labor market

noun

: the number of workers who are available to be hired

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But payroll gains for the previous two months were revised up by 100,000, depicting an even more robust picture of the labor market at the end of 2024. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025 And the labor market outlook has become more cloudy as the new administration has promised to implement a range of policies, some positive and some negative for growth. Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025 However, this narrative overlooks broader labor market trends. Mariana Trujillo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025 The Fed last year cut 1 percentage point off its key borrowing rate in an effort to support a labor market that had showed signs of slowing. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for labor market 

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“Labor market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20market. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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