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job market

American  

noun

  1. the total number of vacant jobs open to those seeking employment.

  2. the aggregate of those persons seeking employment.

    Thousands of June graduates entered the job market.


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Investors have also been piling into bond markets on fears that AI advances will decimate the job market, while hotter-than-expected producer prices have clouded hopes for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.

From MarketWatch

But if yields are falling because of worsening expectations for the economy or job market, things change because such a “flight-to-safety” trade would likely be accompanied by a downturn in stocks and other assets.

From MarketWatch

That came on the heels of a report earlier this week that had investors worried about dramatic economic and job market implications of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal

He’s also expecting positive news on the economic front, starting with PMI activity data and a host of job market readings, including the Labor Department’s jobs report for February, arriving next week.

From Barron's

“I think there’s going to be dovish data this month, because the tariffs were overturned and we know the trend in CPI has been soft and we have concerns about the job market,” he said.

From Barron's