Sentences with phrase «recent years it labored»

In recent years it labored, unsuccessfully, to install a tax credit to make private school education more affordable.

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«The unexpectedly swift decline in the unemployment rate in recent years has in large part been attributed to a drop in the labor force participation rate.

The most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers show that the fraction of the civilian, non-institutionalized population that is self - employed and running a corporation (incorporated self - employment) was 5.1 percent below its level five years ago, when the current economic recovery was getting underway.

«True, there are encouraging signs of economic recovery in those advanced economies most affected by the global financial crisis which erupted in 2008... [but] the report finds that those economic improvements will not be sufficient to absorb the major labor market imbalances that built up in recent years.»

In that scenario, I would expect no more than one Fed policy rate hike this year, as labor market strength has been the highlight of recent economic performance.

Hyperspecialization will require most managers to learn to work with the kinds of dedicated intermediaries that have sprung up in recent years to provide access to pools of skilled labor.

In 2016, the most recent year of available statistics, housing accounted for 36.5 percent of average annual expenditures at age 75, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

As for other industries, I've observed before that infrastructure projects on the scale of those being discussed would actually have to be implemented with foreign labor (as many of the largest U.S. construction projects have been in recent years), since heavy construction workers represent a rather small segment of the U.S. labor force.

Since the 1940's, the 8 - year growth rate of U.S. labor force productivity has rarely exceeded 3 %, and the recent trend has been progressively lower.

In recent years, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released significant updates to regulations of fee disclosures to plan sponsors and plan participants.

The most recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that consumer prices rose 2.1 percent year - over-year in January, but as I said earlier, real inflation could be grossly understated.

Tourism has exploded in recent years, becoming the country's single biggest employer, and analysts at Arion Bank say one in two new jobs is being filled by foreign labor.

The most significant cause of this disconnect is the widening of profit margins of recent years, which is closely related to the sluggish growth of labor compensation.

One of the greatest economic mysteries out there, according to many market watchers: Why labor market productivity has slowed sharply around the world in recent years.

The latest numbers signal that dangerously low inflation — which Japan struggled with for two decades and the U.S. central bank has labored in recent years to avoid — is at Europe's front door.

The job market's strength in recent years has driven down unemployment and resulted in labor market tightness.

Yellen noted that U.S. unemployment fell to 4.1 percent in October, and labor force participation has remained steady in recent years.

Let's consider the average U.S. household, earning $ 63,784 per year, according to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Notwithstanding the positive signals from the labor market and the pickup in sentiment, consensus estimates for US first - quarter 2017 growth showed little change, staying in the 1.5 % — 2.0 % band that has prevailed in recent years.

The unemployment rate ticked back down to 4.3 %, matching the lowest level for 16 years seen in May, and there was further evidence that the solid demand from employers was helping to attract more entrants into the workforce, as the labor participation rate moved up a tenth to 62.9 %, close to the top of its recent range.

In Maryland, businesses added 60,700 jobs year - over-year as of November, the most recent statistics available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Fortunately, this is realized today, and most of the followers of the «religious life» in convents and monasteries and similar communities have labored in recent years for a considerable relaxation, but without giving up their general agreement on basic principles.

The wound was not grave, but, probably in part because a medical examination showed evidence of recent sodomy by Verlaine, the court gave him the maximum sentence of two years of hard labor.

While best known for the Wunder - Bar flexible hose dispenser (bargun), one of its most successful products in recent years is the Wunder - Bar pizza sauce dispenser, which improves product quality and consistency, eliminates waste and reduces labor costs for its customers.

The number of independent contractors in Australia has fallen in recent years — 1.11 million contractors in 2010 to 986,000 by 2013 — which the Abbott government has blamed on a «concerted attack» by the Tax Office and the Fair Work building and construction taskforce under the previous Labor government to push people into more union - friendly arrangements.

In recent years elective cesarean delivery has become a popular choice for women who don't wish to have a vaginal birth and who don't want to experience traditional birthing methods and the pain of labor.

The economic downturn in recent years, which led to higher unemployment levels among fathers; the re-entry of mothers into the labor force; a growing number of parents working different schedules; and the escalating costs of child care are all cited as factors that have made fathers» increased child - rearing role more feasible and more necessary.

The WFP itself has changed in recent years, as some of its founding labor unions have departed amid disagreements over its endorsements.

HTC, a small but influential labor union that has played pivotal rolls at the Capitol in recent years on issues like the legalization of casino gaming, worked with the Real Estate Board of New York to counter a well - funded campaign backed by Airbnb.

More than a year and a half after its most recent contract expired, New York's second - largest state worker's union has reached a tentative three - year labor agreement with the Cuomo administration.

In the end, he came up short, but he's kind enough to join Zack Fink in the studio to talk about the race and increased scrutiny on labor in recent years.

In Nassau, officials attributed the historically high overtime costs to staffing needs after a wave of officers retired in recent years and were not immediately replaced as the county negotiated new labor contracts following a three - year wage freeze.

In recent years, the railroad folks claim to have invested upwards of a million dollars in track, bridge and equipment repair, citing «professional volunteer labor» for much of the expense.

This is a seat where Labor has often trailed on first preference votes in recent years, only to win on the preferences of Australian Democrat and Green candidates.

But while joblessness was down in all of the state's 10 labor markets, upstate regions including Western New York, the Southern Tier and the North Country faced job losses in recent years as workers either moved out of the area or dropped out of the labor market.

In recent years the number of privately employed workers paying dues to labor organizations dropped to below 7 percent of the US work force.

The Empire State ranked 49th in taxes, 48th in government spending and 45th in labor regulations for fiscal year 2013, the most recent data studied.

Like other labor disputes in recent years, the LIRR dispute sets up nicely for Cuomo — as long as there is not a crippling strike, analysts said.

Though the Labor Department reports the lowest unemployment rate in nearly five years, the turnout at a recent career fair indicates many Buffalo - area residents are still searching for a job.

The study shows that over a recent period of more than three years, the U.S. federal government approved about 91 percent of labor certification applications from Asian immigrants and 90 percent from Canadian immigrants, but just 67 percent of applications from Latin American immigrants.

In recent years, they've been turning to labor - saving methods, such as setting out microphones, cameras, and traps that snag hairs, or studying animal DNA left behind in water or soil.

Booking a massage to relieve tension or pain has gained so much popularity in recent years that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the demand for massage therapists to far exceed all other occupations through 2024.

Kate Winslet's hit rate with Toronto debuts has been patchy over recent years, following schlocky potboiler Labor Day and gardening curio A Little Chaos.

Given the demand for software skills in the labor market, there's been a lot of fanfare in recent years around seeding opportunities to boost young people's computer science skills — the Hour of Code, the emergence of numerous coding boot camps, and edX's very popular Harvard MOOC, CS50, to name a few.

Naturally, the discussion returned during the election campaign this year, with Labor promising $ 400 million for teaching scholarships aimed at encouraging recent STEM graduates to enter the education field.4 At the same time, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull floated the idea of making maths and science a requirement for finishing high school, stating it was a «big priority» for the Government.

Washington — For the next 11 years, advancements in technology will continue to create jobs for workers in some occupations while reducing the demand for workers in others, the most recent projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate.

That is the alternatively optimistic and bleak picture of the domestic labor market sketched by economists Frank Levy of MIT and Richard J. Murnane of Harvard, who conducted a detailed study of what jobs have been lost to automation in recent years and which jobs are likely to be lost as technology keeps advancing.

Indeed, a recent report from the U.S. Department of Labor suggests that over the next 10 years, the country's need for people with technical expertise is going to grow by 50 percent.

These labor market impacts were concentrated among young men, a group that has experienced a severe decline in real earnings in recent years.

Washington Post, July 12, 2013 «That is the alternatively optimistic and bleak picture of the domestic labor market sketched by economists Frank Levy of MIT and [Professor] Richard J. Murnane of Harvard, who conducted a detailed study of what jobs have been lost to automation in recent years and which jobs are likely to be lost as technology keeps advancing.»