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On the program today, the labor market, the freight market, and the climate market.

From American public media, this is Marketplace.

In Los Angeles, I'm Kai, Rizdole.

It is Tuesday today, the very first day of August could as always to have you along, everybody.

The economic book ends of this week will be jobs, and then it'll be jobs.

The unemployment report for the month of July will arrive bright and early Friday morning.

Today it was jolt, the job opening and labor turnover survey, and while nuanced, there

are some indications therein that the all-important labor market might, within emphasis here on

might, be slowing.

Companies are hiring just a bit more slowly than they have been, and people are leaving

their jobs at a slower rate too.

Could be music to the Federal Reserve's ears, or it could be more of a cacophony.

Marketplace's Stephanie Hughes elaborates on that metaphor.

The anthem of the labor market right now, according to Morgan Stanley economist Sarah Wolf,

is a journey song from the late 70s.

You know, like the wheel in the sky keeps on turning.

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