Sentences with phrase «sector job growth in»

But low interest rates and weak prices have made homeownership more affordable than it's been in decades, the report noted, and several strong months of private - sector job growth in early 2011 are «encouraging signs of a housing market rebound.»

Brooklyn had the fastest rate of private sector job growth in the five boroughs since 2009, at 38 percent, the report found.

Year - over-year private - sector job growth in New York remains stronger downstate than upstate, weaker overall than the U.S. average.

The metro areas with the strongest private sector job growth in January compared to a year ago included the Albany area, New York City, Dutchess - Putnam, Watertown - Fort Drum, and Buffalo Niagara Falls.

Not exact matches

The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.

Canada's resource sector was one of the primary drivers for employment over the past decade, according to Statistics Canada, so a correction in China would also rob this country of a key engine for job growth.

Cohen is also at the center of a huge debate unfolding right now about raising the minimum wage, and the low pay of service workers in the restaurant industry, where employment has increased 72 percent since 1992, compared to job growth of 22 percent in higher - paying private sector employment over the same time period.

«Our calculations have revealed that the 92 firms in our sample had median job growth during this period of negative 0.74 percent, compared to the 6 percent job - growth rate of U.S. private sector firms as a whole,» said the report.

In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the only sector to show year - over-year job growth as of May was education and health services.

Barring an extraordinary pick up in private - sector job growth then, interest rates will likely stay at rock bottom until employment in the government sector has normalized.

Admittedly, 3,000 jobs is peanuts in the U.S. labour market, but, as the chart below shows, the federal layoffs mean that Washington is starting to be a drag on employment growth just as state and local governments are beginning to recover (blue is the federal government; green is state government; red means local government; and private sector employment, excluding farm employees, is orange).

It found that since 1871, technology has created more jobs than it's destroyed, suggesting that job growth in traditionally white - collar fields has more than offset the loss of jobs in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors.

Since July 2009, he found that Canadians aged 60 and over have accounted for about one - third of all net job gains, including sizable growth in the retail sector.

With the collapse of manufacturing many unemployed young workers migrated to Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland for resource - extraction jobs, but employment growth in that sector has now largely evaporated with the falling price of oil.

Both the private sector as well as federal, state and local governments have an important role to play in supporting high growth businesses and job creation.

By 2020, job growth in the sector should have slowed to the point where there are more people looking for work in the field than there are jobs to be filled.

The rise of the service sector in the Canadian economy is a natural process that is leading to high - quality jobs and supporting the return of sustained economic growth, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today.

Governor Stephen S. Poloz discusses how growth in Canada's service sector is leading to high - paying jobs and helping complete the economic recovery.

And, the New T - Mobile plans to invest up to $ 40 billion in its new network and business in the first three years alone, a massive capital outlay that will fuel job growth at the new company and across related sectors.

The results are impressive: for example, jobs in the solar power sector south of our border have been growing ten times faster than national average employment growth, now employing more than 142,000 individuals, with 23,000 of these jobs added in 2013.

The decline reflected a loss of 74,000 public - sector jobs, which was only partly offset by modest growth in private - sector employment and self - employment.

In August, Finance Minister Joe Oliver held a meeting with private sector experts to discuss ways to strengthen economic growth and job creation.

Last week: This week, Gov. Rick Scott announced that the Greater Fort Lauderdale Area added 9,300 new private - sector jobs in the last year, continuing to be among the top 5 Florida metro areas for private - sector growth.

Generally echoing the jingoism of the general media, financial publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and Business Week have chosen to highlight the job growth in one sector - services.

While the state's leisure and hospitality sector is also seeing significant job growth, more than half of Pennsylvania's non-farm payroll jobs exist in its three largest sectors:

In combination, these efforts will stimulate job growth in the health technology sector, and increase the local and global adoption of Ontario - produced innovations.&raquIn combination, these efforts will stimulate job growth in the health technology sector, and increase the local and global adoption of Ontario - produced innovations.&raquin the health technology sector, and increase the local and global adoption of Ontario - produced innovations.»

In his pre-budget consultations he asked Canadians for suggestions on how the Government could «better promote job creation and economic growth» and «what should Canada's priorities be for the short - and long - term to encourage private sector growth and leadership in the economy»In his pre-budget consultations he asked Canadians for suggestions on how the Government could «better promote job creation and economic growth» and «what should Canada's priorities be for the short - and long - term to encourage private sector growth and leadership in the economy»in the economy».

In many cases, these sectors are vastly outpacing the rest of the U.S. economy in growth and job creation, and are generating more jobs per dollar investeIn many cases, these sectors are vastly outpacing the rest of the U.S. economy in growth and job creation, and are generating more jobs per dollar investein growth and job creation, and are generating more jobs per dollar invested.

It's highly likely that population growth has slowed in energy - producing areas since July 2015: more recent jobs data have shown that falling oil prices hurt energy - sector employment.

The tech sector in New York City is booming, adding 25,000 jobs between 2009 and 2013, at a growth rate of 33 percent.

Although job creation in the services sector expanded to its highest level in 19 months, new orders registered the slowest growth since August 2016.

While that plan has been in place, B.C. has had Canada's second worst private sector job growth.

From TD Securities» Millan Mulraine: Labor market underperformance: The small business sector has generally been a key source of employment growth in the US economy, accounting for close to 55 % of all the private sector jobs created between mid-2003 and the beginning of the last recession.

A number of skeptical analysts have used job growth in the lower - wage «leisure and hospitality» sector to support their arguments that the labor market is merely optically healthy.

The net result could well be lower levels of hiring in strong areas of jobs growth, such as the leisure and hospitality sectors.

Job and wage growth in Oregon's tech sector has slowed considerably, and the industry's share of the state's employment market is...

That's good news for job seekers in the current economic environment, because the healthcare industry is expected to be the highest growth sector in the next decade.

Could the contrast be any greater between Romney, who looted American companies and shipped their jobs overseas, only pays taxes at a 13 % rate, stashes his money in the Cayman Islands to avoid U.S. taxes, and President Obama who saved GM and created 30 straight months of private sector job growth?

The vaunted growth in the service sector consists, in large part, of jobs that are at or near minimum wage; and real wages in general have been declining for some time.

The American people will be turning out in record numbers to retain in office the man who has presided over 30 straight months of private sector job growth, the saving of the American auto industry and the elimination of the head of the organization that launched the most deadly attack on our soil.

«In developing countries, growth without job creation means long working hours combined with very low pay for hundreds of millions of persons employed in low productivity jobs in agriculture or the informal sector.&raquIn developing countries, growth without job creation means long working hours combined with very low pay for hundreds of millions of persons employed in low productivity jobs in agriculture or the informal sector.&raquin low productivity jobs in agriculture or the informal sector.&raquin agriculture or the informal sector.»

Earlier this year, Alan Winde, the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism, emphasised the importance of the agricultural sector — specifically agri - processing — in driving growth and job creation in South Africa.

The capex program — unveiled by outgoing Coles managing director Ian McLeod in Canberra on Wednesday — represents an acceleration of Coles's expansion plans and confirms the role of the retail sector as a significant source of jobs growth.

the contribution of agriculture to regional centres and communities, including ways to boost investment and jobs growth in the sector and associated regional areas;

«Food and grocery processing makes up almost one - third of Australia's manufacturing sector and it is encouraging to see growth in both industry turnover and jobs,» said Mr Dawson.

Part of the problem with growth in the service sector is that those jobs are stinky for anyone.

Growth is expected in service - sector jobs that have been dominated by women and characterized by low wages and non-traditional work shifts.

Dr Bawumia recalled the record of the Kufuor - led NPP Administration which reduced corporate taxes to stimulate the private sector and create growth, which caused an increase in government revenue, and reiterated the pledge by the NPP to introduce more of such policies to create growth and jobs and further revive the economy.

The growth in jobs has been an astonishing - 11 % in the chemicals sector and 10 % in the pharmaceutical industry

To this end, Mr Akufo - Addo noted that the raft of tax cuts and incentives introduced to stimulate the growth of the private sector has resulted in $ 1billion of revenue taken away from the exchequer, so private sector operatives use that money to grow their businesses and create jobs for the youth.