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  "id": 317152,
  "title": "The size of the American workforce has fallen by over 1 million people in the past year. Here’s what’s going on.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/the-size-of-the-american-workforce-has-fallen-by-over-1-million",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-08T15:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MarketWatch Top",
    "slug": "marketwatch-top",
    "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-size-of-the-american-workforce-has-fallen-by-over-1-million-people-in-the-past-year-heres-whats-going-on-b8141aa3?mod=mw_rss_topstories"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The share of Americans who are working or looking for a job hasn’t been this low since the pandemic, according to a July jobs report full of gut punches.",
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        "title": "The size of the American workforce has fallen by over 1 million people in the past year. Here’s what’s going on.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/the-size-of-the-american-workforce-has-fallen-by-over-1-million",
        "published": "2026-08-07T19:24:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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