labor market

noun

: the number of workers who are available to be hired

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Americans are now also jittery over the labor market. Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025 The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points last week, citing softness in the labor market. Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday that the cooling labor market was overriding concerns about sticky inflation, prompting the central bank's first interest rate cut of the year. Hugh Leask,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025 Many buyers still can’t afford today’s prices and financing costs, and are increasingly nervous about the nation’s labor market. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 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 4 Oct. 2025.

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