Sentences with phrase «faster job growth»

And critics are also quick to point out that the promised benefits to Main Street of Trump - style tax cuts — faster job growth, higher wages and a boost to the middle class — are very much in question.

Fortune last week reported that in the past 11 months, U.S. employers have added nearly 2.7 million jobs — the fastest job growth we've had since 1999.

As such, over the past 15 years, we've seen considerably faster jobs growth in skilled positions than in lesser skilled ones, as shown in the chart above.

The BLS estimates that nearly 375,000 new retail sales jobs will be available through 2018, and the sector's fastest job growth may be at general merchandise stores that sell a wide variety of items at low prices.

Not exact matches

But when it comes to fast - growth entrepreneurship of the exalted and peculiar variety that produces breakthrough entrepreneurs, the U.S. has done a great job of unlocking only about half of our human capital.

Namely, it can take a decade or more for highly trained workers or immigrant entrepreneurs who create fast - growth companies and jobs to get long - term work status and citizenship.

Sort by median salary to find the jobs with the fattest pay cheques; sort by five - year wage growth to see which fields have the fastest - growing salaries — that can indicate a shortage of qualified candidates (and opportunity for you); or sort by five - year growth in the number of people in the field — those are the places that have been on hiring sprees (but watch out; that doesn't mean they'll continue the streak).

While the tough job of organically growing Scotia's wealth management business had been underway for several years, the bank suddenly found itself with options to fast - track that growth.

The explosive growth in Blockchain, cybersecurity and AI is influencing the fastest - growing skills in the freelance job market, says a new study.

In June the economy added roughly 45,000 net new jobs, which was the fastest pace of annual employment growth since early 2013.

Powell in statements throughout the year, culminating with his recent Senate confirmation hearing, has been clear he sees little risk of inflation that would prompt the Fed to raise rates faster than expected, and takes weak wage growth as a sign that sidelined workers remain to be drawn into jobs.

This year brought the franchise industry some impressive highs, like the increasing growth of new jobs, and some difficult lows, such as the ongoing fast - food worker strikes.

«A strong job market, accelerating wage growth, and expectations of faster rate hikes from the Fed all have played roles in pushing up longer - term rates.»

It will take more job creation and faster income growth before the economy can switch into the next gear.

In the past year, Nevada saw the fastest solar job growth in the nation, said The Solar Foundation, a non-profit industry group.

Job growth picked up in January, and existing home sales rose in January at the fastest pace since 2007.

The results are impressive: for example, jobs in the solar power sector south of our border have been growing ten times faster than national average employment growth, now employing more than 142,000 individuals, with 23,000 of these jobs added in 2013.

The network reports, «Chinese inflation data released on Monday, suggested that the economy is cooling faster than expected, while employment data out of the U.S. on Friday indicated that jobs growth was tepid for a fourth straight month in June.»

Poloz and his advisers are concerned by what's happening below the surface, and they are prepared to let the economy run a little hot if they think faster growth will create more jobs and boost incomes.

Note the recent slowing of the aggregate real wage measure at the end of Figure 3, largely a function of faster inflation growth (the energy effect noted above) and some slowing of job and (blue - collar) wage growth.

Ontario was the best performing region in terms of job creation, with employment growth the fastest since the series began in late - 2010

With huge numbers of people who are barely out of poverty, it now needs to prevent near - paupers from falling back, while also dragging the poorest out of destitution faster than economic growth alone could do the job.

Passage of the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act last year promises to support even faster growth by allowing crowdfunders to invest in exchange for equity and by expanding the pool of investors who can participate.

The economy could add jobs that fast, or even faster — job growth is theoretically limited only by labor supply, and a lot more labor is sitting idle today than usual.

The employment report provided the latest sign that a strengthening jobs market is starting to spur faster wage growth, a key factor that will help determine when the U.S. central bank starts lifting borrowing costs.

Although there are a few anecdotal examples of companies raising wages — Walmart and TJX being two of the more recent — wages are not responding as expected to the acceleration in job growth (although there are indications that overall compensation, including benefits, is rising much faster).

«I expect that with gradual adjustments in the stance of monetary policy, the economy will continue to expand and the job market will strengthen further, supporting faster growth in wages and incomes,» she said.

Despite steady job creation, record stock market gains and faster economic growth in recent months, new consumer findings surprisingly show that a smaller share of households believe that now is a good time to buy or sell a home.

«A combination of solid job gains, above average shares of vacation and foreign buyers and little new construction being added was behind these areas» faster price growth.»

(Bethlehem, PA) This morning, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) kicked off its national tour, «Grocery Manufacturers Power America: How the Nation's Largest Manufacturing Sector Drives Communities, Jobs, and Economic Growth,» at Bethlehem's Freshpet Kitchens — one of the fastest growing providers of manufacturing jobs in the Lehigh Valley.

We are committed to pursuing this agenda of inclusive growth by implementing strategies, policies, and programmes to grow our economy and promote the creation of good jobs at a much faster pace than ever before.

The budget should cap state spending, include a plan to freeze and ultimately cut property taxes, fast - track the elimination of the 18A energy tax that is passed on to consumers, cut the Estate and job - killing Corporate Franchise Tax, and reduce burdensome and unnecessary bureaucratic red tape that stifles job growth.»

«Before the full impact of the eurozone crisis, the government's decision to cut spending and raise taxes too far and too fast has undermined business confidence, held back growth, stalled job creation and left Britain's economy dangerously exposed,» he said.

Brooklyn had the fastest rate of private sector job growth in the five boroughs since 2009, at 38 percent, the report found.

«But as we have consistently argued, by making a political choice to cut the deficit further and faster than any other major country George Osborne is going too deep and too fast and putting jobs and growth at risk.

Investment on this scale, in every region of the country, shows how this coalition Government is focused on delivering an affordable, reliable and faster railway network that drives jobs and growth.

«Our task ahead is to take on George Osborne and David Cameron's decision to cut too far and too fast, recklessly putting jobs and growth at risk.

Anticipating the sort of business - led pushback that accompanied his fast - food wage effort, Cuomo said the notion that a higher minimum wage would impede job growth is a «political argument.»

Since the end of the recession, job growth in New York City has averaged 1.8 percent annually, nearly twice as fast as the nation.

More than half of all the jobs added in the city since 2009 are in low - wage industries, and nearly half of the city's millennials are working in retail or fast food positions, where slow wage growth has left their generation worse off economically than their parents.

Cuomo has pushed to get construction projects underway faster to save time and state money and more immediately spur job growth in some projects, including the Buffalo Billion.

Both of them had visions for the country, I think President Akufo - Addo's vision of private sector - led growth is likely to create more jobs and propel the economy forward faster than the infrastructure investments, but the infrastructure investments were important.»

«We have had periods of fast private sector job growth - but that's often over a fairly long period of growth,» he said.

The job market for new college graduates may be heating up fast, but starting salaries will see only modest growth, a Michigan State University economist says in a new study.

Increased education levels lead to increased job opportunities and faster economic growth, concern about the environment and a more tolerant society, reduce early births and child marriages, and save the lives of mothers and children (UNESCO, Education Transforms Lives).

We care deeply about growth — we want our teachers and our staff to understand no matter where that child is at the beginning of the year, that their job is to move that child as far and as fast as they can.»

Toronto Star reports that economists had expected a weak July, particularly because the economy had been churning out jobs at a far faster clip than appeared justified by the growth rate — adding 227,000 in the previous three months alone.

However, the consensus for slower jobs growth in September goes against historical tendencies since jobs growth in September is usually faster compared to jobs growth in August.

And historical tendencies continued to play out since Canada saw a net increase of 22.2 K jobs in August, which is more than the consensus for a 15K increase, and is a faster pace of jobs growth compare to the previous month's +10.9 K.

That growth is faster than average and will add another 25,700 jobs by 2024.