labor market

noun

: the number of workers who are available to be hired

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The labor market remains a weak spot, with employment numbers showing a slowdown in hiring during the second half of 2025. Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025 Consumers across all income levels also expressed more concern about the state of the labor market, with the unemployment rate recently hitting a four-year high. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025 At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s Agenda 2010 tackled loosening the country’s tight labor market and paved a path of economic reform. Sudha David-Wilp, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2025 The strong economic growth in the third quarter appeared to defy fears about the sluggish labor market, which some observers have viewed as a warning sign for the wider economy. Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 Dec. 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 2 Jan. 2026.

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