Sentences with phrase «term jobless»

It is also stronger than the previous Labour government's Future Jobs Fund, which offered six months» work to the long - term jobless.

While this debate has provided fodder for policy wonks, it has not had much influence on Capitol Hill which seems poised to allow federal unemployment benefits to lapse without much of an alternative strategy for getting the long term jobless working again.

Cyclical unemployment left untreated, as Yellen and Bernanke very well know, can turn into so - called structural unemployment, as the long - term jobless see their skills deteriorate and become obsolete or lose touch with the professional networks of colleagues that could help them re-enter the labour market.

Not exact matches

When Bernanke's taper talk caused long - term interest rates to rise much faster than the Fed intended, one of the ways in which the central banks sought to allay market fears was to stress that it would keep short - term rates steady until the jobless rate had reached at least 6.5 %.

Although the National Bureau of Economic Research officially called an end to the Great Recession in mid-2009, the years that followed were characterized by slow and uneven growth, with some analysts using the term «jobless recovery» to describe economic conditions.

All markets will continue to focus on the volatility in the equity and bond markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to this afternoon's FOMC Meeting Statement followed by reports tomorrow on UK PMI, Eurozone PPI, CPI, US Challenger Job Cuts, Productivity, Unit Labor Costs, Jobless Claims, Trade Balance, Markit Services PMI, ISM Services, Durable Goods and Factory Orders for near term direction.

They also vowed to keep short - term interest rates low, at least until the jobless rate hits 6.5 percent or inflation rises above 2.5 percent.

«With long term unemployment already rising sharply, the government can not get away with labelling the long - term unemployed as scroungers when there are more than five jobless chasing every vacancy.

This is a long term bullish sign for the stock market because jobless claims tend to rise before a bear market and recession begins.

The report arrives at that conclusion by comparing short - term unemployed workers who have been jobless for roughly three months or less against long - time unemployed, those who have been jobless for 27 weeks or more.

Long - term unemployment (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) has accounted for more than one - third of the total unemployment since July of 2009.

Other shorter - term factors affecting market fundamentals include cyclical trends, such as broad macroeconomic conditions measured by metrics that include the jobless rate, employment growth, consumer confidence and the velocity of residential home sales.