Sentences with phrase «sluggish wage growth»

Generation X is the most anxious about retirement by far, having weathered the collapse of the dot - com bubble in the early 2000s and the 2008 financial meltdown, as well as sluggish wage growth during their formative adult years.

His list of headwinds included a miserly pace of global business investment, lackluster productivity, sluggish wage growth and too - low inflation.

Sluggish wage growth has been a persistent weak spot in the recovery.

A major source of uncertainty is around consumer spending, which has been under pressure from record - high household debt and sluggish wage growth.

While job creation has been undeniably strong in recent months (an average of 290,000 over the last three months), it's the sluggish wage growth and productivity that appear to be larger issues.

While low rates and sluggish wage growth have allowed profit margins to remain at record levels, large U.S. companies continue to struggle with the competitive headwind caused by a stronger dollar, which has hurt revenues and estimates of third quarter earnings.

And Fannie Mae chief economist Doug Duncan said new - home construction will only reach 1.15 million this year, thanks to 2014's sluggish wage growth.

However, they warned that a sluggish wage growth was holding back a full - fledged recovery.

The departure of investors from the scene should benefit first - time homebuyers, but student debt and sluggish wage growth have slowed that transition.

Student loan debt, sluggish wage growth and a lack of sufficient mortgage liquidity still remain hurdles to greater recovery.

The main risk for the sector is not the new supply, but that sluggish wage growth makes high rents unaffordable to many of the potential tenants.