Older Prime-Age Workers Are Leaving the U.S. Labor Force

(Bloomberg) -- The decline in the labor force participation rate in the U.S. employment report appears to be driven by older-prime age workers -- the 45 to 54 cohort. That fell from 80.7 to 80.2 percent.

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