Sentences with phrase «higher costs of labour»

This increase was largely attributable to house purchase costs — which rose by 1 per cent in the quarter, to be 6.4 per cent higher over the year — in turn reflecting higher costs of labour and materials.

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Most of the experiments endeavour to reduce insect farming's most expensive input, human labour, which accounts for a stunningly high 60 % of costs (in the heavily mechanized cattle farming industry, by comparison, it's rare for labour costs to reach even half of that).

We then use that to build out two additional scenarios: one assuming a doubling of the current minimum wage plus factoring in the cost of fire and building safety improvements based on data from the Worker Rights Consortium; and another using a «living wage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demands.

Perhaps most important, an increased focus on innovation could also counter the relatively high cost of Canadian labour and the impact of the more valuable dollar on export levels.

In recent years, the country's largest carrier has been hamstrung by high costs, in large part because of its labour agreements.

Rheault notes that the logistical advantages of interior China outweigh labour costs that are now higher than those of upstart neighbours like Cambodia or Bangladesh.

The economy is operating at a high level of capacity utilisation, the labour market is relatively tight, and there have been some large increases in raw materials costs.

But if that innovation itself requires labour to think up the new idea, test it, and implement it, then high wages increase the costs of innovation too.

The comparative advantage sweet - spot for Canada's rust belt is the combination of a high - skilled labour force, significant quality controls and a low cost of living.

Meanwhile, our unit labour costs are relatively high, and Canada's manufacturing capacity is stretched because so many plants and jobs disappeared during the era of the soaring loonie.

So far, however, this has failed to translate into rising consumer price inflation, because the strength of the US dollar and falling prices for raw materials have offset higher labour costs.

Also, if domestic economic activity and demand were to be even stronger than expected, given the existing strength of the labour market, upward pressure on labour costs could emerge, eventually pushing inflation higher.

The international comparisons shown here suggest, however, that growth in unit labour costs in Australia has still been on the high side over the past couple of years, given the rate of unemployment.

Unit labour costs (based on compensation per hour worked) grew by 1.3 per cent in the June quarter to be 2.8 per cent higher over the year, which is around the average growth rate of the past few years.

Strong labour markets and historically low borrowing costs have allowed Canada's households to amass one of the highest debt - to - income ratios in the developed world.

AUSTRALIA is a high - cost player in the global market - our costs of production have always been higher than those of the US and Brazil and others with whom we compete - and that is mainly related to labour costs and Government charges.

We provide a range of solutions for processing convenience food, including Cabinplant's complete, cost - effective and labour - saving processing line for spring rolls, which guarantees to match the high quality of hand - rolled spring rolls.

Currently, the cost of this is as high as 5 % of a manufacturer's turnover driven by factors such as increasing labour costs.

See Appendix A. 1 for more information * There are a number of broad Australian comparative disadvantages such as high labour costs, a dispersed and geographically isolated market and small population which impact the MTP sector.

Organic foods can be more expensive because farmers have higher labour costs and a different economy of scale; however when buying organic you're paying the real cost of producing real food that is better for the environment, animal welfare and our health.

The high cost of transport is an issue if they're to manufacture them here and export; however, Ashley says the posts can be manufactured in any country, using the country's recycled plastic, its timber and labour force.

He also says the costs of production are higher because organic farmers don't use synthetic chemicals to grow crops and that means farmers, like him, use manual labour to tackle pests and weeds.

High health care costs, a lack of interest in repetitive manual labour and rising worker wages has led to an explosion of automated machinery, according to Intelligrated.

The Fair Work Commission has axed Domino's Pizza's long expired agreements that paid thousands of workers significantly below minimum rates, leaving the franchise facing tens of million of dollars in higher labour costs.

It's the latest Australian franchise business to feel some stress under the weight of high labour costs and rents.

Economically speaking, the selling price of organic rice in the Ebro Delta is higher than conventional rice, and permits greater profit to farmers, in spite of the major cost of labour (organic farming of this particular system needs 25 percent more than conventional farming) and lower yields -LRB--15 percent in organic paddy fields).

The reduced profitability of the seafood processing industry in 2014 appears to have been driven by higher labour, energy and other operating costs.

A pre-election report from the Toronto Region Board of Trade says Ontario businesses face challenges including high labour costs and energy prices, and urges the next government to cut property taxes to help keep companies competitive.

Sadiq Khan's mayoral campaign ran into trouble this week when it was reported that Transport for London (TfL) estimated the cost of the Labour candidate's transport fares scheme to be much higher than he claims.

Their letters provide a rich insight into their experiences of migration over 150 years: they're delighted by easy access to the labour market and higher salaries, for example, but also talk about the uncertainty of succeeding in the host country because of job insecurity and higher living costs.

And in exchange we will ask for your help in solving Labour's Debt Crisis by keeping the cost of public sector pay only as high as the country can responsibly afford.

I have to say I think this is all about the Labour Party trying to detract from the point we have been making about the deal that they would have to do with the SNP, which is going to cost people in this country a lot of money and is not something I think that we want to see - it would result in more debt, more borrowing, higher taxes.

Commenting on the development, Labour Analyst, Austin Gammey, cautioned that it will be challenging for employers as Ghana's economy compels businesses to offer lower wages due to high cost of operations.

Over the coming months Labour will continue to set out radical but credible policies to earn our way to higher living standards for all, not just a few and tackle this deep - seated cost of living crisis.

Labour supports high speed train development but is concerned about the spiralling costs of HS2.

Likewise, Corbyn has pledged to scrap tuition fees in England but the Welsh Labour manifesto discusses the Diamond Review into Higher Education in Wales and the Welsh government's pledge to help with the cost of living during university, as opposed to focusing on tuition fees.

The furore over a looming primary school place crisis has intensified during the election campaign, with Labour accusing the Conservatives of causing a crisis in primary school places because of the high costs of their free schools policy.

That means focusing on the lower - hanging fruit in terms of cutting costs - such as cutting interest rates, which are currently up to 6.1 %, and have been attacked as bafflingly high by a long line of former Conservative and Labour education ministers.

But publishers and online retailers warn that when Amazon expands its retail offerings, it will struggle to replicate its efficient business model in Brazil, where labour costs are high, taxes complex and less than 20 per cent of roads are paved.

These include a typically higher representation of cyclical sectors in markets outside the United States and ta generally higher level of operating leverage in these markets attributable to higher fixed costs and less flexible labour.

She points out that organizations in certain parts of the sector may have legitimate reasons for spending more on administration, such as higher labour costs.

It's simply that after building the ship, labour costs are the highest component of running costs.

The research, cited by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, says that while rice is a staple food for more than half the world's population, growing it is becoming less profitable because of the costs of labour, shortage of water and high energy costs.

Investors are obliged to weigh any number of unknowns: will Venezuela increase production and keep heavy oil differentials high; will the price of natural gas rapidly rise; will climate change suddenly force governments to introduce carbon taxes; can the companies control their labour and construction costs; will global demand continue to rise?

The professional labour cost for editors of such a professional, electronic, in - depth law journal can be high.

Labour's Stella Creasy, who has long campaigned on consumer financial issues, has a new clause to require the new financial regulator to consider the effect of high - cost lending using credit cards on consumer protection and produce an annual assessment of any consumer detriment.

The much awaited Labour Productivity Data was released last Tuesday, shedding a glimpse of improvement from the devastating downpour of declined productivity and hourly compensation and uncomfortably high labour costs endingLabour Productivity Data was released last Tuesday, shedding a glimpse of improvement from the devastating downpour of declined productivity and hourly compensation and uncomfortably high labour costs endinglabour costs ending 2008.

It is anticipated that a continuing tight labour market, robust income growth and high levels of consumer confidence will help to offset the dampening effect of rising mortgage carrying costs on the demand for new and existing homes in B.C. Housing starts should decline from 39,195 units in 2007 to 33,250 in 2008 and 31,700 in 2009.