How to Use labor market in a Sentence

labor market

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  • Bostic said he’s been both surprised and pleased by the strength of the labor market.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The labor market flashed some warning signs at the end of last year.
    — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
  • In terms of the labor market, the latest survey was a little mixed.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 11 June 2024
  • But the Fed can’t do much about the supply side of the equation – which refers to the number of available workers in the labor market.
    — Edouard Wemy, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Such jobs are easy to find in today’s tight labor market.
    — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • The backbone of the economy and its resilience is the labor market.
    — Reade Pickert and Swati Pandey, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The labor market has remained strong despite the Fed’s rate hikes, which began in earnest back in March 2022.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Experts say the push to relax child labor laws is part of a long-standing trend in the labor market.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The labor market is slowing down but still clocked a 34th straight month of gains in October.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The labor market has slowed but proven resilient in recent months.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The labor market has continued to add jobs this year but at a slower pace than 2023.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 May 2024
  • And before long, the labor market had healed and wages were growing rapidly.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Composting, creates a whole new lane of jobs, adding jobs and value to the labor market.
    — Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The same communities are often on the sidelines of the labor market as well.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
  • The slowdown in job creation and weaker job growth could be signs of softening in the labor market.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The February jobs report will provide an update on the state of the labor market.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 10 Mar. 2023
  • That's helped buoy the labor market, which in turn has helped temper wage increases.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 19 July 2024
  • This is due to the fact that home prices tend to be sticky, and income growth has limitations even in a robust labor market.
    — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2023
  • But over the longer term, AI’s impact on the labor market could be more significant.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 22 June 2024
  • The softness in the latter indicates just how weak the labor market has become.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Degree inflation, which has been on a slow burn in the labor market for decades, is not a great state of affairs for anyone.
    — Preston Cooper, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Some economists worry that if the Fed doesn’t cut rates by then, cracks could begin to deepen in the labor market.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 12 July 2024
  • But some labor experts point to longer-term trends that could lead to a historic re-balancing of the labor market between the rich and poor.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Use them in the labor market instead of using private prisons to work for pennies on the dollar.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Plus, a blockbuster year for the labor market plugged worker shortages and helped tame wage growth to more normal levels.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Economic growth has remained high and the labor market strong.
    — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
  • The United States labor market is starting to look a lot like its old self — the one that existed before the pandemic.
    — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • If the economy is slowing down, nobody told the labor market.
    — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The notion that people should be paid the same wages for doing the same work is one of the most fundamental assumptions about a fair labor market.
    — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Adding to the consumer headwinds are a cooler labor market, the return of student loan payments and slowing wage growth.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023

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