Why Trump’s Focus on Labor-Participation Drop Is a Losing Battle
- Aging U.S. population has been pushing gauge steadily downward
- Trump’s team says he will bring workers back into labor force
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On the day the U.S. government reported that unemployment dropped to a nine-year low, Donald Trump’s team turned the spotlight on a depressed participation rate to highlight weakness that the president-elect’s policies can turn around.
That will be a tough, if not insurmountable, challenge.