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A mid-year stock-take on US sector and metro level job growth

We expect office-based jobs growth to remain at a standstill through 2026 as the tech sector cuts back and AI fills some of the gap. At the metro level though, our expectations are broadly unchanged, with the divergence between the fast-growing South and most other metros set to persist over the next few years.

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