Sentences with phrase «of stagnant wages»

Following a decade or more of stagnant wages, that is a mighty strong incentive for people to move into or closer to cities.

Therefore, the combination of stagnant wages and rents that have increased significantly has created acute housing affordability issues for many people.

«After decades of stagnant wages, sky high tuition fees, and a more competitive work environment, it is more important than ever that parents talk to their kids about money — and parents seem to be aware of this.»

March 16, 2018 • Teachers in many states are angry after years of stagnant wages.

During a more than one - hour debate, sponsored by the Oneonta Area LWV and League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area, Faso cited how more than 1 million people have left Upstate in the last decade, in part, because of stagnant wages, job losses and exorbitant property taxes.

It comes as no surprise that against a backdrop of stagnant wages, the rising cost of living is a constant pressure for families, with nine in ten (89 %) mentioning that they have noticed an increase in the amount they are paying for both food and household bills.

Here in the United States, the speculative dangers of climate change need to be weighed against the real and present dangers of stagnant wages and depressed rates of labor participation.

It's finally on the rise after years of stagnant wages, but large gulfs exist along gender and racial lines.

Traders are suddenly worried about interest rates (although anyone older than 30 has to be amused that 2.85 % on the Treasury 10 - year is a source of panic), worried about inflation (although after the last decade of stagnant wages, Friday's 2.9 % rise should be cheered, not jeered), and worried about a tax - fueled spike in growth (with this report from Powell's Atlanta colleagues leading the way.)

Not exact matches

Yet economists and policy experts say that view fails to take into account the changing realities of the workplace, where it's harder to get good - paying jobs, and where wages have been stagnant for decades.

Since 2000, wages have been stagnant or in decline for a majority of workers, a trend now accelerated since 2007.

Thanks to rising health costs, stagnant wages and growing levels of debt — especially the $ 1.4 trillion of student loans borrowers owe — you may need to generate more income just to get by.

For the first time ever, more than half of U.S. congressmen are worth $ 1 million or more, even as wages have remained stagnant for many Americans.

Instead of providing massive giveaways to the wealthy and well - connected, Trump and Congress should be taking bold steps to raise the wages of hard - working Americans whose real wages have been stagnant or in decline for decades.

Over the past few decades in the U.S., wages have remained stagnant while the costs of building and living in housing has steadily risen.

After years of anemic growth and brain drain, Puerto Rico has been left with a 12 % unemployment rate and stagnant wages, leading Padilla to come clean and ask investors for mercy.

At a rally at City Hall on Wednesday morning with the «Fair Fares» coalition — which consists of 68 organizations — Johnson noted that rent, food and Metrocard fares have increased over the years, with wages going down or remaining stagnant.

Faced with stagnant employment and wages, the sentiment of consumers, many of whom also work at small companies, will turn negative.

Stagnant wages represent one of the most important macroeconomic stories of the post-crisis era.

Spain's high unemployment, excessive debt, and stagnant growth stem indirectly from policies implemented by Germany that forced down the GDP share of German wages while also reducing domestic investment.

Need I remind you the State of Working America lamented stagnant wages for college degree wage earners in the 2000s by showing the most successful segment, Tech workers, managed to average only.3 % up to the recession.

The triple - lock is nonsensical, inequitable and unfit for an era of Brexit and stagnant wages.

Wages are stagnant and the cost of living is skyrocketing.

The combination of rising college costs, higher student debt, and stagnant wages has also contributed to student borrowers waiting longer to pay off debt.

Why is the Republican political class taking on its own voting base and the general public in order to increase the labor supply in a sector of the labor market where the unemployment rate is high and wages are stagnant?

This means limiting future immigration in that sector — the low - skilled sector — of the economy where unemployment is high and wages have been stagnant for a generation for the sake of the low - skill workers themselves.

Our population of low - skill workers has more troubled families and more troubled children, and has seen stagnant wages over the last thirty years.

It could mean focusing on how reductions to future low - skill immigration also benefits our current population of foreign - born workers by restraining labor market competition in a sector of the economy where unemployment is high and wages have been stagnant.

Trump's Republican Party spoke to two groups of American voters: the far right base of the GOP, and to the near two - thirds of Americans who feel the country is heading in the «wrong direction» — many of these will include America's working families, steelworkers and coalminers, bridge - builders and road - pavers, retail workers and restaurant staff to whom the socio - economic forces of globalization and stagnant wages have been woefully unkind.

Income inequality is a popular political theme with the Democratic Party these days, who are pushing the message that the wealthiest 10 % are getting all of the benefits of the economic recovery, while everyone else has stagnant or falling wages.

«Our economy has rebounded tremendously from the Great Recession, but thousands of workers across the state are still dealing with stagnant wages that do not reflect the cost of living in New York,» said Engel.

It would damage businesses that export to Europe and the jobs that depend on those exports for there to be the additional costs of tariffs and it would damage consumers here, already failed by stagnant wages and rising housing costs.

Labour wants 3p - a-litre hike in fuel duty postponed for another three months in face of rising bills and stagnant wages

De Blasio and city officials have said broadly that one of the most significant drivers of the increase in homelessness citywide has been income inequality, writ large: stagnant wages for workers combined with rising rents over the past decade.

Labour is using one of its allotted opposition day debates in the Commons to force the vote, which is non-binding, for a three - month freeze in the face of rising household bills and transport fares as wages remain stagnant.

The board can not protect landlords» profit margins while the wages of our rent - stabilized households remain stagnant,» she said in testimony she plans to deliver to the board Tuesday.

Stagnant wages have caused many teachers to hit their boiling points, and there is widespread concern that the state can only look forward to a massive exodus of teachers who will seek considerably higher salaries in neighboring states like Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia — unless lawmakers take quick action to bring teachers» salaries up.

Caputo - Pearl, while campaigning for president, made no secret of his desire to get his members what they would consider a fair deal after so many years at stagnant wages, going so far as to suggest a strike.

«All credible research finds the same evidence about the STEM workforce: ample supply, stagnant wages and, by industry accounts, thousands of applicants for any advertised job.

While it remains most acute in urban core neighborhoods with intergenerational poverty, 31 hunger is increasing in suburban locales and is most prevalent in rural Southern locales.32 Since wages have been stagnant or eroding in many industries, two - thirds of families experiencing food insecurity have at least one working adult, and many might initially appear to be maintaining a middle - class lifestyle.33

The millenial generation really got screwed as stagnant wages and record high cost of living has taken its effect on people.

Wages have remained stagnant over the past 5 years, but the cost of living has increased during that time.

Millions of people are struggling with high interest rate credit card debt, unstable employment, and stagnant wages, yet not everyone is actively looking for a solution.

Wages have remained stagnant over the past five years, but the cost of living has gone up.

Millions of Americans are struggling with high interest rates, stagnant wages, and unstable employment, but not all of them are actively looking for a solution like you are right now.

Yet with increasing rents, stagnant wages and high levels of student loan debt, it can be VERY difficult for first - time or boomerang homebuyers to save enough money for a down payment.

Credit growth on that scale is not easy to achieve, especially given stagnant wages, the already high level of private sector debt and, now, increasing interest rates.

As long as economic growth in Europe is stagnant, there will be plenty of people willing to work for low wages in order to have a job and perhaps travel benefits, if in fact the likes of Norwegian Air and Ryanair offer that particular perk.

It is emphasized in the game that Sarah is the unhappy result of economic forces out of her control, like stagnant wages and insecure employment.

When productivity increases consistently despite wages remaining stagnant, only those at the top of the economic chain benefit from the production of more salable goods.