Source: BLS via FRED, BLS, ADP, and author’s calculations.


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