Workers keep leaving the US labor force. Experts can’t agree why

months, Zhao said, the unemployment rate is falling not because more people are getting hired but because fewer are looking for work.

“This points to a labor market that’s stubbornly refusing to reaccelerate, despite recent optimism,” Zhao said in the note.

Some workers are burned out from the job search

After a year of historically weak hiring in 2025,continue reading …