July 11, 2023--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Available labor may be something of an issue in the energy sector, with President Joe Biden touting the prospects in the energy transition while the Fed frets over the resilience of hiring.

Data from the U.S. Labor Department showed the world's largest economy created 209,000 jobs in June, the smallest gain in more than two and a half years. The number of people working part time, meanwhile, increased because of "slack work or business conditions."