Job cuts in the United States came in at 85,979 in August, rising 39% from the 62,075 figure announced in July, Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. reported on Thursday.
The figure is the highest for the month since 2020, and 13% up from the 75,891 job cuts announced in August last year. The industries that drove the layoffs are retail, pharmaceuticals, and financial firms.
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