Sentences with phrase «seen in the labor market»

He added that more gains could be seen in the labor market without triggering harmful levels of inflation.

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An increase in the number of people quitting their jobs is generally seen as a positive for the health of the labor market, as it suggests those people are confident they can find a new job.

«I don't see raising the target range for the fed funds rate above its current low level in 2015 as being consistent with the pursuit of the kind of labor market outcomes that we are charged with delivering,» he said.

«If you see a few more months of improvement of this magnitude, it is a clear sign that the labor market is tightening and is poised to break out next year,» said Ryan Sweet, senior economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

«We will know the labor market is getting tight when we do see a more meaningful upward move in wages,» Powell said in response to a reporter's question as to whether he was satisfied with the pace of wage growth, which remains lackluster by most accounts.

«Since then, what we've seen is incoming data that suggests a strengthening in the economy and continuing strength in the labor market.

The state's labor market is also suffering: The November 2015 unemployment rate of 6.5 % was the third highest in the country, and West Virginia was one of only five states to see a drop in nonfarm payroll employment between November 2014 and November 2015, with a 1.4 % decline.

The Fed statement said: «The Committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate when it has seen some further improvement in the labor market and is reasonably confident that inflation will move back to its 2 percent objective over the medium term.»

He said policymakers have «painted themselves in a bit of a corner, waiting to see a significant improvement in the labor market.»

With respect to the labor market, participants saw continued stretching in labor demand, but few cited any evidence of a pickup in wages, except for scattered increases in wages of unskilled workers.

Officials said at the last Fed meeting, in July, that they wanted to see «some further improvement» in labor markets.

ER: Federal Reserve staff forecasts, like those of the bulk of private forecasters, see the labor market tightening considerably over the next three years — and this is the case even assuming more rate increases than are currently anticipated by market participants and reflected in market rates.

Referring to the wild swings in the stock market that occurred earlier this month, Powell said the Fed does «not see these developments as weighing heavily on the outlook for economic activity, the labor market and inflation.»

Moreover, to support a stronger economic recovery, the FOMC is purchasing long - term Treasury securities at a rate of $ 45 billion per month and agency mortgage - backed securities (MBS) at a rate of $ 40 billion per month, and will continue purchasing assets until it sees substantial improvement in the outlook for the labor market, conditional on ongoing assessment of benefits and costs.

As a consequence, we have seen only modest improvement in the U.S. labor market.

In terms of the labor market, we have seen only a moderate improvement in labor market conditions over the past six months or sIn terms of the labor market, we have seen only a moderate improvement in labor market conditions over the past six months or sin labor market conditions over the past six months or so.

In support of this hypothesis, we saw that places with less - effective labor markets for CEOs were typically associated with a greater disparity in the performance of firms run by managers, relative to firms run by leaderIn support of this hypothesis, we saw that places with less - effective labor markets for CEOs were typically associated with a greater disparity in the performance of firms run by managers, relative to firms run by leaderin the performance of firms run by managers, relative to firms run by leaders.

Until we see more pro-growth stimulus and structural reforms (especially in the labor market), we think QE will serve more as an economic stabilizer than a solution for Europe's chronically slow growth.

The second thing is that the unemployment rate especially and labor markets in general are moving toward something that is closer to full employment than we've seen in a long time.

So will 2013 be another year of painfully slow and steady improvement in the employment situation, or will we finally start seeing life in the labor market that will put a serious dent in our unemployment crisis?

«We've seen continuing strength in the labor market, we've seen some data that will — in my case — add some confidence to my view that inflation is moving up to target,» Powell added.

As usual, the Fed chair hedged her bets somewhat, saying she wanted to see further improvement in labor market conditions and greater confidence that inflation would move back up to 2 % in the next few years, but, based on current trends, it seems that small, incremental hikes in base interest rates are looming on the horizon.

Despite their insistence on a tragic end to this story, we really haven't seen a meaningful level of economic slowdown from recent data releases, especially those in the labor and housing markets.

«We have seen meaningful progress in the labor market,» Ms. Yellen said.

We have yet to see this play out — jobs growth has been steady for 72 straight months, jobless claims have been falling and confidence in the labor market is at a nine - year high — but the divergence between profits and employment is something to keep an eye on.

Additionally, most FOMC participants also saw relatively low risks of unwanted increase in inflationary pressures amid tighter labor market conditions, and there are signs that the risk management argument (asymmetrical risk with policy rate near effective lower bound) is gaining traction as well.

In deciding when to hike rates, the Fed repeated that it wanted to see «some further improvement in the labor market,» and be «reasonably confident» that inflation will increasIn deciding when to hike rates, the Fed repeated that it wanted to see «some further improvement in the labor market,» and be «reasonably confident» that inflation will increasin the labor market,» and be «reasonably confident» that inflation will increase.

We see the Fed pushing ahead with a rate rise later in the year given a strong labor market and steady above - trend economic expansion, reflecting Fed Chair Janet Yellen's comments last week that rate normalization should proceed.

Whatever the specific reforms — and we would expect a period of experiment to see what forms are most effective — the major benefit in the democratization of the economy would be to limit the harshness of the labor market, to give everyone who works a stake in the enterprise he or she works in and even in the economy at large, thus reducing both the anxiety and the cynicism that are rampant in our present economic life.

By having the ability to see a patient from the initial on - set of injury to return to activity ATs have been shown to reduce time lost due to injury in not only the recreational arena but the labor market too.

Recent reports from the National Academies see no break in the clouds over the scientific labor market

In a well - functioning labor market, one would see considerable movement of workers from areas of contracting demand to areas in which demand is increasinIn a well - functioning labor market, one would see considerable movement of workers from areas of contracting demand to areas in which demand is increasinin which demand is increasing.

And, even with small effects on the non-poor, shouldn't we have seen fairly dramatic improvements in overall educational and labor market outcomes?

It is well known that schools serving disadvantaged students are at a competitive disadvantage in the labor market (see «The Revolving Door,» research, Winter 2004).

Plus, Ch Finn calls us «marriage wreckers» we are mostly women... as in the home health care labor market — mostly female so I see it as the war on women — the oldest war in the universe.

In the labor market, the past decades have seen increasingly tenuous employment and job growth concentrated in work that does not offer clear pathways to advancemenIn the labor market, the past decades have seen increasingly tenuous employment and job growth concentrated in work that does not offer clear pathways to advancemenin work that does not offer clear pathways to advancement.

Taking into account the extent of federal fiscal retrenchment, the Committee sees the improvement in economic activity and labor market conditions since it began its asset purchase program a year ago as consistent with growing underlying strength in the broader economy.

Taking into account the extent of federal fiscal retrenchment over the past year, the Committee sees the improvement in economic activity and labor market conditions since it began its asset purchase program as consistent with growing underlying strength in the broader economy.

«I think we have been aggressive to try and keep the economy growing, and we are seeing progress in the labor market,» Bernanke said.

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July September indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and growth of economic activity has picked up from the modest pace seen in the first half of thisMarket Committee met in July September indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and growth of economic activity has picked up from the modest pace seen in the first half of thismarket has continued to strengthen and growth of economic activity has picked up from the modest pace seen in the first half of this year.

Taking into account the extent of federal fiscal retrenchment since the inception of its current asset purchase program, the Committee continues to see the improvement in economic activity and labor market conditions over that period as consistent with growing underlying strength in the broader economy.

If you compare the average number of jobs per year that the Bureau of Labor and Statistics thinks a particular state market will add to the average yearly number of law school grads in that same state, you can see which states are overproducing.

Step 3: Explore Other Personal and Labor - Market Factors in the Career Decision Veteran students should also look at their own talents, skills, experience and interests — beyond their military service — to see what careers might be a good match.

While we've seen a glimmer of hope in recent US Department Of Labor numbers, we're still in the middle of a lousy job market... the most competitive in our lifetimes.

While many question where the labor markets are going in 2016, people continue to change jobs and see a better environment.

You've received your diploma and entered the job market, but as a recent grad, you may not be seeing the fruits of your labor resulting in a job offer.

In addition to linking directly to state websites for labor market information, look again at OOH's «Job outlook» entry for teacher you'll see under «Employment Change»: «Fast - growing States in the South and West — led by Nevada, Arizona, Texas, and Georgia — will experience the largest enrollment increaseIn addition to linking directly to state websites for labor market information, look again at OOH's «Job outlook» entry for teacher you'll see under «Employment Change»: «Fast - growing States in the South and West — led by Nevada, Arizona, Texas, and Georgia — will experience the largest enrollment increasein the South and West — led by Nevada, Arizona, Texas, and Georgia — will experience the largest enrollment increases.

A growing skills - gap has converged with an aggressive investment environment to produce a candidate - driven labor market veteran human resource practitioners haven't seen in decades.

The correlation with main occupation during childhood is probably high, though, but some studies indicate that men's and women's positions in the labor market change in conjunction with divorce and separation (see e.g., Evertsson 2001).

Despite these negative indicators, we now see early signs of recovery in the labor market.