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January is the worst month for US job cuts since the Great Recession

development2026-02-08

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January was the worst month for US job cuts since the Great Recession, while Silicon Valley Bank reported the top five AI startups have outvalued every dot-com era IPO combined.

Reporting date: 2026-02-08 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to February 8, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to February 8, 2026

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Silicon Valley Bank

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Graduate job postings fall from 180,000 to 55,000

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January is the worst month for US job cuts since the Great Recession
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Reporting date: 2026-02-08
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-08-worst-job-cuts-since-the-recession
Claim: January was the worst month for US job cuts since the Great Recession, while Silicon Valley Bank reported the top five AI startups have outvalued every dot-com era IPO combined.
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- Welcome to February 8, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-8-2026
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