What has kept the economy afloat and out of the grips of a recession so far is the labour market, which roared back from the depths of the pandemic and has shown surprising strength
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Colby Smith in Jacksonville, Florida
In the 16 years that Mike Zaffaroni has helmed Liberty Landscape Supply in north-east Florida, no stretch proved quite as difficult as last year.
Soaring costs, supply chain bottlenecks and an acute worker shortage mounted a challenge for the lawn and garden centre, which Zaffaroni said was even worse than the early days of the Great Recession more than a decade ago and the mass shutdowns stemming from the global pandemic in 2020.
But despite these hardships…