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Chloe Taylor

Tech layoffs are not the canary in the coal mine for the U.S. labor market, Morgan Stanley says

A woman wearing a suit is seen leaving an office carrying her belongings in a cardboard box. (Credit: RUNSTUDIO/Getty Images)

The tech sector’s axing of thousands of employees isn’t a sign that the tide is turning for American workers, according to Morgan Stanley.

Huge rounds of layoffs have been carried out at tech firms including Lyft, Twitter, Stripe, Meta and Amazon in recent months, while some economists have argued that only higher unemployment can resolve America’s ongoing problem with inflation.

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