EconomyMacro Matters: Is America’s workforce getting too old?

Name: Macro Matters: Is America’s workforce getting too old?
Uploaded: 2026-09-03T14:46:18.000Z
Description: Americans are leaving the labor market at one of the fastest rates seen in nearly eight decades, helping push the unemployment rate to 4.1% in July, its lowest level in more than a year. What is driving the decline in labor-force participation?

Americans are leaving the labor market at one of the fastest rates seen in nearly eight decades, helping push the unemployment rate to 4.1% in July, its lowest level in more than a year. What is driving the decline in labor-force participation?

Reuters 2026-09-03 14:46