# Macro Matters: Is America’s workforce getting too old?

https://mins.news/en/video/43924

- Reuters, 2026-09-03 14:46 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGP1eGvlUys

> 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?

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