A record number of workers are quitting their jobs, empowered by new leverage

[Hugh_Lebowski]

13. I think there's a lot of factors in play ...

1) Tightened immigration
2) Parents who are boomers and early gen-X, passing away and leaving their working-age children and grandchildren money and property (including probably a lot of C19 deaths)
3) Recent rapid rises in property values allowing people to take out 2nd mortgages and HILOCs and such, giving people an instant nest-egg to live on, at least for a time
4) People selling their homes for decent profits and moving back in with parents or other relatives, perhaps to assist in caretaking with the aging population and have more employment flexibility.
5) Later baby boomers (and some early Gen X) retiring