labor pool

Example Sentences

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Nevertheless, the unemployment rate remains below the historical average partly because the labor pool is shrinking.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Mexico overtook China as the top foreign-goods supplier to the U.S. in 2023 and has become its largest buyer, owing to deep regional manufacturing integration and a large, young, low‑cost labor pool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

The American caregiving system is failing because it was never designed for a society of aging singles, widowed elders, adult children living states away and a shrinking labor pool.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

Raul Gastesi of the Miami-based law firm Gastesi, Lopez and Mestre pointed out that tariffs would raise the cost of construction materials, and a reduced labor pool would drive up wages.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2024

But the skilled butchers were now a small part of a huge, mostly unskilled labor pool.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield