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Alarm! Labor Force Participation For College Graduates Keeps Falling

I just spoke at the Realtors/Homebuilders meeting in Washington D.C.  I mentioned declining wage growth and real median household income AND rising home prices as a problem.

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For once, the panel of economists and CEOs agreed with me. But then came the “But what about the future?”

Let’s look at the labor force participation trend for college graduates in the USA. It keeps falling.

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It is hard to forecast a surge in homeownership rates with declining labor force participation rates.

Alarm!

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