Sentences with phrase «stagnant income in»

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The income of those at the top of the economic scale continues to rise, while the income of many of those in the middle or bottom has remained stagnant or even declined.

«In both the UK and the U.S., median incomes have been stagnant for decades,» he notes.

Take that funding away and the market settles back into something more closely aligned with the underlying reality — the one of high unemployment / underemployment, high oil prices, stagnant middle - and lower - class incomes, unprecedented wealth concentration in the upper class, demolished savers, under - investment in capital, and an ongoing transition to a low - wage service economy hard - pressed to service debt.

Economists can debate precisely why so many people have taken it in the teeth in recent decades, but it's clear that years of stagnant or dropping incomes have taken a toll on their ability to get ahead.

She argued that for a generation, America's middle class had been caught in a vise of stagnant incomes and rising expenses.

Stagnant wage growth isn't just a problem for those at the bottom of the salary scales: middle - class family incomes are slightly lower now than they were in the 1970s.

In the ensuing meltdown, consumers face piles of bills, stagnant or falling incomes, and shrinking nest eggs.

Pfeffer wonders if stagnant incomes have led to people «consuming out of their assets» — in other words, spending what they've accumulated to make ends meet.

Still, Skyrocketing college costs, cuts to public funding for higher education, stagnant incomes and the growth in the college - going population are largely to blame for the uptick in outstanding student loans over the past decade.

We decided to take a look at the long - term trends in home prices in comparison to income and found that incomes have been stagnant since the early 1970s, while home prices have risen dramatically in comparison.

All the Main Street got was less purchasing power for everything while incomes were mainly stagnant — less purchasing power for rents, education, houses and health care; food also went up in price.

Tura et al (2013) stated that although promising progress has been made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal four through substantial reduction in under - five mortality, the decline in neonatal mortality remains stagnant, mainly in the middle and low - income countries.

The City will leverage Project - Based Section 8 vouchers to make housing affordable to those seniors whose income remains stagnant or declines over time, and will continue to push for expanding income eligibility in the SCRIE program.

In 2004, County contributions comprised more than 85 % of the Library's operating and materials budgets with the balance made up of State operating aid, which has remained relatively stagnant, as well as library fines, fees and related income.

De Blasio and city officials have said broadly that one of the most significant drivers of the increase in homelessness citywide has been income inequality, writ large: stagnant wages for workers combined with rising rents over the past decade.

Rising healthcare and operational costs are outpacing fixed or stagnant income from New York state and other sources, Centro Executive Director Frank Kobliski told state lawmakers in Albany today.

Despite the steady rise in the cost of living in New York City, the income threshold for these programs have remained at a stagnant $ 29,000 since 2006.

This will in part be a response to economic and societal pressures such as stagnant incomes and more young people living at home.

With stagnant wages, student loans and other debt, and high rents in urban areas where the jobs are, many low - to middle - income Millennials (36 - years - old and younger) are struggling to save their way to home ownership.

Stagnant incomes mean less disposable income, and as a result the TV you could afford to buy in cash outright a few years ago might not be in your budget today.

And in a world of anaemic GDP growth & stagnant consumer incomes, stocks which offer the promise of predictable and / or accelerated growth can be priced even more stratospherically.

I have no doubt that much of the current concern over immigration in recent years stems from stagnant real incomes over those years.

Indeed, families acted to maintain their standard of living in the face of stagnant and falling wages, earnings, and incomes during the 1970s and 1980s by having fewer children and sending both parents into the workforce, a strategy that undoubtedly has increased the stress on low - income two - parent families (Levy, 1988), and that contributed to the rise in out - of - wedlock births as a proportion of all births.

And, as the cost of living continues to rise while incomes remain stagnant, many people find that they are incurring a rising debt in an effort to maintain their life style.

These numbers suggest that, in an era of stagnant incomes and wage inequality, millennials put homeownership on hold while they worked to first ensure their financial security through education and career development.

A separate report tracking how consumers feel had estimated that their sentiment rose in December, reaching the highest level in six months, but remained relatively low on concerns about stagnant incomes.

Now... I realize that not ALL of these 50,000 AMZ jobs will be injected into the Raleigh economy in one year, but if it takes two years, thats roughly an 11 % increase and three years 7.6 % (holding local area income stagnant over that time frame, which it wouldn't be)

«For all the concern about income inequality and stagnant wages, the economy overall is generating a lot of income for people,» says Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Union Bank in New York.

Tucson's job growth remained relatively stagnant the past five years with median household income in the metro area 15.5 % below that of the U. S. Several recent, high - profile jobs announcements included hundreds of highly - skilled and highly - compensated positions.

Stagnant incomes and constrained credit have had greater impacts on homeownership rates since the end of the housing boom than long - term demographic changes, and will likely continue to drive homeownership trends in the near future.»

Rentals will not necessarily benefit in the most expensive, desirable urban locations; supply growth in multifamily housing counterbalances demand, and stagnant income levels constrain rent growth.