«Despite consistent and
robust job growth in recent months, consumer attitudes toward housing remained cautious in the final month of 2014,» says Doug Duncan, senior vice president and chief economist at Fannie Mae.
Not exact matches
Despite
robust job growth, wage gains so far
in 2015 have amounted to a measly 2.2 %.
Apartment
growth is already
robust, with 4,000 units
in the planning stages, and
job growth in professional services and technology is helping to fill more and more housing.
«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.»
«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.
Job growth for December and January was revised up by a total of 54,000 positions, meaning the economy has added a
robust average of 242,000
jobs in the last three months.
Higher taxes and (most likely) less government spending will surely take a bite out the economy and hiring this year, but there are still a few reasons to be optimistic that the economy and
job growth will be more
robust in 2013 than 2012:
The recently published minute of the Fed's meeting last month showed some members of the policy committee have argued for raising interest rates more quickly
in coming months because of strong economic
growth, a
robust job market and rising inflation, which last month exceeded the Fed's target of 2 percent.
Recent reports, including surprisingly
robust February
job growth, indicate the recovery is continuing at least at the pace it was
in December when the Fed announced it would gradually scale back its monthly $ 85 billion
in bond purchases.
In 2016, double - digit
job growth is expected to continue with another 1,000 additional
jobs created as a result of the state's
robust solar project pipeline.
When considering changes to labour and employment standards legislation, BC policy - makers need to be mindful of the cost impact on employers, pay attention to developments
in other jurisdictions, and avoid taking actions that could jeopardize the strong economic
growth and
robust job creation the province has enjoyed
in recent years.
«Our July Employment Outlook report shows very solid
growth in the U.S
job market, with a 10.6 % surge
in job openings over the past month and a
robust 34.7 % increase compared to the same time last year,» said James Beriker, President and CEO of Simply Hired.
Online
job postings suggest an even more
robust growth in MA employment than the BLS.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics anticipates a
robust 21 percent
job growth for medical billing clerks
in the decade between 2010 and 2020.
«By historical standards, however, the apartment market is still strong, especially
in some coastal areas and regions of
robust job growth, like Texas.
«The jump
in optimism to start the year can be attributed to the
robust job creation
in most of the country, as well as the larger paychecks households are enjoying because of faster wage
growth and the recent tax cuts,» says Yun.
«
Job growth in most of the country continues to carry on at a
robust level and is starting to slowly push up wages, which is
in turn giving households added assurance that now is a good time to buy a home,» says Lawrence Yun, chief economist of NAR.
While purchases may have been restrained by a temporary slowdown
in individual tax refunds,
robust confidence, healthy
job growth and steady incomes may provide some fuel for a recovery
in spending.
«The overall recovery has been more
robust in some markets, especially on the West Coast, with fast home value appreciation, strong
job growth and solid income gains,» says Dr. Svenja Gudell, Zillow's chief economist.
«The jump
in optimism to start the year can be attributed to the
robust job creation
in most of the country, as well as the larger paychecks households are enjoying because of faster wage
growth and the recent tax cuts,» said Yun.
Nonetheless, the recent average monthly employment gain stands at 200,000
jobs, so a pickup
in GDP should lead to more
robust job growth.
«The jump
in optimism to start the year can be attributed to the
robust job creation
in most of the country, as well as the larger paychecks households are enjoying because of faster wage
growth and the recent tax cuts,» Yun says.
Keschl acknowledges that the consumer remains worried about debt overhang and less than
robust job growth, but over the past five years, the industry has gotten used to operating
in this new normal mode, he notes.
But the
robust pipeline activity
in big
job growth Texas markets — Dallas, Houston and Austin — will hardly move the needle on the overall ratio.