labor force
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The aging population creates natural constraints on the labor force, which is a key source of growth because more workers mean the economy can produce more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The companies themselves relentlessly pitch A.I. integration to the moneymen at the top of service corporations, explaining that their bots will be able to cut out or reduce a pesky and expensive labor force.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 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
Before 1919 was over, in an unprecedented demonstration of labor unrest, there would be thirty-six hundred work stoppages involving four million workers or one-fifth of the nation’s labor force.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
