1) companies saying there is a huge shortage of candidates 2) companies announcing hiring freeze I sense this has nothing to do with economics and it is proba

1) companies saying there is a huge shortage of candidates 2) companies announcing hiring freeze I sense this has nothing to do with economics and it is probably just an attempt to stagnate wages, scare the peasants not to demand inflation pay raise. My compan (5bn revenue) did basically the same. Closed a huge hcol office and a few months later started to hire again like crazy in another hcol.