employment

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A rising pension age also led to employment rates among affected age groups increasing by 10 percentage points, driven primarily by workers staying in their jobs for longer.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Despite its rocky jobs report for the month of February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics came out Friday with better-than-expected employment projections for March: 178,000 new positions added—almost triple the amount non-government economists had anticipated.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

That’s a big drop from the period running from 1980 to 2007, when the baby boomers were in their prime working ages, and employment grew by 1.5% annually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The new data reflected a revision in the figures for January and February, showing employment for those two months combined was 7,000 lower than previously reported.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

That was saying something in light of Hitler’s rise in Europe, the Nazi persecution of Jews, the New England hurricane, the business and employment slump, and the war between China and Japan.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow