Job seekers giving up: Labor force participation rate falls to lowest in 50 years, outside of Covid era
- A now hiring sign is posted in the window of a Chipotle restaurant on June 5, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
- Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesOn the surface, a June drop in the unemployment rate helped provide some upside to what was an otherwise downbeat jobs report — but it was for all the wrong reasons.
- That's because the decline in the jobless level to 4.2%, the lowest in a year, came largely from an exodus of workers from the labor force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data Thursday.
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- A now hiring sign is posted in the window of a Chipotle restaurant on June 5, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
- Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesOn the surface, a June drop in the unemployment rate helped provide some upside to what was an otherwise downbeat jobs report — but it was for all the wrong reasons.
- That's because the decline in the jobless level to 4.2%, the lowest in a year, came largely from an exodus of workers from the labor force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data Thursday.
Sources: Cnbc