Facing the toughest white-collar job market in years, Gen Z is flooding law schools and MBA programs. But this traditional recession strategy may not work against AI disruption and structural economic shifts.
South Africa’s state-owned utility Eskom has welcomed the newly launched Integrated Resource Plan 2025 as a clear investment pathway. The plan aims to balance energy security with environmental sustainability while addressing the country’s high unemployment rates. Eskom’s CEO emphasized that regulatory certainty will be crucial for attracting the necessary capital investments.
South Africa’s state-owned electricity provider Eskom has expressed strong support for the government’s newly released Integrated Resource Plan 2025, according to recent reports. Sources indicate the comprehensive energy strategy aims to balance multiple national priorities including energy security, affordability, environmental sustainability, and socioeconomic development during the country’s transition from high-carbon to low-carbon energy sources.
Corporate America may be focused on AI risks while overlooking a more immediate threat: the rapid hollowing out of the workforce and middle class. According to recent analysis, significant labor force declines among foreign-born workers and Black women are creating structural economic vulnerabilities that could trigger antitrust challenges for consolidating companies.
While corporate boardrooms remain fixated on artificial intelligence risks, sources indicate a more immediate threat is developing through the quiet erosion of the American workforce and the middle class that supports it. According to reports analyzing labor data, the United States witnessed alarming workforce departures in early 2025, with approximately 1.147 million foreign-born workers disappearing from the labor force in just three months, including nearly a third who were foreign-born women. During the same period, analysts suggest nearly 300,000 Black women were pushed out of the workforce entirely.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested the central bank may prioritize employment concerns over inflation, boosting market optimism. However, President Trump’s renewed trade threats against China regarding soybean exports quickly dampened investor sentiment, creating mixed market reactions globally.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated yesterday that the central bank is closely monitoring economic indicators through alternative sources amid government data delays, according to his speech at the National Association for Business Economics conference in Philadelphia. The report states that Powell suggested the economic outlook remains largely unchanged since the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting, but with notable shifts in employment conditions.
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