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Workforce shortage looms as larger, long-term problem for U.S. economy
The U.S. economy continues to perform reasonably well by most metrics, but the red-hot labor market of the last two years is finally cooling off. The unemployment rate edged up to just above 4% in June and has risen 0.7% since January 2023. While an …