With months of downward revisions and softening wage growth, the signal seems pretty clear: jobs numbers are cooling. That leaves many business leaders and investors asking the question, “What now?” The answer isn’t that growth has disappeared.

The labor market slowed sharply in recent months. The labor market slowed sharply this summer, leaving job applicants with fewer places to turn for a new position. Employers added an average of about 35,000 jobs over three months ending in July, which ...

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