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Yet some private data suggests that a strong jobs market, which has helped households keep spending, is slackening off.

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2023

"There are very few signs of weakness in these data and little to suggest the labour market is slackening in a meaningful way," said Sean Langcake, Head of Macroeconomic Forecasting for BIS Oxford Economics.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2023

And demand from China and other emerging economies is slackening.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2011

Labor market momentum is slackening, consumers appear to have relaxed their pressure on the throttle, and dangerous headwinds are everywhere.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2010

Our speed is slackening, it seems to me, and it is possible that an eddy may bring us back obliquely to the coast.”

From An Antarctic Mystery by Hoey, Frances Cashel