labor force

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The Office for Budget Responsibility-which also hiked its unemployment forecast earlier this month-cited new entrants to the labor force struggling to find work as a key sign of weakness in the market.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

That said, Social Security alone is not enough for those with weak ties to the labor force.

From MarketWatch

For workers with at least some college, 45% of those who stayed in their initial job were still in the labor force at 65, compared with 55% of job movers.

From MarketWatch

As the use of AI becomes even more prevalent in the economy and labor force, new stock market winners may emerge.

From Barron's