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The Companies Conducting Layoffs in 2023: Here’s the List

Several companies including Meta Platforms, Alphabet, Microsoft, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, FedEx and Best Buy have announced layoffs amid concerns about a slowing economy and economic uncertainty

Several companies have announced layoffs amid concerns about a slowing economy and economic uncertainty.
Tech companies like Meta Platforms, Alphabet and Microsoft have dominated the job cuts.
Other sectors like retail, manufacturing, media and finance have also announced cuts.
The broader labor market has continued to add jobs with the US unemployment rate at 3.5% in March.
Companies like BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, FedEx and Best Buy have also cut jobs.

Charting the Global Economy: Central Banks Hold as Prices Cool

Central banks around the world are pausing tightening campaigns as inflation eases and economies slow. Inflation-targeting regimes are keeping their own houses in order, while the US Fed's key inflation gauges fell to the slowest annual paces since late 2021.

Factbox: Turkey earthquake and some of the worst natural disasters of this century

Two massive earthquakes on Monday have devastated cities and towns across Turkey and Syria, with death toll of over 16,000. This is one of the worst natural disasters this century, alongside the 2004 Sumatran Tsunami, 2010 Haiti earthquake and 2008 Cyclone Nargis.

Take Five: Strap in for no landing

A raft of U.S. data and European inflation numbers will give guidance on how the world's top central banks will navigate the way ahead, including the hotly debated "no landing" scenario. Reports on U.S. durable goods orders, home prices, manufacturing and consumer confidence threaten to cement expec

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