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Lurking behind lackluster jobs gain are a stagnating labor market and the threat of omicron

Written by Christopher Decker, Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha

The first U.S. jobs report of 2022 showed continued – if lackluster – growth. But perhaps of greater significance for the economic year ahead are two factors that lurked behind the headline unemployment rate: a stagnating labor pool and the impact of omicron.

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