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Labor Market Cooling Has Been Uneven Across Industries

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  • Karlye Dilts Stedman
  • Emily Pollard

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The U.S. labor market has cooled over the last two years but remains healthy overall. However, an industry-specific version of the KC Fed’s Labor Market Conditions Indicators (LMCI) suggests pockets of tightness and weakness have appeared in a few industries. Tightness appears to be limited to less labor-intensive industries, limiting upside risk to inflation. Weakness, on the other hand, has appeared in the interest-rate-sensitive information industry, which may be vulnerable to further labor market cooling.

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  • Karlye Dilts Stedman & Emily Pollard, 2025. "Labor Market Cooling Has Been Uneven Across Industries," Economic Bulletin, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, pages 1-4, January.
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    1. Brent Bundick & Andrew Lee Smith, 2023. "A Tight Labor Market Could Keep Rent Inflation Elevated," Economic Bulletin, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, issue March 1st, pages 1-4, March.
    2. Karlye Dilts Stedman & Emily Pollard, 2023. "Why Has Monetary Policy Tightening Not Cooled the Labor Market Enough to Quell Inflation?," Economic Bulletin, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, pages 1-4, March.
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