Sentences with phrase «decline in labor force participation»

The unemployment rate fell to 5.9 %, its lowest point since July 2008, but much of the drop in unemployment stemmed from a continuing decline in the labor force participation rate.

The unemployment rate continued to fall in April, reaching another post-financial crisis low of 4.4 %, although this was partly offset by a marginal decline in the labor force participation rate.

A large portion of the improvement can be attributed to a decline in the labor force participation rate, which is at close to a 40 - year low.

Decline in labor force participation rate worst among the young.

Then... this is the best part... he made it clear that a 6.5 percent unemployment rate would not necessarily be the threshold for raising rates, then went on a long discussion of the conditions under which he would NOT raise rates, including if the unemployment rate dropped mostly due to cyclical declines in the labor force participation rate rather than gains in unemployment, as well as persistently low inflation.

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If growing unemployment was not enough, a decline in labor market participation was also on the rise, the ILO said, a warning borne out by the latest U.S. jobs data from December which showed that the labor force participation rate tumbled to 62.8 percent, its worst level since January 1978.

«The unexpectedly swift decline in the unemployment rate in recent years has in large part been attributed to a drop in the labor force participation rate.

The conventional wisdom in the economics community is that the labor force participation rate would have continued to decline even if the great recession never occurred, because as the nation ages the share of retired workers would grow.

In a separate report released yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that the labor force participation rate would decline from 62.9 % in the fourth quarter of 2013 to 60.8 % by 202In a separate report released yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that the labor force participation rate would decline from 62.9 % in the fourth quarter of 2013 to 60.8 % by 202in the fourth quarter of 2013 to 60.8 % by 2024.

In fact, he said, plotting women's labor force participation in the country against an age range produced an M - shaped line — where participation rose when women were in their early - 20s, it declined between late - 20s and the 30s, rose again in the 40s when they returned to the workforce and then fell at retirement agIn fact, he said, plotting women's labor force participation in the country against an age range produced an M - shaped line — where participation rose when women were in their early - 20s, it declined between late - 20s and the 30s, rose again in the 40s when they returned to the workforce and then fell at retirement agin the country against an age range produced an M - shaped line — where participation rose when women were in their early - 20s, it declined between late - 20s and the 30s, rose again in the 40s when they returned to the workforce and then fell at retirement agin their early - 20s, it declined between late - 20s and the 30s, rose again in the 40s when they returned to the workforce and then fell at retirement agin the 40s when they returned to the workforce and then fell at retirement age.

Economic growth has been falling since 2010 and the economy has been operating below its potential since then; employment growth, particularly full time employment growth has struggled; in 2014 only 121,000 jobs were created; employment growth has not kept up with population growth; labor force participation has declined to its lowest level since 2000; long - term unemployment has increased; the unemployment rate remains stuck at just under 7 per cent, and youth unemployment is at 14 per cent; business investment has stagnated; and Canadians are losing confidence in their economic future.

This slower population growth, combined with the declining participation rate, will result in slower growth in the labor force through 2024.»

Productivity gains have been weak, the participation rate (meaning the percentage of the labor force in employment) declined to 62.6 % in June — the lowest level since 1977 — and hourly wage growth was flat in the same month.

The decline in the employment - to - population ratio for 25 to 54 year olds has been offset to some degree by rising employment rates for those 55 and older, helping to close the jobs gap.1 Since November 2007, the overall labor force participation rate has fallen from 66.0 percent to 62.9 percent.

In the words of a Marco Rubio aide, those American citizens and current residents who have been facing declining wages, declining labor force participation, and collapsing families «can't cut it».