Sentences with phrase «employment growth falling»

The economy has been in a growth and employment slump since 2010, with economic growth and employment growth falling year after year.

Not exact matches

The majority of Canadians fall into at least one of the groups with slow employment growth (women, people under age 55, those living outside of Alberta and Saskatchewan, etc.), so it has been a rough 12 months for most of us.

An Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development report a few years ago concluded that «a key cause of the underlying fall in manufacturing employment everywhere is rapid productivity growth, whether by restructuring inefficient plants or deploying skills, knowledge, technology and new processes to boost efficiency.»

With the collapse of manufacturing many unemployed young workers migrated to Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland for resource - extraction jobs, but employment growth in that sector has now largely evaporated with the falling price of oil.

Hoguet, who is not a millennial, went on to note that Macy's internal economists accurately predicted a number of metrics last year when crafting the company's three - year plan — such as GDP growth, inflation, employment and wages — but missed the mark on GAAP growth, and fell short on sales of general merchandise, apparel and furniture, partially because they didn't predict how much off - price retail and consumer electronics would weigh on sales.

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.

And on the way down — even as commodity prices fell sharply and mining investment declined — growth in GDP, employment and wages was only a little weaker than average.

Falling commodity prices weighed on growth in GDP, employment, profits, wages and fiscal revenues, as well as on inflation.

Economic growth has been falling since 2010, and employment growth has been dismal.

It's highly likely that population growth has slowed in energy - producing areas since July 2015: more recent jobs data have shown that falling oil prices hurt energy - sector employment.

Strong employment growth over the past year has occurred in most states and has contributed to falls in unemployment rates in every state (Table 7).

In line with the strength of the economy, employment growth has been strong, and unemployment has fallen.

In addition, labour market conditions have tightened over recent months, as seen in the above - trend growth in employment in the December quarter, the fall in the unemployment rate and reports of labour shortages and pressure on non-wage costs.

Consumer spending in particular exerted a -0.5 % drag on GDP growth, and appears to have continued into the new year with a -0.2 % fall of consumer spending in January despite better employment growth (+1.4 % yoy) and lower unemployment (3.2 % in January).

We have yet to see this play out — jobs growth has been steady for 72 straight months, jobless claims have been falling and confidence in the labor market is at a nine - year high — but the divergence between profits and employment is something to keep an eye on.

Changes in the flows of interstate migration are generally associated with relative employment opportunities and housing affordability; consistent with this, the sharpest fall in population growth in NSW coincided with a pronounced decline in the state's relative housing affordability and employment growth.

Employment growth in the recent period has been concentrated in part - time jobs; full - time employment has been, at best, flat in recent months, even allowing for the prospect of some reversal of the large monthly fall recorded in March, and there has been little net gain in full - time jobs since October 1995 (Employment growth in the recent period has been concentrated in part - time jobs; full - time employment has been, at best, flat in recent months, even allowing for the prospect of some reversal of the large monthly fall recorded in March, and there has been little net gain in full - time jobs since October 1995 (employment has been, at best, flat in recent months, even allowing for the prospect of some reversal of the large monthly fall recorded in March, and there has been little net gain in full - time jobs since October 1995 (Graph 12).

While all states recorded falling unemployment rates over the year and an increase in the pace of year - ended employment growth in the March quarter, labour market performance continues to diverge.

A modelling exercise for the Resolution Foundation by the Institute for Employment Research and the Institute for Fiscal Studies finds that on the basis of annual average UK growth of 2.5 per cent from 2015 - 2020 — an optimistic scenario — and no further cuts in public spending, living standards will fall for low and middle income households by between 3 and 15 per cent (Brewer et al., 2012).

The data is unambiguous on current economic conditions - GDP growth in the last quarter of 2015 was a meager 2.11 % with full year growth of 2.79 % according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS); inflation rose sharply to 11.4 % in February with prospects of reaching 12 % by March; capital markets have remained bearish; according to UNCTAD Nigeria's FDI fell by 27.7 % to $ 3.4 billion in 2015, and on current trends may fall even more precipitously in 2016; the de facto exchange rate of the Naira for most producers and consumers is now N322 / $ even though CBN maintains a nominal N197 / $ for privileged persons; several economic sectors - construction, government, manufacturing, oil and gas and hotels and restaurants are in recession or barely out of it; government's official foreign reserves is down to $ 27.8 bn; and unemployment and under - employment rates have worsened 10.4 % and 18.7 % by the end of 2015.

The most recent employment report fell short of street expectations and, importantly, displayed zero wage growth.

The event is held each fall, with proceeds going to fund the growth and operations of the Pets Helping People training program, which prepares women with criminal backgrounds to support themselves and their families through successful employment in the pet care industry.

Given that, I doubt that even US employment in renewable energy will fall in absolute terms in 2017, compared with the 2014 number — though you'd have to think that if the ITC does sunset as scheduled that it would restrain jobs growth in renewables generally, and particularly so in residential solar.

The labour market has been subdued since late 2011, characterised by weak employment growth, a falling participation rate and a rising unemployment rate, although outcomes since the beginning of 2014 have been more positive.

In Australia, recent employment and consumer confidence figures reflect such fragility and the pressures the country faces in replacing falling investment in the mining industry, as well as its exposure to China's slowing growth prospects.

«Steady employment gains, modest wage growth, rising home sales and falling energy costs all bode well for retail spending in the latter part of the year,» says John Chang, first vice president of research services for Marcus & Millichap.

Meanwhile, employment reports indicated strength in payroll growth while the unemployment rate fell.

Jay Kerner: Consumer confidence is increasing as employment growth continues and gas prices fall.