job market

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.

Example Sentences

Companies point to the same culprits: student-loan payments, higher rents and a softer job market that are pushing younger consumers back into their kitchens.

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Any signs of weakness in the job market or in economic activity would add to prospects of a rate cut.

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The job market continues to sputter even as cost and price pressures persist, a Federal Reserve report found, underscoring the competing risks central bank officials will have to weigh at a key meeting next month.

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"I've never seen the job market like this - it's pretty crazy," he said.

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The pullback, a sign of caution among US businesses in the face of tariffs and consumer angst, comes as more people are looking for work in the cooling job market.

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