labor force

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That demographic shift may already be contributing to a slowdown in the growth of the region’s labor force, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The monthly breakeven rate was much higher in the 1970s at 185,000 jobs, as women and baby boomers poured into the labor force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Ordinarily, a stagnant labor force would be devastating for economic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Start with the decline in the unemployment rate: The chief reason why it fell was because almost 400,000 people dropped out of the labor force.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

It was no better than being condemned to the garment-center labor force.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers