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Afford Anything · Saturday, September 5, 2026

Federal Government and IT Sectors Decline Year-Over-Year

Over the past 12 months, the federal government sector experienced the most significant job decrease, losing 242,000 jobs. The information technology sector also saw a substantial decline, with 115,000 jobs lost.

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The worst performing sectors were federal government jobs, which decreased by 242,000, and information IT jobs, which decreased by 115,000.
Paula Pant
Heard on Afford Anything — “First Friday: Hope in Nepal; Trouble in the Bond Market, published Saturday, September 5, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Federal Government and IT Sectors Decline Year-Over-Year — Heardvine