Sentences with phrase «of jobs and growth»

Similarly, analyses consistently show the costs of the UK's Climate Change Act will be more than offset by a combination of fuel savings, avoided climate impacts and reduced air and noise pollution, even before wider economic impacts in terms of jobs and growth are taken into account.

I saw as energy secretary the potential this sector had to be a source of jobs and growth for Britain.

It needs identify new and sustainable sources of jobs and growth.

Not exact matches

But when it comes to fast - growth entrepreneurship of the exalted and peculiar variety that produces breakthrough entrepreneurs, the U.S. has done a great job of unlocking only about half of our human capital.

In a statement, Lee said that the «growing «sharing economy» is leveraging technology and innovation to generate new jobs and income for San Franciscans in every neighborhood and at every income level... San Francisco must be at the forefront of nurturing its growth, modernizing our laws, and confronting emerging policy issues and concerns.»

Rate of annual job growth: 0.17 % St. Louis citizens enjoy an average commute of just about 11 minutes and pay about 32 % of their income toward getting around town.

These companies use political contributions and armies of lobbyists to cajole governments to ignore the consequences: an economic crisis worse than the recent recession awaits if these nations fail to spark growth in areas that can stimulate growth and create jobs.

The rate of job growth and innovation would measurably increase.

«The gig economy is typified by irregularity, meaning there is no job security and instead of having a boss who trains you and helps you improve, your performance is rated on a scale of 1 - 5 stars by strangers who have no understanding of your growth as a professional,» explains Scot Wingo, founder and CEO of Spiffy, a modern on - demand company.

A noted decrease in job growth is less of a concern if it's accompanied by signs «that manufacturing activity is starting to rebound, that businesses are spending more on investment, and that consumers are continuing to spend,» he said.

«Part of the juice feeding the job growth in Atlanta and in the Southeast in general are the incredibly strong education institutions which are graduating students which are highly attractive to employers,» Dase said.

«These bills are the greatest political achievement for startup and growth - company entrepreneurs since passage of the JOBS Act in 2012.

Their odds of success would soar, along with job growth and innovation.

In a 2011 op - ed in The Wall Street Journal, President Obama acknowledged this problem, saying «sometimes, those rules have gotten out of balance, placing unreasonable burdens on business — burdens that have stifled innovation and have had a chilling effect on growth and jobs.»

It's an accepted and well - circulated meme that small businesses are the drivers of economic growth, creating most of the jobs that keep the nation humming.

Detroit's February 2018 unemployment rate of 4.6 % was tied for eighth - highest among the 40 biggest metro areas, and its non-farm payroll job growth rate of 0.9 % between February 2017 and February 2018 was tied for eighth - lowest.

Two more years of economic pain Australia faces a longer period of low growth, higher debt and higher unemployment than predicted just four weeks ago as the wave of job losses gathered strength, with clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands axing 1850 staff across the country.

«We hope this is the start of a serious negotiation process that leads to a more open Chinese market and protects U.S. jobs and economic growth.

Andrew Yang is the founder and CEO of Venture for America, a New York City - based nonprofit organization focused on placing top - college graduates in startups for two years in emerging U.S. cities to generate job growth and train the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Sort by median salary to find the jobs with the fattest pay cheques; sort by five - year wage growth to see which fields have the fastest - growing salaries — that can indicate a shortage of qualified candidates (and opportunity for you); or sort by five - year growth in the number of people in the field — those are the places that have been on hiring sprees (but watch out; that doesn't mean they'll continue the streak).

Stanford says Morneau and the Bank of Canada should use the mandate review to «put everything on the table,» and take a hard look at adopting a completely different target, such as job creation or «sustainable growth» instead of inflation.

The metro area's job growth rate of 0.7 % between February 2017 and February 2018 was the fifth - lowest.

The short answer must lie, in part, in the growth of local companies — particularly startups — to create economic growth and jobs at all skill - levels.

While Riverside's Q3 2017 average weekly wage of $ 848 was the lowest among the 40 largest metro areas, its non-farm payroll job growth rate of 3.9 % between February 2017 and February 2018 was the highest.

Jacksonville's non-farm payroll job growth rate of 2.7 % between February 2017 and February 2018 was tied for seventh - best among the 40 largest metro areas, but its 2016 GDP per capita of $ 48,406 was the fourth - lowest.

Phoenix's non-farm payroll job growth rate of 3.0 % between February 2017 and 2018 was the fifth - highest among the 40 largest metro areas, but its 2016 GDP per capita of $ 49,493 was the fifth - lowest.

The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.

That's important because the majority of exporters are small, and as the economy experiences sluggish growth and weak job gains, they are generally seen as a bright spot for their reach beyond domestic markets.

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.

Austin had the second - highest rate of job growth among the 40 largest metro areas, with non-farm payroll employment increasing 3.7 % between February 2017 and February 2018.

Kansas City's 2016 GDP per capita of $ 61,320 was just below the average of $ 65,391 among the 40 largest metro areas, and its job growth rate of 1.6 % between February 2017 and February 2018 was just below the average rate of 1.8 %.

The organizations that do the best job of encouraging a culture of mastery are the ones with leaders humble enough to admit they don't know everything and constantly pursue growth — the ones who openly discuss the books they're reading, the classes they're taking and the areas in which they seek to better themselves.

«Health care goes beyond doctors and nursing professions — there is high demand for people to fill positions available in health care technology, at hospitals and elsewhere within the industry that tap into a variety of the categories we rank and that offer a low unemployment rate, a high median salary and robust job growth.»

His plan emphasizes job growth, with most of his rate deductions framed as opportunities to increase employment and simplify the filing process.

The mayor of London has told CNBC he has met business leaders and speaking to executives and entrepreneurs, across London and the feedback is that «the access to a single market (and) the continued ability to attract talent is important for jobs, growth and prosperity.»

This bill has a real chance of finally passing because of its potential for job creation and economic growth.

Like most of his Republican competitors, Trump is a supporter of lower taxes for individuals and corporations, believing that lower taxes spur jobs and economic growth.

Also, notwithstanding a silly fiscal policy and the ongoing political impasse, the U.S. economy has some very good things going for it now, as even king of doom, Nouriel Roubini, couldn't help but note: the Fed is going to stick to its asset - buying regime for the foreseeable future, providing a monetary protein shake the recovery still very much needs; the housing rebound is well on its way, which is helping Americans rebuild their wealth and is boosting employment in many states with high jobless rates; and the shale oil and gas revolution continues to power investment, job creation and revenue growth.

An advocate for both small - business owners and workers, Perry oversees efforts that have included offering more than $ 600 million in financing and technical assistance programs to promote business growth and job creation in economically depressed areas of L.A.

«Prospects for renewed gains, other than a relief rally following the election results, would require somewhat larger wage increases and continued job growth as well as the maintenance of low inflation.»

«We need to make sure that this does not translate into misguided policies that could make the situation much worse, not only from the perspective of trade but also for job creation and economic growth and development which are so closely linked to an open trading system,» the report quoted him as saying.

The researchers deliberately chose topics that were polarizing — the «surge» strategy of sending more U.S. troops into Iraq, and job growth during Obama's first year in office.

The nation added 217,000 jobs in May to reach the milestone, though the unemployment rate remained unchanged last month at 6.3 % and U.S. employment still needs to catch up with the growth of the population and labor force that has occurred since the recession began.

And if tomorrow's job report shows no signs of real wage growth (which is what economists predict it won't), the Fed's case for a rate hike will start to look more faith - based than empirically driven.

«Thanks in part to the forceful response to the crisis and policies throughout the eight years of the Obama administration to promote robust, shared growth, the US economy is stronger, more resilient, and better positioned for the twenty - first century than ever before,» the White House said in an email after the jobs report.

Now there are renewed hopes that the combination of an improving job market and a short - term economic boost from the Republican tax cuts will put growth into a stronger range this year, perhaps closer to 3 %.

Within a year I quit the real estate investing blog and jumped back into a day job as vice president of growth at BiggerPockets.com, and although it was agonizing to make, it was perhaps the best decision I've ever made.

Finally, the economy is on a hot streak: employers have been adding jobs steadily for a year, and growth is running at an annualized rate in excess of 3 %.

As a result of these moves, the city enjoyed the highest job growth in the $ 20 - billion global mobile app industry, and it was the only region in the U.S. to have an increase in tech venture - capital funding.

The U.K.'s small businesses and start - ups need the government to boost jobs and long - term growth in the forthcoming spring Budget, the Federation of Small Businesses has urged the finance secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond.