Wrapping up the 2024 job market
Wrapping up the 2024 job market  
Podcast: Marketplace
Published On: Sat Dec 07 2024
Description: It’s been a wonky year for the labor market. Unemployment is down and inflation has eased. But ask an average American, and they might not feel like everything is peachy keen. In this episode, we asked economists to sum up the complicated year … in a song. Plus, homebuilders worry incoming President Donald Trump’s immigration policy will leave them short-handed, and retail hiring plateaued in November — unusual for the holiday shopping season.