Sentences with phrase «start of the recession»

By December 2007, the month the National Bureau of Economic Research later dated the start of the recession, he was arguing there was no recession and that the «Bush boom continues.»

If high commodity prices and Canadians» open wallets pulled the country through the start of the recession, the government's stimulus package will be the «bridge» that gets the country back on the road to growth, says Antunes.

Despite many economic indicators improving since the start of the recession, Canada has a significant long - term unemployment problem that is not improving.

They broke the adult US population up into 13 different age groups, and then projected what the overall labor force participation rate would have been if each of those age groups had the same participation rates that they did in December 2007, right before the start of the recession.

In other words, demographics alone have shaved two percentage points off participation, as the large baby boomer generation started to reach retirement age around the start of the recession.»

«Consumers today want more than just the discounts they've been showered with since the start of the recession,» said Matthew Shay, the federation's president and CEO.

It also mentioned that governments might be inclined to organise referenda to counteract the «perception that the EU is an «elite - driven» project,» as it notes that notion has been lingering since the start of the recession as «voters increasingly associat [e] the EU project with austerity, rather than a source of union and prosperity.»

Financial markets tend to punish overextended firms at the start of a recession.

After the start of the recession in 2008, I wanted to signal to everyone at Facebook that this was a serious year for us.

On the other hand, there were 1.3 million fewer manufacturing jobs in October than there were at the start of the recession (although the sector has added 1 million jobs since bottoming out in early 2010).

By way of comparison, in 2007 — before the start of the recession — 39 percent of new accounts came from these segments.

Stocks dropped an average of about 8 % leading up to the start of each recession so it does appear that investors were prescient by selling before the economy slowed.

Combining the two, a decline in aggregate weekly hours over a 3 - month period typically accompanies the start of a recession.

At present, we don't observe a material slowing, which would normally accompany the start of a recession.

The criteria for the model to signal the start of recessions are given in the original article and repeated in the Appendix.

The model signals the start of a recession when any one of the following three conditions occurs:

Housing reports in the United States showed that single family homes and apartments were created at their highest rates since the start of the recession.

«It ended with the tech bubble in March 2001,» Kolanovic writes, «which marked the low point of equity correlation and start of recession.

Having continued to attract leading global food manufacturers such as Boulder Brands and sustained companies such as Kellogg's, AB Inbev and Unilever throughout the economic downturn, the industry in Wales generates more turnover and employs more people today than it did near the start of the recession.

The number of voluntary quits in 2015 was higher than it has been since the start of the recession in 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Unite has warned of a debt disease as National incomes fell by more than 13 per cent this year compared to the start of the recession four years ago, according the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

DiNapoli said he doesn't think it's the start of another recession or a «crisis,» but said it is a «cautionary signal.»

But the number of jobs that have been lost to unemployment or inactivity since the start of the recession is probably closer to 16 million.

The results of the study suggest that the start of the recession was associated with worse dietary habits and increased BMI and obesity.

But according to the latest figures from the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, New York, «overall state - local government employment is now 2 percent below its level at the start of the recession, while private employment is down 5.8 percent over the same period.»

Hyundai's Assurance program was an instant hit when it launched at the start of the recession in early 2009, giving customers the security of knowing they could return their car in certain cases without a hit on their credit scores.

Since 1917, the Authors League Fund has been helping writers cope with medical expenses and other needs; since the start of recession applications for grants have doubled.

In addition to increased competition, personal loan growth is highly correlated to the low - interest - rate environment that has been in place since the start of the Recession.

Now look at the graph of P / E's at the start of recession - induced bear markets.

The start of another recession would be marked by a peak and significant decline in these indicators.

Debt settlement complaints rising Since the start of the recession, the Better Business Bureau has received more than 3,500 complaints against debt settlement companies.

Financial markets tend to punish overextended firms at the start of a recession.

Today, 62 % of Americans are spending less than they did at the start of the recession.

So far, despite the recession, more jobs have been created for women and there are 90,000 more in the 55 and up bracket working now than at the start of the recession — although some of those jobs may be retirees who were forced to take on part - time work because their portfolios tanked.

As the charts shows, both rates have been cut significantly since the start of the recession, either through open market operations (the federal funds rate) or directly (the discount rate).

Consumer debt across the board is down since the start of the recession, with non-mortgage consumer debt falling more than 5 percent since 2008, according to the Fed.»

Preceding the start of the recession by about a year, the renovation actually may have come at a perfect time.

Aquatics retailers have been facing a torrent of challenges since the start of the recession years ago.

Cats Protection, which takes in and rehomes unwanted cats, has just helped its one millionth cat since 2007 but says that, since the start of the recession, it has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of cat owners asking for help every week.

A story in The New York Times this past June noted, «While demand for other white - collar jobs has grown substantially since the start of the recession, law firms and corporations are finding they can make do with far fewer in - house lawyers than before, squeezing those just starting their careers.»

While there have been some major improvements since the start of the recession two years ago, many people are still struggling to make ends meet.

The report finds the number of children without health insurance declined 20 percent since the start of the recession.

Just more than half (56 per cent) feel their stress level is higher now compared to a year ago and fewer (44 per cent) feel it is harder to be competitive now compared to the start of the recession.

However, 72 per cent of self - employed Canadians said they are not working significantly more hours since the start of the recession.