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Time for a Career Change? Inter-Industry Job Mobility in the Fifth District

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"It used to be that people would [move] to places where prospects were better. But as places get more even, there's less of a pull to move for better opportunities, because now, you can get good jobs where you live."

Urvi Neelakantan
Senior Policy Economist

Interview on the Indicator Podcast from Planet Money "Why Americans don't want to move for jobs anymore"

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Nov. 3, 2025
Richmond Office
Richmond, VA

By the Numbers

30%

of respondents to the third quarter CFO Survey marked tariff and trade policy as a top concern. However, the overall outlook for the U.S. economy among financial decision-makers improved somewhat in the third quarter of 2025, as uncertainty declined.

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