Sentences with phrase «lowest employment rate»

Yet the percentage of working - aged folks in the labor force at 62.6 % represents the lowest employment rate since the late 1970s.

The reasons for these increases are cited as higher inflation, a vibrant economy and the lowest employment rate so far in the 21st century.

1 - Star: Lowest employment rate compared to higher - rated neighborhoods.

The data also shows that more women arrive in Canada as the spouses of economic immigrants or as non-economic newcomers or refugees and have lower employment rates and earn less than the average wage.

Low employment rates and stagnating incomes weigh on household formation, but will also direct some of those new households into the rental market.

The low employment rate, which applies in the 25 - 54 age group as well as the full population of working age adults, can not be explained away by baby boomer retirements.

Many of these people live in areas where jobs are available and «there actually tends to be more vacancies in areas with low employment rates than the national average», Mr Hutton told the IPPR.

This is because they have a lower employment rate than average and also often qualify for in - work support.

«Kessler Foundation supports programs that combat the strikingly low employment rate for individuals with disabilities,» said Rodger DeRose, president and CEO of Kessler Foundation.»

November 20, 2014 • The McAllen metro area in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas has one of the country's lowest employment rates for millennials.

Olmo Maldonado (center) returned to his hometown of McAllen, Texas, despite the low employment rate for millennials.

It concluded that «English is a subject that employers and universities look at, therefore if students are unable to realistically achieve high grades - there will be lower employment rates».

Compared with persons without disabilities, those with disabilities have lower employment rates, lower levels of compensation, and weaker levels of job tenure.

IPV is linked with anxiety disorders, depressive symptoms, substance abuse disorders (Afifi et al. 2009; Cascardi et al. 1999; Golding 1999; Ehrensaft et al. 2006) lost days of work, lower employment rates, higher medical costs (Bonomi et al. 2009; Duvvury et al. 2004) and heightened risk for a range of physical health problems (Black and Breiding 2008; Coker et al. 2002).

Not exact matches

That suggests ongoing job growth in an economy many regard as near full employment, with the jobless rate at a 17 - year low of 4.1 percent.

At the same time, the city has a high rate of income inequality, slow employment growth, high levels of car crashes and crime, and low levels of Medicare enrollment.

Cleveland had the highest February 2017 unemployment rate of 5.7 % among the 40 biggest metro areas, and the city's job growth was the second - lowest, with non-farm payroll employment rising just 0.3 % between February 2016 and February 2017.

Outside of the 1992 - 97 period, the employment rate for this group has been at lows not seen in the nearly 40 years of data that is available:

Its recent commitment to keep rates low until employment improves substantially means Carney can't raise rates without sending the dollar higher, bruising manufacturers.

«The general picture is little changed on last month, with the overall employment rate and that for women both at record highs, the inactivity rate at a joint record low and the unemployment rate falling to its lowest since early summer 1975,» Matt Hughes, a senior statistician at the ONS said.

The Fed had long considered a rate of 5.6 % to represent «full employment»; when it's lower, anyone seeking work is assumed to be simply transitioning to a new job.

Officials see the unemployment rate dropping to 4.7 % in 2016, lower than the 4.9 % rate that Fed associates with its congressional mandate to foster «maximum employment.»

The CEPR researchers add that prime - age employment for men is now 3 percentage points lower than it was in December 2007, while the rate for women is 2.2 percentage points below where it was.

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

The Labor Department's monthly employment report, due Friday, is projected to show payroll gains slowed to a still - solid 185,000 in March and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4 percent, which would be a 17 - year low.

On the other hand, employment rates are still low.

New Hampshire residents enjoy the lowest poverty rate of any state in the entire country, and it also boasts the sixth - best nationwide employment rate over the last five years.

Rapid growth and low unemployment are the key arguments for policy tightening and Kaplan predicted that the jobless rate could dip below 4 percent this year, beyond what is considered full employment.

Audit staff became devoted to reviewing records of Sub S Corporations who had declared exorbitant dividends to their principals (taxable at modest income tax rates without the addition of the dreaded and expensive self - employment tax) and at the same time paying unreasonably low wages to said principals.

Interest rates are still low, we're seeing positive employment trends, fuel prices are extremely low,» Cornell said.

She said: «But it is my judgment that the lower level of the unemployment rate today probably does not fully capture the extent of slack remaining in the labor market — in other words, how far away we are from a full - employment economy.»

That insight, as obvious as it may seem, conflicts with the Fed's policy of raising interest rates preemptively, even as inflation continues to undershoot its target, essentially on concerns that a 17 - year - low 4.1 % jobless rate may already be beyond what officials consider «full employment.»

Specifically, Brainard pointed to the current low unemployment rate — 4.4 percent — and compared it to the last time the economy was around «full employment» from 2004 to 2007.

The fact that the Fed has not been able to achieve its twin objectives of maximum employment and 2 - percent inflation suggests the need for lower rates, he said.

The World Bank observed last year that adding new employment - protection laws inevitably favours existing job holders over new entrants and «lower [s] employment rates for disadvantaged worker groups, especially youth.»

Economic growth has been falling since 2010 and the economy has been operating below its potential since then; employment growth, particularly full time employment growth has struggled; in 2014 only 121,000 jobs were created; employment growth has not kept up with population growth; labor force participation has declined to its lowest level since 2000; long - term unemployment has increased; the unemployment rate remains stuck at just under 7 per cent, and youth unemployment is at 14 per cent; business investment has stagnated; and Canadians are losing confidence in their economic future.

He touted robust employment, low inflation and accelerating economic growth, and he said the Fed would continue its strategy of gradually increasing its benchmark interest rate to keep inflation in check.

There is a growing sense that the world is demand short — that the real interest rates necessary to equate investment and saving at full employment are very low and may be often unattainable given the bounds on nominal interest rate reductions.

Even grizzled full employment warriors like myself agree we're getting close to that long - awaited condition, though underemployment rates and prime - age employment rates are still too high / low, points on which Chair Yellen has been consistently clear.

Yes, there is an argument for «crowding out» in «normal» times, but, as stated, with low interest rates, under - employment, and private firms sitting on piles of cash, its not a relevant argument for our current situation.

Historically low interest rates coupled with a well - functioning financial system and persistent, but moderating, employment growth will provide needed support.

For example, people with lower incomes are likely to be sensitive to interest rate changes because of the potential effects on their employment income and their debt - service costs.

In line with solid employment growth, the unemployment rate has continued to edge lower in recent months, reaching 5.6 per cent in March 2004 (Graph 43).

Productivity gains have been weak, the participation rate (meaning the percentage of the labor force in employment) declined to 62.6 % in June — the lowest level since 1977 — and hourly wage growth was flat in the same month.

Particularly noteworthy in recent months has been the performance of the labour market, with employment posting a series of big increases and the unemployment rate declining to its lowest level since the 1970s.

A broader measure of labor market slack, the number of people who are in part - time employment but would like a full - time position (the U-6 underemployment rate), has also been drifting lower (to 10.3 % in August).

But the prescription offered by the Taylor rule changes significantly if one instead assumes, as I do, that appreciable slack still remains in the labor market, and that the economy's equilibrium real federal funds rate — that is, the real rate consistent with the economy achieving maximum employment and price stability over the medium term — is currently quite low by historical standards.

Dampening these increases were lower GST revenues, down 18.4 %, and lower employment insurance premiums, down 12.7 %, reflecting a decline in premium rates in 2017.

The deterioration in the deficit primarily resulted from lower corporate income tax revenues, down 16.3 % (in part reflecting higher refunds), lower GST revenues, down 7.6 %, lower employment insurance premiums, down 12.5 % (reflecting a decline in EI rates effective January 2017), and higher other transfers and subsidies, up 38.0 % (reflecting the timing of payments related to recent budget proposals).

Employment in the county clocked in a 4.6 percent in 2017, the lowest unemployment rate since 2000.