Our government strives
for full employment — where everyone who wants a job has one, but that's of course unattainable.
What there needs to be is a policy
for full employment.
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The Green Party's Howie Hawkins spent the night reaching out to New York's liberals, calling
for full employment programs, higher wages, public campaign financing, proportional representation in the State Legislature and a ban on fracking ban.
Appeals cost # 400 to lodge and another # 1,200
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For people who have grown up under new Labour there's no association with the «old» Labour support
for full employment through nationalised industries - no association with Labour being on the side of ordinary people.
Transposed to most Third World countries, however, the economistic recipe
for full employment appears to be a chimera.
Keep in mind that the ECB's main objective is price stability, ie to control inflation, as opposed to the Federal Reserve's dual mandate to strive
for full employment as well.
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Robert Samuelson has a few good words
for full employment, coming off of our event a few weeks ago.
She also said that despite a 4.9 percent unemployment rate that is bumping up against the Fed's standard
for full employment, there «appears to be scope for some further improvement in the labor market.»
Not exact matches
Freelance work can allow them to get real world experience and earn some money until they land a
full - time job, he said, although relying solely on that type of
employment can also mean there's a lack of corporate identity —
for the company as well as
for the freelancers themselves.
«Were the FOMC to delay the start of policy normalization
for too long, we would likely end up having to tighten policy relatively abruptly to keep the economy from significantly overshooting both of our goals,» of price stability and
full employment, Yellen said.
«I can at most venture a personal judgment, based on some examination of the historical evidence, that the initial effects [on
employment] of a higher and unanticipated rate of inflation last
for something like two to five years; that this initial effect then begins to be reversed; and that a
full adjustment to the new rate of inflation takes about as long
for employment as
for interest rates, say, a couple of decades.»
«Buyer interest stayed elevated in most areas thanks to mortgage rates under 4 %
for most of the year and the creation of 1.7 million new jobs edging the job market closer to
full employment,» said Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist.
«Accommodative policy did not generate high inflation or excessive credit growth; rather, it helped restore
full employment,» Powell said in June in his last extensive speech on monetary policy before he emerged as a contender
for the top Fed job.
They are skilled, strong, eager, dedicated, and ready and very anxious
for full - time
employment.
Rapid growth and low unemployment are the key arguments
for policy tightening and Kaplan predicted that the jobless rate could dip below 4 percent this year, beyond what is considered
full employment.
In short, from an economics standpoint, there is essentially
full employment for the college educated.
Given Merkel's success in delivering
full employment at home and broadly reconciling Europe to German leadership over the last decade, that's bad
for Germany.
The job situation in May looked better
for youth aged 15 to 24 as Statistics Canada reported Friday that
employment rose by 28,000, the result of
full - time gains, largely in Ontario and British Columbia.
You might recall Fed Vice-Chair Janet Yellen discussing at length the numerous pitfalls of the headline unemployment rate, which doesn't count the discouraged workers who've dropped out of the labour force, those who've stopped looking
for work but say they would still like to have a job, and those who would like to work
full - time but could only find part - time
employment.
With the U.S. economy close to
full employment and inflation headed toward the Federal Reserve's 2 % goal, it «makes sense»
for the U.S. central bank to gradually lift interest rates, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Wednesday.
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For them, «
full employment» remains a long way off.
Well, we where at
full employment, it was not physically possible
for us to produce more at home.
The overwhelming power of business to raise prices at will means in a
full employment situation where labor would otherwise be able to fairly bargain
for a real wage increase, instead, things blow up (spiraling inflation, that 70s show).
«Unemployment
for all people unemployed plus the marginally employed [i.e. part - time workers who would prefer
full - time
employment] is 16 %,» Schnapp said.
However, as we noted in our Financial System Review, financial vulnerabilities would usually translate into
full - blown risks — with attendant consequences
for the economy — only if there was a trigger, such as a widespread and sharp decline in economic activity and
employment.
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That's a bit slower job growth than prior years, as shown in the table below, but this is a typical pattern as the job market closes in on
full employment (h / t to the great Lexin Cai
for making this table!).
That — not the dangers posed by pushing
for «permanent
full employment» — is what I'm worrying about.
Because nominal growth equals real growth plus inflation, both nominal wage and NGDP targets implicitly account
for inflation while also focusing on indicators more likely to promote the goal of
full employment.
The Fed chairman said such a policy could not be sustained until the economy returns to
full employment, but said «we're going to be looking
for signs the economy is strong enough» to withdraw support.
The desire
for security is also apparent in the finding that, while millennials perceive across - the - board advantages of working as freelancers or consultants — from the opportunity to work in different industries, to learning new skills, to the ability to travel or work abroad — nearly two - thirds said they prefer
full - time
employment.
Any Employee regularly employed on a
full - time or part - time (20 hours or more per week on a regular schedule) basis, or on any other basis as determined by the Corporation (if required under applicable local law)
for purposes of the Non-423 Plan or any separate offering under the Code Section 423 Plan, by the Corporation or by any Designated Affiliate on an Entry Date shall be eligible to participate in the Plan with respect to the Offering Period commencing on such Entry Date, provided that the Committee may establish administrative rules requiring that
employment commence some minimum period (e.g., one pay period) prior to an Entry Date to be eligible to participate with respect to the Offering Period beginning on that Entry Date.
In the past, Sheetz has recruited
for full - time and temporary
employment.
Thankfully, economist Josh Bivens, who wrote about all of the above
for CBPPs
full employment project, figured out that if x were, say 1 percent — i.e., if average compensation grew 1 percent faster than productivity growth — it would take over eight years
for the gap to get back to its pre-recession level.
So Mr. Bernanke's favored policy is to get banks lending again — not
for the government to spend more on deficit spending on infrastructure, social services or other
full employment projects.
In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the
full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side
for a few years running now).
For example, the Public Accounts / Budget / Updates includes
employment insurance program costs, as the government has
full control over this program, determining the premium rates and eligibility and the amount of the benefits, whereas the Estimates excludes them, on the basis that they are included as part of a specified purpose account.
Serving as a
full - time AmeriCorps or Peace Corps volunteer also counts as qualifying
employment for the PSLF Program.
Again, lousy public policy is a culprit:
for years the Federal Reserve thought
full employment was consistent with jobless rates that were too high.
If you are employed by a not -
for - profit organization, any time you spend on religious instruction, worship services, or any form of proselytizing may not be counted toward meeting the
full - time
employment requirement.
He was widely recognized as an inflation hawk, often criticized
for focusing more on controlling prices than on achieving
full employment.
Tucker said that if steel tariffs were instituted across the board, there would be «no net change in jobs
for the economy as a whole,» given that the country is approaching
full employment and the enhanced profitability of steel production would probably cause a shift away from other industries.
A slowly rising rate cycle in the face of
full employment and modest wage pressure isn't the worst environment
for fixed income.
-- Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center
for Economic and Policy Research, and author of «Getting Back to
Full Employment: A Better Bargain
for Working People»
A proposed program would guarantee jobs
for the unemployed, helping bring the economy to true
full -
employment status, according to a left - leaning group of academics.
Employment was 2.6 per cent higher over the year, and full - time employment accounted for almost three - quarters of the total increase (
Employment was 2.6 per cent higher over the year, and
full - time
employment accounted for almost three - quarters of the total increase (
employment accounted
for almost three - quarters of the total increase (Graph 29).