Sentences with phrase «declining labour force»
This growth slowdown reflects both declining labour force growth as baby boomers retire in large numbers and a reduced pace of aggregate productivity growth.
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In December 2010, Barrie, Sudbury and Abbotsford all experienced significant declines in both the size of their labour force and the number of employed persons.
April's numbers are rather dramatic, with five CMAs (of 33 total across Canada) in three provinces seeing unusually large declines in both employment and the size of their labour forces:
This list excludes Barrie, which lost 1,800 jobs (5th worst showing ever) but had a modest 500 - person decline in the size of their labour force.
London also saw a record 5,000 people leaving the labour force, but their employment decline of 3,700 was only the 5th worst on record.
To the extent it has risen, moreover, it is because of growth in the labour force, not declining employment: the economy added 158,000 jobs last year.
Most economists expect potential economic growth to decline from about 3 per cent annually to about 2 per cent over the next ten years, as a result of continued poor productivity growth and a slowing labour force growth as the population ages.
In turn, this decline is being driven primarily by the aging of our population, which is slowing the rate of growth of the labour force.
In Canada and the United States, for example, the annual growth rate of the labour force slowed from around 1 1/4 per cent in 2006 to less than 1/2 per cent in 2016.11 This decline has reduced potential output growth and investment demand.
Latest Labour Force Survey evidence suggests that working hours are rising again, after years of decline.
These longer term trends include: the ongoing decline in the Tory share of the vote; the building up of «third forces» in light of this Tory decline (mainly the Liberal Democrats but also the SNP in Scotland); and the inability of Labour to secure the levels of support achieved in the 1945 — 1966 period where it regularly won with levels of support of 43 — 50 %.
When he announced in 2001 he was «leaving Parliament to spend more time on politics» it was widely held to be judgement not only on the impoverishment of the British political system, but also a lament for the decline of his beloved Labour Party and the rise of the spin - obsessed forces of New Labour.
While there have been dramatic changes in the lives of parents as welfare caseloads declined, more single mothers entered and remained in the labour force, and teen pregnancy and out - of - wedlock birth rates declined, the outcomes for children have changed very little.
Labour force participation rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people declines with remoteness, with a 57 % participation rate in major cities compared with 46 % in very remote areas.
[87] Labour force participation rates for Indigenous peoples declines with remoteness, with a 57 % participation rate in major cities compared with 46 % in very remote areas.