Sentences with phrase «labor participation rate»

You have companies that are going to benefit from the tax cuts, you have lower unemployment, you have slightly greater labor participation rate.
The country's labor participation rate measures the ratio of employed people to the population over the age of 16.
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.
The U.S. labor participation rate, and by extension the amount we consume, is in decline.
However, tempering the employment situation was an alarming labor participation rate coming in at a 38 - year low.
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.
A slightly deeper dig though today's BLS employment report: Labor Participation rate: 62.8 %.
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.
Labor Participation rate is at 62.8 %, a value not seen since the late 1970's.
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.
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