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The downturn is impacting different parts of the commonwealth, including Bardstown, Ky., a city of about 13,500 people south of Louisville.

That has left some investors worried that the rally is kicking up the kind of froth that often portends a downturn.

That natural attrition is slowing because more workers, hamstrung by declining job openings and spooked by fears of an economic downturn, are staying put.

Private-equity realizations—the money made from investment sales—increased to 13.2 billion euros as of the end of June from 11 billion euros a year earlier as exit activity rebounds following a period of downturn.

Like many businesses in New Caledonia, her real-estate company has struggled in the aftermath of the pandemic, compounded by a deep downturn in the nickel-mining industry, a big employer in the territory.