US labor force participation continues to slide

> In November 2023, the labor force participation rate reached 62.8%

In November 2023, the prime age (25-54 years old) labor force participation rate was 83.4%.[1]

> At the same time, the labor force participation rate edged down from 62.0% in February to 61.9% in March, the lowest level since November 2021.

The prime age LFPR was 83.9% and 83.8% in February and March 2026, and 82% in November 2021.[1]

The prime age labor participation rate is just about the highest it's ever been in recorded history. The gender gap is also the lowest it's ever been.[2]

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300060

[2] https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/spotlighting...

Is it? or were a few people, lets say, put across the border.

Question, are these stats based on the most recent census data for population and then reported employment numbers? If so changes in population (considerable deportations for example) might effect an assumed denominator that no longer holds. That said if the labor numbers rely on above board work, then perhaps that would not impact the numerator as much either. The methodology is important here.

Flagged? Really?

In a post about labor shortages in Restaurants? We can't mention immigration?

Who do you think worked in the kitchen?

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