Sentences with phrase «lower wage pressures»

Mexican firms are expected to benefit from more competitive wages (lower wage pressure) in 2017, as inflation is forecast to erode real wage growth.

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The wage demand, pushed by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during intensive talks in Washington last week on modernizing the North American Free Tree Agreement, are aimed at preserving U.S. and Canadian auto production and putting upward pressure on Mexico's low auto wages.

«At a time when persistent high unemployment is putting enormous downward pressure on wages, such a minimum - wage increase would provide a much - needed boost to the earnings of low - wage workers,» EPI noted in a joint letter addressed to House and Senate leadership.

Vanguard says investors should pay more attention to low unemployment rates than GDP growth at this stage of the cycle for prospects of either higher spending for capital expenditures or wage pressures.

The stock market opened way down, continuing last Friday's selloff, though it has climbed back since the open — implying the return of volatility — as skittish investors continue to fear the sequence I describe in this AM's WaPo: tight labor market, wage pressures, higher interest rates, inflation, lower profit margins.

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.

If the Fed were to continue hiking rates based on the current low rate of productivity growth for fear that inflation would accelerate, that would tend to keep productivity growth permanently depressed by preventing wage pressures from pushing businesses to investment in productivity boosting technologies.

In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).

Though the second - quarter bounce back is dampening wage pressure for now, the weak trend in productivity suggests the economy's growth potential could be lower than the 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent pace that economists have been estimating.

An influx of 50,000 Amazon workers could force more lower - wage and middle - income workers from the city and put more pressure on housing prices and congested roadways.

Arsenal are reportedly coming under increasing pressure to sell Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain this summer, as they haven't been able to lower their wage bill.

For example, many UK employers have become accustomed to the flexible supply of EU workers in low - wage jobs, and the removal of this migration route could increase the pressure for illegal migration and employment.

It would pressure other low - wage industries to raise their wages and encourage low - wage workers to continue pushing for better pay.

The data now shows that teachers, under the pressure of needing to make enough of a living wage to support their own families, are moving from poor schools to non-poor schools... from high - minority to low - minority schools... from urban to suburban schools.

Profit margins may mean - revert eventually, but it might be a while for that to happen, given the global pressures that are keeping wage rates low.

Our USD hedge ratio has moved modestly lower, but continues to be high as a continued reversal in recent inflation softness and a pickup in wage pressures could trigger support for the USD.

Our USD hedge ratio has moved modestly lower, but continues to be high as a reversal in recent inflation softness and a pickup in wage pressures could trigger support for the USD.

We also are experiencing low unemployment, which adds to the wage inflation pressure.

Geraldine Morris, head of family at LexisPSL, says: «It's no surprise that divorces are being delayed in the current economic climate; with high cost of living, increasing property prices and low wage rises many families are feeling under significant financial pressure, a pressure that would be increased further if resources were stretched across two households rather than one.

The easing is largely due to lower overall wage pressures.

In five of the six countries where overall wage pressures are lower, inflation is forecast to be higher in 2017 than in 2016, which will limit real terms wage growth.

Offsetting the decline in indicators of overall wage pressure and the wage gap in high - skill industries, the available evidence shows that the gap in wages between high - and lower - skill occupations has grown significantly in a couple of countries.

In the Asia Pacific region, rising gaps in the pay between people in high - skill occupations and lower - skill occupations has been counteracted by lower overall wage pressure.

Apart from increased labour market participation which increases the talent pool for employers to choose from, this is largely driven by lower overall wage pressures.