labor market

noun

: the number of workers who are available to be hired

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Investors worried that the Fed may stay hawkish in response to the hot labor market. Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025 The decline in the three-month average of the prime-age employment-to-population ratio is evidence of some labor market softening. Bill Stone, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025 The bigger question is what happens if the economy, and in particular the labor market, weakens while inflation remains stubborn. Ben Casselman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025 Under President Biden, the labor market powered through an inflation surge and high Federal Reserve interest rates meant to slow it down, posting record-breaking jobs gains. Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 10 Jan. 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 18 Jan. 2025.

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