Not exact matches
Growth
in the all - important US services sector
slowed for a third straight month
in April, according to a closely watched survey, as optimism over the state of the American economy is tempered by concerns over
labour shortage and rising input
costs.
Weak economic conditions
in the past couple of years have seen growth
in labour costs slow to 2 1/2 per cent over the year to the December quarter, from 3 1/2 per cent a year earlier.
In turn, slower growth in labour costs is having a beneficial effect on international competitivenes
In turn,
slower growth
in labour costs is having a beneficial effect on international competitivenes
in labour costs is having a beneficial effect on international competitiveness.
The
slowing in wage growth across all industries has meant that firms have experienced relatively
slow growth
in their
labour costs.
Core inflation has drifted higher over the past year, as
slowing productivity growth has pushed up growth
in unit
labour costs, albeit from a very low level.
The latest NAB business survey shows total
labour costs increasing at close to their fastest pace of the past five years, although still considerably
slower than
in the mid 1990s.
Remove that many workers from the
labour pool and you create a
labour shortage, which could prompt businesses to contract and
slow down
in order to fend - off the quickly rising
cost of wages.
While surviving the declined
labour productivity
in the last two quarters, the first quarter statistics revealed a modest but hopeful increase by 0.3 % for Canadian businesses, with a decrease
in costs by 1.8 %, attributed
in some way to the slight, but
slowed growth
in hourly compensation.