labor market

noun

: the number of workers who are available to be hired

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Investors are also cautious given signs of weakness in the labor market, and the outlook for the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision next month, with more economists now expecting the Fed to hold off on cutting rates. Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025 Senator Mark Warner has predicted that 25 percent of college graduates could soon be unemployed due to the impacts of AI on the labor market. Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025 The labor market may have changed since the data was collected. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025 The jobs situation is murky America’s labor market started to stall out in the early summer. David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Nov. 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 23 Nov. 2025.

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