Layoffs Predictions
Browse Layoffs market predictions and forecasts from well-known financial commentators. Each prediction is tracked from the date it was published to its estimated deadline, then graded correct or wrong based on the outcome.
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Bob Elliott Layoffs Layoffs will likely begin within 6 to 12 months following the current hiring slowdown, similar to historical patterns from 2000 and 2008 cycles The David Lin Report 2025-06-30 2026-06-30
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[11:32] Typically, hiring slowing of hiring leads layoffs. If you go back and look at the uh at the the 2008 cycle, uh hiring slowed ahead of the layoffs that eventually occurred. If you look at the 2000 cycle, you see the same thing. And so and that lead is usually something like 6 to 12 months um in in those past couple of cycles... you know, it probably won't be long. If there are signs of slowing demand, which is really what businesses respond to, right? If are they seeing sales or they not seeing sales, that's when you could start to see uh you could start to see layoffs start to pick up
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The prediction was correct: layoffs surged sharply following the hiring slowdown, with annual layoffs and discharges increasing by 1.2 million (58% more than 2024) in 2025, the highest rate since the 2020 pandemic — consistent with the predicted 6–12 month lag pattern. (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-saw-pandemic-level-layoffs-140000874.html)