Rima Grace

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Marketplace · Trading up to an AI-proof career · 3 Jul 2026 podcast

Thanks, Rima.

Markets were closed in observance of July 4th, so a road trip is in our future.

Details, numbers, coming up.

So we started the show talking about the June jobs report, which was fine.

It was all right.

Like we said, the economy added 57,000 jobs last month, fewer than expected.

But, you know, I want to take a minute now to zoom in a little on another trend in the job market, and that is the labor force participation rate.

It's been drifting lower for several years now.

So we asked Marketplace's Justin Ho to take a look at what's going on.

So if you're retired or if you're a stay-at-home parent or you're a young person who maybe hasn't started looking for a job yet, you just wouldn't be included.

And that's because many immigrants come to the United States specifically for work.

As you have a larger portion of your population that's over the age of 65, naturally you're going to have more people that are retired and you're going to have lower labor force participation.

So as the population ages, there is potentially an issue where you have fewer workers and you still have to supply a lot of goods and services.

So if you can do more with fewer workers, then you need fewer workers in order to supply that consumption.

We are trying to build a lot right now.

More housing, more factories, more data centers.

But the thing is, construction companies say they don't have enough people.

The trade group Associated Builders and Contractors estimates the industry will need more than 450,000 new workers next year just to keep up.

Earlier this year, I went to Durham, North Carolina, to meet some of the people training to do that work.

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