: the number of workers who are available to be hired
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If next week’s jobs report shows a still resilient labor market, that could relieve investors wary of a weakening economic outlook.—Sarah Min, CNBC, 1 May 2026 Central to those cases is the idea that college athletes, at least football players at the power conference level, are a labor market that sells services and that the NCAA permitting colleges to directly pay athletes is consistent with a pro league and teams that buy athlete services.—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 May 2026 Revisions also have trimmed 69,000 jobs from December and January payrolls, a sign that the labor market remains under strain.—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026 As the labor market chugs along, the Fed on Wednesday teased a more hawkish bent, with three presidents dissenting on its bias toward future cuts.—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for labor market