Sentences with phrase «rising wages»

The growth in domestic consumption is being fed by rising wages and a rising services sector.

If we see rising wages for working and middle class folk, it could push more people up the income distribution which means higher savings rates.

Furthermore, we should be seeking out all imperfections, not just ones correlated with rising wages.

Rising home prices mean that demand is rising for homes, and people are seeing rising wages.

Rising wages beyond productivity growth encourages and pushes increased productivity.

Rising wages encourages all manner of change and investment to increase productivity.

First, although rising wages are obviously great for workers and the overall economy, they can be difficult for low - margin companies that rely on cheap labor — like retail stores.

Would it be possible to get rising wages when unemployment is high?

Meanwhile, many businesses continue to report rising wages, costs, and pricing.

«Consumer spending will continue to lead economic growth in 2016, as more jobs and rising wages give households more money to spend,» he says.

Offshoring, which weighs on the imports side of the trade balance, is tapering off thanks to a combination of rising wages in emerging economies and opportunities to produce at relatively low cost in many U.S. jurisdictions.

I have yet to see any evidence that labour market imperfections can be blamed for the bulk of rising wages, particularly for professions identified by the report such as «account manager» and «financial planner.»

In an improving economy with low unemployment and steadily rising wages, CNBC's Jim Cramer wouldn't expect the dollar stores to be doing so well.

Notably, growth in the US economy is expected to remain solid, supported by robust fundamentals, including a strong labour market with gradually rising wages.

Happily, the U.S. economy is strong right now, verging on a labor shortage as rising wages can't lure the Obama - discouraged back into the workforce fast enough.

A recent analysis from Benjamin Tal of CIBC shows that, nationally, at least 25 occupations are experiencing both «rapidly rising wages and low or falling unemployment rates» — a combination of indicators that points to skills shortages.

Set automatic increases starting in 2021 to keep pace with rising wages overall (i.e., adjust the minimum wage to maintain a constant minimum wage — to — median wage ratio).

Blaming rising wages for the correction strikes one as counter productive to promoting an enlightened and correct view of market forces.

The question now: To what extent might rising wages catalyze consumer spending?

Employee compensation often accounts for the largest chunk of corporate expenses, so rising wages can dent earnings, without commensurate gains on the revenue side.

According to my team's analysis of data via Bloomberg, «good» inflation can be viewed as price increases resulting from accelerating economic activity and a strong labor market, and thus, most likely to further support rising wages and employment.

Yet strategists expect rising wages and inflation, along with Canada's progress in closing its output gap, will prompt the BOC this week to keep alive prospect's for a year - end rate hike.

Rising wages outside Japan, as well as advanced factory automation technology the company has introduced at home, have contributed to the narrowing of those costs.

In addition, as it became known today, US consumer spending increased significantly in December, as households have purchased cars and a wide range of services amid rising wages, pointing to robust domestic demand, which could push the economy up to the more rapid growth in early 2017 of the year.

Today in U.S. News & World Report, Chef Ann Cooper asks what will happen if that financial pressure increases due to a variety of factors looming on the horizon, including rising wages and immigration reform: «The Perfect Storm that Threatens the Quality of Healthy School Meals.»

Germany's finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble is right to recognise rising wages in his country can play a part in correcting these imbalances but monetary policy in the Eurozone must also do more.

It's absolutely the right approach, despite rising wages, holding the key rate for the time being will ensure that the housing market remains on an even keel.

«Especially if you continue to have job growth and especially rising wages in jobs that generate a good, solid family income.

Most of the homebuilders are U.S. - based, meaning they benefited from the tax cuts, are shielded from tariffs and could be helped by rising wages and higher labor participation, a largely overlooked data point in the Bureau of Labor Statistics» report.

With headaches like natural disasters, rising wages in China, and a financial domino effect gripping economies around the world — not to mention recession - induced protectionism like U.S. President Barack Obama's jobs bills with their Buy American clauses — have we reached the limits of the global integration that has propelled the world economy since the end of the Cold War?

If it moves too soon to raise rates, the Fed risks choking off early signs of rising wages.

90 days after he was hired as a contract employee at Manitoba, Inc., Jerome was hired as a full - time employee and continues to build new skills on the job, including operating a high - end laser cutting machine, which results in rising wages for him as well.

In an improving economy with low unemployment and steadily rising wages, Cramer wouldn't expect the dollar stores to be doing so well.

At the same time, however, rates have been unable to move down much due to firming global growth and gradually rising wages.

China — a low - cost maker of goods — is falling behind in the global manufacturing race as rising wages and energy costs put pressure on the Asian country, synonymous with making super cheap stuff.

«Mortgage rates remain near historic lows even with recent upticks, and we're seeing rising wages, job growth and construction rates, which continue to make homeownership a compelling and realistic investment for many Americans.»

Our analysis shows that profits can improve even with rising wages — indeed, this is a hallmark of reflationary economic phases, as the chart below shows.

Instead, of rising wages, we've got the lowest real wage growth rate in 40 years:

Even if tomorrow's jobs report shows strong payroll growth and rising wages, there's still plenty wrong with the economy that policy makers need to focus on.

However, couching the discussion in terms of «skills gaps» and rising wages is misguided.

I can think of three reasons why these rising wages are viewed as a problem, though two of them are about perceptions rather than realities.

Instead of higher wages being presented as a good news story we are told that it indicates a «skills gap,» that rising wages will reduce the «competitiveness» of Canadian businesses and that the economy will suffer.

The rising wages, as well as high costs for things such as office space (at a premium because of the rapid growth) could deter business.

Hickey contends the markets were ripe for a sell - off, which was sparked by converging factors including worries that rising wages will spur higher interest rates, pension fund re-balancing and short volatility ETFs blowing up.

Recent U.S. tax cuts that may spur economic growth, the prospect of more government borrowing to fund a widening fiscal deficit, and rising wages, have all pushed up benchmark U.S. Treasury yields to near four year highs.

China's rising wages may be making production more expensive, but decades of supplying the West with manufactured goods has also nurtured a Chinese middle class that wants to buy those baubles for itself.

Meanwhile, rising wages, increased shipping costs and land prices in China have slashed that country's cost advantages for western manufacturers.