2026 Graduates Face Worst Jobs Market in 5 years

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🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Nov. 14. Traders are dumping tech shares and riskier assets amid fears that delayed government data could shift expectations for a Fed rate cut in December. Plus, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents set their sights on North Carolina as the Trump administration's immigration crackdown continues. And, WSJ economics editor Alex Frangos explains why next year’s graduates face the worst job market in five years. Kate Bullivant hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.3	among real estate professionals. Stocks continue to slide this morning following yesterday's sell-off on Wall Street
0:38.7	as fears over tech stocks and missing data take hold.
0:42.9	We've had this extraordinary run-up in risky assets of all sorts this year,
0:47.2	so you could say that we were priced at something close to perfection
0:51.2	and so it doesn't take much of a shift in mood for things to start
0:54.6	coming back a bit.
0:55.9	Plus US customs and border protection agents set their sights on North Carolina.
1:01.3	And we look at why next year's graduates face the worst job market in five years.
1:07.1	It's Friday, November 14th.
1:09.2	I'm Kate Bullivant for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:22.4	Stock futures and markets around the world are down this morning, continuing yesterday's sell-off.
1:28.5	Relief on Wall Street following the end of the government shutdown has given way to fears
1:33.5	about whether a flood of delayed economic data could swing markets and upend bets on a
1:39.8	December interest rate cut. U.S. stocks posted their worst day in a month yesterday, with investors
1:46.4	continuing to dump tech stocks, while Bitcoin extended a recent fall, hitting its lowest
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