US inflation has picked up in recent months to around the Fed's target, amid firming wages as the labour
market nears full employment and a late - cycle Republican tax - cut and Congress spending increase.
Not exact matches
«The surge in
market volatility has led to lower consumer confidence and the economy is
near full employment.
The labor
market is considered to be
near or at
full employment.
But spending remains underpinned by a strong labor
market, which Fed officials consider to be
near or a little beyond
full employment.
The contention that we are at or
near full employment ignored labor -
market realities.
New infrastructure spending would make the job
market even tighter than it is now: unemployment is
near 5 % which is considered
near -
full employment.
The pace of wage growth has been restrained amid excess slack in the labor
markets, but the labor force participation rate has recently stabilized and labor
markets are currently
nearing full employment, supporting core inflation.
«Recent
employment data is starting to show some pick - up in wage growth as the labor
market edges
near full employment,» adds Yun.