Sentences with phrase «growth in the job market»

Or conditions remain mostly the same since December and, if anything, the U.S. economy is strengthening, as evidenced by growth in the job market, an uptick in manufacturing orders and consumer spending, and signs that inflation may be starting to stir.

Depending on the outcome of the political unrest, we expect continued growth in the job market and for compensation levels to remain flat throughout Q3 and the rest of the year.

The greatest driving factor behind the four cities being listed above is growth in the job market.

Not exact matches

«The Texas market is seeing the return of the first - time homebuyer in response to strong job growth, which provides Dr. Horton with a volume tailwind,» he wrote in his latest report.

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

Several markets in the South and West — the two most popular destinations for vacation homebuyers — saw strong sales gains for years as job growth came back online after the financial crisis.

Tom Wynn, director of affluent research at Spectrem, provided several factors for the increased confidence: the steady improvement in job growth, the steady increase in the major stock market indices since the spring, and a decrease in political ambiguity with the election season over, which has an effect on at least some people's outlook.

On Wall Street, stocks rose on Friday after job growth surged more - than - expected in June, reaffirming labor market strength that could keep the Federal Reserve on track for a third interest rate hike this year.

Georgia's solid job growth and rebounding housing market help it jump to third place in our Economy category.

4.5 % vs. 6.2 % 2014 job growth in middle - market companies without PE backing trailed that in PE - backed ones, according to the National Center for the Middle Mmarket companies without PE backing trailed that in PE - backed ones, according to the National Center for the Middle MarketMarket.

Admittedly, 3,000 jobs is peanuts in the U.S. labour market, but, as the chart below shows, the federal layoffs mean that Washington is starting to be a drag on employment growth just as state and local governments are beginning to recover (blue is the federal government; green is state government; red means local government; and private sector employment, excluding farm employees, is orange).

The recent slowdown in job market growth, along with other factors such as the U.K.'s upcoming Brexit vote, have contributed to the central bank's more cautious approach.

«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.»

That, along with solid job growth and one of the hottest housing markets in the country, wins the state a No. 3 finish in our Economy category.

Job growth ground nearly to a halt in May, with the U.S. labor market having its worst performance in more than five years, the Labor Department said Friday.

For instance, Dean Baker, a liberal economist, sees the stock market rise as a double - edged sword, leading to the bursting of the bubble in 2001 and perhaps helping shape a subsequent decade of only modest job growth.

Other factors that have been suggested include continued labor - market slack; lagging educational attainment relative to other countries; and a broad decline in better - paying jobs and consequent shift toward job growth in low - wage industries.

«We must tackle the underlying causes of deteriorating liquidity and the financing in venture markets soon,» says Russell, «or run the risk of losing the best source of capital to grow small - and medium - sized Canadian businesses into globally competitive enterprises that drive job creation, innovation and economic growth.»

But that hasn't been the case in the current job market, and experts predict that wage growth will hold steady at around 3 percent.

When Fed policymakers met in July, most of those fears had been eased as strong job growth returned and financial markets weathered the «Brexit» vote.

Chair Yellen, with real growth over the recovery a little slower than we thought, output gaps and job market slack still on the scene, prices appearing to decelerate and wages / compensation revealing little in the way of threatening pressures, try as I might — and I repeat, I'm solidly in your camp — I don't see the rationale for tightening, even a little.

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!).

The slowdown in job growth and the absence of any significant wage pressure could strengthen the arguments of those who see little risk in keeping borrowing costs exceptionally low and waiting not just for more encouraging data but also for unruly markets to settle down.

America's job market stumbled in the latest monthly report, but we don't think this one month of data heralds a significant downshift in growth.

Again, the smooth trend (6 - mos average, in this case) in wage growth deserves a close look, and it shows remarkably little acceleration given the persistent tightness of the job market.

OTTAWA — Canada's labour market posted its ninth - straight month of job gains in August to give the economy its longest monthly growth streak since before the financial crisis nine years ago.

Different wage series show different trends, but if you mash them together, as is my wont, you find that the tightening job market has, in fact, given workers a bit more bargaining clout and nominal wage growth basically moved up from 2 to 2.5 percent.

Given at least some evidence of softening in the job market in tandem with slower core price growth, a data - driven Fed should pause and take stock of where we are.

The members of the central bank apparently think the recent slowdown in price growth is transitory, and that at some point, price pressures will reflect the tightening of the job market.

The labor market in Fargo shows a lot of promise, as the city has the second - lowest unemployment rate on our list, behind only neighboring Sioux Falls, S.D. And, future job growth over the next 10 years is estimated at nearly 43 percent, according to Sperling's.

I might consider buying REITs now withe the sell - off, but I wanted to own a smaller portfolio of limited partnership real estate projects around the country in strong job growth markets to hopefully gain a higher return.

Many market watchers interpreted the September U.S. jobs report as a bit of a disappointment, as jobs growth came in slightly weaker than expected.

With a strong job market and signs of continuing economic growth, we are forecasting roughly 9 percent growth in purchase origination volume for 2017 relative to 2016,» Fratantoni said.

Meanwhile, the U.S. job market showed strength with much greater - than - expected job gains for February, eclipsing ongoing weaknesses in wage and workforce growth.

For our government, the choice is clear: we need to diversify our markets in order to create jobs and economic growth for Canadians across this country.

Luckily, Austin has a bit more slack in its housing market, with a vacancy rate of 8 percent and a higher rate of permitting compared to job growth.

Fed Governor Jerome Powell said today the chances are about 50 - 50 that the U.S. economy will improve enough for the central bank to raise interest rates in September, as the job market strengthens and signs of wage growth emerge.

Columbus, OH - Despite a surprising slowdown in household growth at the end of 2015, the outlook for the U.S. housing market remains upbeat thanks to solid housing demand driven by continued job growth and incipient wage gains.

From TD Securities» Millan Mulraine: Labor market underperformance: The small business sector has generally been a key source of employment growth in the US economy, accounting for close to 55 % of all the private sector jobs created between mid-2003 and the beginning of the last recession.

A number of skeptical analysts have used job growth in the lower - wage «leisure and hospitality» sector to support their arguments that the labor market is merely optically healthy.

Moreover, in Europe, Italy's new Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has taken a different tack than his French neighbors by acknowledging that sustainable growth does not come from government spending programs but rather from policies such as labor market flexibility, job training and simplification of Italy's archaic civil justice system.

Of these weaker data points to which Poloz makes note, the most concerning are the drop in non-energy exports, anemic wage growth and a disappointing jobs market.

After years of rapid growth, the brand reported its second straight quarterly loss in August and said it was cutting about 280 jobs — 2 percent of its global workforce — as part of a restructuring to adapt to changes in the market.

The job market has proved remarkably resilient even as quarterly growth has wobbled, and the unemployment rate sank to 4.5 percent in March, the lowest in nearly a decade.

If the whole thing — the rises in stock prices, in corporate earnings, in the housing market, even in job growth — is driven solely by the flood of money, or whether five years of zero - interest rates and trillions of dollars in bond purchases have succeeded at getting a more resilient economic engine for the United States up and running.

«The job market will soon be tight enough to support a meaningful acceleration in wage growth.»

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.

The below chart illustrates U.S. oil production (in gold) vs. FED's balance sheet (in blue), and how overproduction from accommodative monetary policy resulted in the sharp decline in oil prices, creating a systemic risk that was again transmitted from financial and commodity markets to the real economy (in job losses and slow growth in Texas and other oil producing states, as well as the decline in headline inflation, pushing the Federal Reserve further from the price stability objective):

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While the United States experienced net job losses in 2001 and 2002, the Canadian labour market surged with 2002 in particular being the strongest recorded labour market growth on record.