Sentences with phrase «in labour terms»

So in order to compete with nuclear in labour terms, the solar sector needs to become 1,000 times more efficient.

Making a play for the future, which in Labour terms could be this time next week, is the heartthrob, Andy Burnham.

I don't know what was happening to Canadian productivity before 1973, but even if there was no growth in output per worker, the increase in our labour terms of trade would have induced significant gains in real wages.

Not exact matches

A RECENT flurry of layoffs in the resources sector is unlikely to provide any reprieve for employers, with the labour market expected to remain tight in the near to medium term.

Further, in an era of constant fretting about the mismatch of skills and opportunities in our labour market, it is unhelpful to create the perception of long - term job prospects in sectors where they simply aren't plentiful.

Raise interest rates in the U.S. and you could kill the recovery and exacerbate the problem of long - term unemployment, with lasting effects of labour productivity, economic growth and, yes, even government revenues.

Fuelled by a low peso and cheap labour costs, Mexico's booming manufacturing industry has already overtaken Canada's in terms of the dollar value of exports to the U.S. Indeed, Canada is contending with more than just low oil prices.

Collective bargaining is a necessary process in determining the terms of employment the labour market will bear.»

Employment rates ages 15 - 65 % of unemployed in civilian labour force (figures for Iceland, Mexico, Sweden and Turkey were taken from the CIA World Factbook, 2005 data) % of unemployed in long - term unemployed category

In fact, it is thinking of lowering the 6.5 % threshold for a short - term rate hike because it believes the headline number still gives too optimistic a picture of the situation in the labour markeIn fact, it is thinking of lowering the 6.5 % threshold for a short - term rate hike because it believes the headline number still gives too optimistic a picture of the situation in the labour markein the labour market.

The Fed left its key short - term rate at 1.5 per cent to 1.75 per cent — the level it set in March after its sixth increase since December 2015 — as it gradually tightens credit to control inflation against the backdrop of a tight labour market and a pickup in consumer prices.

In the United States and the United Kingdom, the parties of the center Left, the Democrats and the Labour Party, have today lost this focus, and the labor movements in both countries are in long - term declinIn the United States and the United Kingdom, the parties of the center Left, the Democrats and the Labour Party, have today lost this focus, and the labor movements in both countries are in long - term declinin both countries are in long - term declinin long - term decline.

The impact of mortgage interest rates can be further assessed by Figure 3, which measures the evolution of the mortgage to cash cost ratio of purchasing a residential property in terms of labour time.

Whatever is the current cause of the rise of prices in the housing market, when computed as the mortgage cost in labour time in terms of the average weekly salary, residential properties, with the exception of the 1988 - 1991 period, are now clearly less affordable for middle - class Canadians than they were for the last five decades.

In a fair world, one would expect the cash cost and the mortgage cost in terms of weeks of labour time to be the same and hence the ratio described in Figure 3 to be equal to unitIn a fair world, one would expect the cash cost and the mortgage cost in terms of weeks of labour time to be the same and hence the ratio described in Figure 3 to be equal to unitin terms of weeks of labour time to be the same and hence the ratio described in Figure 3 to be equal to unitin Figure 3 to be equal to unity.

The figure shows clearly that the cash cost of a residential property in terms of weeks of labour time remained roughly constant all the way from 1970 to 1986, at which point housing prices in Canada (and in particular in the Toronto area) rose drastically during the next three years.

Thus a fair mortgage rate is such that the cash cost and the mortgage cost of purchasing a house is the same in terms of weeks of labour time.

The cash cost of a residential property in terms of weeks of labour dropped and did not catch up with the peak reached in 1989 until 2006.

Long - term interest rates are currently low due to low global inflation expectations and moderate growth potential in Canada due to lower oil prices, a heavily indebted household sector and a weakened manufacturing base due to relatively high unit labour costs.

The economy's relatively smooth adjustment was also helped by a more flexible labour market than in earlier terms of trade booms.

Compared with previous episodes of booming commodity prices, a floating currency, a sound but flexible medium - term framework for monetary policy and a flexible labour market mean we are doing much better this time than in the mid 1970s or early 1950s.

In terms of the labour market, recent data have been mixed.

Shorter - term yields in Canada are also forecast to increase in 2014 as a strengthening in economic growth, tightening labour market conditions and accelerating wage growth fuel a steady, albeit slow, increase in inflation.

The term is also commonly used to describe the belief that increasing labour productivity, immigration, or automation cause an increase in unemployment.

The term originated to rebut the idea that reducing the number of hours employees are allowed to labour during the working day would lead to a reduction in unemployment.

Looking at the figures for each recession, it's notable that (a) the proportionate rise in the level of unemployment, once the fall in GDP is taken into account, bears some relation to the rise in real wages; (b) there is no consistent difference between supply - side and demand - side recessions; (c) given the long - term costs of unemployment, a flexible labour market becomes extremely important in a recession.

In the near term, revisions to Canada's capital stock and spending loom large in the bank's upgrade to labour productivitIn the near term, revisions to Canada's capital stock and spending loom large in the bank's upgrade to labour productivitin the bank's upgrade to labour productivity.

These improvements were reflected in the rise in the participation rate to 63 %, up 0.6 % since September, confirming there is greater slack in the labour force than conveyed by the headline unemployment rate, and suggesting that longer term unemployed or discouraged workers who have hitherto remained on the sidelines are being pulled back into the labour market by the growth in employment opportunities.

These regions are defined in terms of the ABS's Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4s), which are geographic boundaries defined for the Labour Force Survey.

This change in relative wages and the relatively modest adjustment in overall wages have been helped by the combination of well - anchored inflation expectations and a more flexible labour market, particularly in comparison to earlier terms of trade booms.

Hassan Yussuff was re-elected for a second term as President of the Canadian Labour Congress in May 2017.

The Bank of England raised short - term interest rates by 25 basis points in June to 7 1/2 per cent, citing mounting labour market pressures and an inflation rate above target as key concerns.

However, other developments in labour costs are of more concern for the longer - term inflation outlook.

Although it would not be surprising to see some weakness in measured employment in coming months, given the extraordinary strength seen recently, forward - looking indicators of labour demand suggest continued underlying momentum in employment in the near term (Graph 35).

It may be that the damage this recession did to the labour market — the loss of skills and the mismatch between industries where workers have experience and those where there are vacancies — is being expressed not in the form of long - term unemployment but as lasting low pay.

Both in terms of overall labour market supply effects and internal household division of time and effort terms I think the track would have been higher.

Medium - term changes, like the general opening of the market, be it the market for goods or services, in particular financial services etc, or even the labour market, all of these are accelerating the transformation of the system and the transformation of capitalism and they are having significant social consequences in all regions of the world.

The rich countries too may find their production bases being moved to countries where labour is cheaper, leading to long term unemployment in the rich countries too.

Gospels and epistles alike offer a field of study in which the labour of criticism and interpretation may initiate us into the «many - sided wisdom «which was contained in the apostolic Preaching, and make us free to declare it in contemporary terms to our own age.

Elsewhere at the conference, the shadow hancellor promised to cut ministers» pay by 5 % and to reduce child benefits in real terms if Labour wins next year's general election.

Currently, about 130 people working in Carei will receive full company support under the terms of the collective labour agreement, including a social plan and assistance in finding future career opportunities.

«You've got the big cost reductions in terms of labour savings, which is quite often a driver for automation projects.

Identify areas to be addressed as priority in terms of adverse impact, with focus on forced and migrant labour (in close collaboration with the Consumer Goods Forum), ethical recruitment and grievance mechanisms

Atletico Madrid laboured to a 1 - 0 win over Eibar, but Diego Simeone says it mostly went to plan in terms of his tactics.

In Scotland, where wide variations in surgical deliveries have been found between units, four evidence based recommendations have been prioritised: clinicians and women should regard trial of labour as the norm after a previous caesarean; offering external cephalic version to women at term if their baby is breech; monitoring and regularly reviewing caesarean data with support for staff; and one to one midwifery care for all women in labour.20 The National Childbirth Trust — a UK parents organisation — is concerned about medicalisation and erosion of midwifery skills and confidencIn Scotland, where wide variations in surgical deliveries have been found between units, four evidence based recommendations have been prioritised: clinicians and women should regard trial of labour as the norm after a previous caesarean; offering external cephalic version to women at term if their baby is breech; monitoring and regularly reviewing caesarean data with support for staff; and one to one midwifery care for all women in labour.20 The National Childbirth Trust — a UK parents organisation — is concerned about medicalisation and erosion of midwifery skills and confidencin surgical deliveries have been found between units, four evidence based recommendations have been prioritised: clinicians and women should regard trial of labour as the norm after a previous caesarean; offering external cephalic version to women at term if their baby is breech; monitoring and regularly reviewing caesarean data with support for staff; and one to one midwifery care for all women in labour.20 The National Childbirth Trust — a UK parents organisation — is concerned about medicalisation and erosion of midwifery skills and confidencin labour.20 The National Childbirth Trust — a UK parents organisation — is concerned about medicalisation and erosion of midwifery skills and confidence.

In addition, although many of the outcomes included in the composite are likely to reflect problems which occur during labour and birth, their long term implications for the baby are uncertaiIn addition, although many of the outcomes included in the composite are likely to reflect problems which occur during labour and birth, their long term implications for the baby are uncertaiin the composite are likely to reflect problems which occur during labour and birth, their long term implications for the baby are uncertain.

The strengths of the study include the ability to compare outcomes by the woman's planned place of birth at the start of care in labour, the high participation of midwifery units and trusts in England, the large sample size and statistical power to detect clinically important differences in adverse perinatal outcomes, the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias due to non-consent, the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk (according to current clinical guidelines) and to further increase the comparability of the groups by conducting an additional analysis restricted to women with no complicating conditions identified at the start of care in labour, and the ability to control for several important potential confounders.

The use of disposable diapers is growing, especially among working class women who regard these products less involving in terms of labour, and less time - consuming.

But it looks as if at Westminster, as the General Election looms, the future in terms of work - family balance is no longer being regarded as purely female — at least by Labour and the Conservatives.

I am not a medical professional, so please correct me if I am wrong, but we do understand how much of an important role that stress hormones play in labour — the way medical professionals do talk about birth in terms of risk without paying attention to emotions (I am getting this from a somewhat flippant comment earlier on this thread where the author says the would like to see 100 % c - section rate) does exacerbate the problem.