Sentences with phrase «percent labor force participation rate»

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If growing unemployment was not enough, a decline in labor market participation was also on the rise, the ILO said, a warning borne out by the latest U.S. jobs data from December which showed that the labor force participation rate tumbled to 62.8 percent, its worst level since January 1978.

The labor force participation rate, or the share of working - age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, was steady at 62.8 percent.

He explained that, while the economy is currently growing at a rate of around 1.5 to 2 percent, without the improvement in women's participation in the labor force, Japan would've grown at around 1 to 1.5 percent.

Furthermore, the unemployment rate improved notably, falling to 5.1 percent (5.112 percent unrounded) from 5.3 percent (5.261 percent unrounded), while the labor force participation rate held at 62.6 percent (62.552 percent unrounded).

Then... this is the best part... he made it clear that a 6.5 percent unemployment rate would not necessarily be the threshold for raising rates, then went on a long discussion of the conditions under which he would NOT raise rates, including if the unemployment rate dropped mostly due to cyclical declines in the labor force participation rate rather than gains in unemployment, as well as persistently low inflation.

FYI, the steady unemployment rate was not a function of either higher labor participation (steady at 62.7 percent) or a big gain to the Labor Force (up labor participation (steady at 62.7 percent) or a big gain to the Labor Force (up Labor Force (up 64K).

Though these monthly data are notoriously jumpy, the out - sized job gains were accompanied by a nice pop in labor force participation rate — up 0.3 percent to... Read more

The labor force participation rate has not been this low — 63.3 percent — since 1979, a time when women were less likely to be working.

The unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, its lowest level since 2001, but for the wrong reason: labor force participation fell by two - tenths of a percent.

The labor force participation rate, the number of people working or actively looking for work, has fallen since the Great Recession and has stagnated near 63 percent for the last four years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statislabor force participation rate, the number of people working or actively looking for work, has fallen since the Great Recession and has stagnated near 63 percent for the last four years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisLabor Statistics.

That's good news to economists, who want to see the labor force participation rate return to pre-recession levels of about 66 percent.

Those new entrants have pushed the labor force participation rate up to 62.7 percent.

The decline in the employment - to - population ratio for 25 to 54 year olds has been offset to some degree by rising employment rates for those 55 and older, helping to close the jobs gap.1 Since November 2007, the overall labor force participation rate has fallen from 66.0 percent to 62.9 percent.

We are almost six years into our economic recovery and the unemployment rate for our lowest - skill workers is still 8.4 percent, while the labor force participation rate for that population is 46.3 percent.

New York's labor force participation rate dropped to 60.7 percent in 2014, the lowest level in more than a decade.

The labor force participation rate of people with disabilities decreased slightly from 30.8 percent in January 2015 to 30.3 percent in January 2016 (down 1.6 percent; 0.5 percentage points).

For people without disabilities, the labor force participation rate increased slightly from 76.2 percent in June 2014 to 76.4 percent in June 2015 (up 0.3 percent; 0.2 percentage points).

For people with disabilities, the labor force participation rate also increased from 29.4 percent in April 2014 to 30.1 percent in April 2015 (up 2.4 percent; 0.7 percentage points).

For people with disabilities, the labor force participation rate also increased from 30.1 percent in May 2014 to 31.3 percent in May 2015 (up 4.0 percent; 1.2 percentage points).

For people without disabilities, the labor force participation rate increased slightly from 75.7 percent in April 2014 to 75.9 percent in April 2015 (up 0.3 percent; 0.2 percentage points).

nTIDE focuses on the key parameters, including labor force participation rate, the employment - to - population ratio, and the percent looking for work.

Although the unemployment rate fell from 9.4 to 9.0 percent in January, the economy only added 36,000 jobs, the labor force participation rate is falling rapidly and hit levels not seen since 1984.

The unemployment rate increase 0.1 percent while the labor force participation rate jumped 0.2 tenths higher.