You have companies that are going to benefit from the tax cuts, you have lower unemployment, you have slightly greater
labor participation rate.
He attributed prolonged weak productivity and the
low labor participation rate as the primary reasons why the current economic expansion is the slowest since World War II.
A Clifton Park resident, Ballantyne has also served as the political director for Eleanor's Legacy and was a key staffer for the New York State AFL - CIO for 29 years, having assisted
in labor participation for campaigns.
Most of the homebuilders are U.S. - based, meaning they benefited from the tax cuts, are shielded from tariffs and could be helped by rising wages and
higher labor participation, a largely overlooked data point in the Bureau of Labor Statistics» report.
The report also says that would
lift labor participation, and more government spending on early childhood and college education «would raise the educational attainment of workers.»
Here in the United States, the speculative dangers of climate change need to be weighed against the real and present dangers of stagnant wages and depressed rates
of labor participation.
If you think your union should be doing better at online organizing, consider using this as your check list for promoting more, and more
effective labor participation at Netroots Nation:
«Unprecedented Internal Cost Cutting Limits Fare Increase to Agreed 7.5 % and Protects Service Quality; MTA's Financial Picture Remains Fragile with Many Risks;
Labor Participation Critical to Plan.»
Most developed countries have
seen labor participation in agriculture decline rapidly in the past 100 years, says Eldert van Henten, a professor of agricultural science and head of the Farm Technology Group at Wageningen University and Research Center in the Netherlands.
FYI, the steady unemployment rate was not a function of either
higher labor participation (steady at 62.7 percent) or a big gain to the Labor Force (up 64K).
BlackRock says this decline
in labor participation is partly responsible for a corresponding decline in economic growth, accounting for roughly a quarter of the variation in growth of GDP.
Even as the official unemployment rate has fallen,
the labor participation rate even for workers in their prime has remained frustratingly low.
First, it lowers
the labor participation rate — the share of adults participating in the workforce.
«But the real number that speaks more to the problem is
the labor participation rate,» he stated.
And with wage growth and
the labor participation rate both stuck at historic lows, we can expect the economy to keep growing at its current rate for some time.
At the same time, we're told
the labor participation rate is lower than what the experts like it to be.
Indeed,
the labor participation rate is far below the pre-crisis peak, and the share of part - time employed workers has been somewhat higher in this cycle.
One has to look back to the 1970s to find a time when
the labor participation rate was this low.
The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.8 % in January from 4.7 % in December, though
the labor participation rate rose to 62.9 % from 62.7 % a month ago.
The unemployment rate fell to 4.1 %, its lowest level since 2000, while
the labor participation rate dropped to 62.7 %, suggesting the number of people re-entering the workforce might be dwindling, despite the tightness of the market.
The unemployment rate dipped to 4.7 %, while
the labor participation rate rose to 63 %.
The unemployment rate ticked back down to 4.3 %, matching the lowest level for 16 years seen in May, and there was further evidence that the solid demand from employers was helping to attract more entrants into the workforce, as
the labor participation rate moved up a tenth to 62.9 %, close to the top of its recent range.
This epidemic has had a tremendous impact on human lives,
the labor participation rate, businesses, and economic growth.
«But the reason they're able to do it is that they address what's really going on in America: a change in families and in women's
labor participation.
America faces a $ 20 trillion debt, over a decade of record - low economic growth, record - low
labor participation, and increasing poverty.
Labor Participation rate is at 62.8 %, a value not seen since the late 1970's.
Wages are flat and
labor participation is too low, he said.
Median household incomes are lower, and so is
the labor participation rate.
Today, at at the annual meeting of AAAS (which publishes Science) here, a group of computer scientists and machine ethicists weighed in on that debate, saying that by the year 2045, automation could push down global employment — a measure known as
the labor participation rate — to just 50 %.
Evans also commented on the fact that
the labor participation rate is still at an all - time low.
It's hardly surprising that America's economy shrank by 1 % the first quarter of 2014,
our labor participation rate is a miserable 63 % and real unemployment stands at 14 % (and much worse for blacks and Hispanics).
Labor Participation Rate: The number of Americans in the labor force, plus those actively looking for work, has remained reasonably constant at 62.7 %.
Though the overall unemployment rate continues to fall,
the labor participation rate has been stubborn.
Phrases with «labor participation»