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"Labor hoarding" could keep layoffs from spiking during the next downturn

Data: FRED, BLS; Chart: Simran Parwani/Axios

Companies might have learned a lesson from the mass firings of March and April 2020: Think twice before pulling the layoff trigger.

Why it matters: That's one increasingly popular explanation for the historically low level of layoffs and unemployment in the U.S. economy.

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