private sector
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Growth since April’s weakness has been concentrated in the private sector, swelling by roughly 146,000 in three months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
OTTAWA—Canada’s job market continued to warm up into the summer, with the private sector again driving hiring in July that helped push the unemployment rate to a two-year low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The government says that it, and the private sector have a responsibility to retrain workers, and risks falling behind competitors like India and Singapore.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
While the US private sector currently dominates the global space launch market, China is rapidly making progress and aims to send humans to the Moon by 2030.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 449 points, to its lowest level in four years, and most of the market-moving news was coming not from the private sector but from government officials.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
