labor force
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“A meaningful decline in payrolls or a shrinking labor force would be early signs that labor market stagnation is giving way to broader weakness,” the head of market and economic research said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The jobless rate has fallen to 4.1% from 4.4% this year largely because more than 1 million people have left the labor force.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Friday's figures showed the labor force participation rate -- a key metric -- had dropped to its lowest level since the height of pandemic-related closures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The labor force in Canada grew by 60,500 in the latest month, after little change the month before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
They slipped in and out of the box of peeling gray, making no stir in the neighborhood, no sound in the labor force, and no wave in the mayor’s office.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
