labor market

noun

: the number of workers who are available to be hired

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Core Gen Zers, born in the early 2000s, graduated into a pandemic-fractured labor market. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026 The report comes with Federal Reserve policymakers expressing mixed feelings about the economy – mostly positive on growth though apprehensive on inflation as earlier fears about weakness in the labor market have eased. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 July 2026 This sentiment stems from accelerating inflation, a cooling labor market, modest productivity gains, and AI's unfulfilled promise of broad wage increases. William Arruda, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Hiring slowed markedly in June, falling short of economists' expectations and displaying a wobbly labor market amid elevated inflation set off by the Iran war. Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026 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 6 Jul. 2026.

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