labor force

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The decline in the unemployment rate came with an asterisk: The labor force shrank by nearly 400,000 people, meaning fewer Americans were counted as unemployed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The only way the unemployment rate would rise is if layoffs rose sharply — and there’s no evidence of that — or the labor force started to grow again.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

The jobless rate shouldn’t change much, economists say, if the labor force isn’t really growing.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Job growth has been especially soft but the unemployment rate is rising only gently, reflecting a drop in the labor force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Before 1919 was over, in an unprecedented demonstration of labor unrest, there would be thirty-six hundred work stoppages involving four million workers or one-fifth of the nation’s labor force.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler