US DATA: BLS Sept mass layoffs- “Employers took 1,316 mass layoff actions in
September involving 122,462 workers as measured by new filings for unemployment
insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today. (Data are seasonally adjusted.) Each mass layoff involved at
least 50 workers from a single employer. Mass layoff events in September
increased by 49 from August, while the number of associated initial claims
decreased by 4,992. In September, 366 mass layoff events were reported in mfg.”