job market

noun

: the number of jobs that are available for workers

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Americans struggle to find work:Full-time jobs prove elusive for rising share of part-time workers How is the US job market right now? Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025 While the job market is slowing but stable and inflation is mostly lower, Trump’s economic policies and geopolitical threats could lead to higher prices, some economists say. Alexandra Banner, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025 Here’s how the job market performed in the region’s key metropolitan areas, ranked by December’s unemployment rate … Los Angeles County: 5.7% unemployment in December vs. 5.9% a year ago and 5.2% average in 2015-19. Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025 The Fed reduced its rate last year to 4.3% from 5.3%, in part out of concern that the job market was weakening. Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for job market 

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“Job market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/job%20market. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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