labor market

noun

: the number of workers who are available to be hired

Examples of labor market in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Or did the bond market simply conclude that the Fed’s commitment to lowering rates toward neutral while protecting against undue further weakening in the labor market insulates the economy from a damaging downturn? Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024 And the focus on engagement will only intensify as companies compete for talent in a tight labor market. Bernard Marr, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 These concerns persist despite economic data from the Conference Board that forecasts the U.S. GDP will expand by 2.5 percent YOY, a slowing inflation and a healthy labor market, in addition to interest rate cuts by the Fed that should continue into 2025. Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2024 Driven by a tight labor market, corporate leaders have recently invested enormous amounts of energy and resources in collecting employee feedback through pulse surveys, town halls, listening tours, focus groups, data scraping from message boards, and other methods. Ethan Burris, Benjamin Thomas, Harvard Business Review, 20 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for labor market 

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“Labor market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20market. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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