Sentences with phrase «wage gains in»

Teaching and educational professionals experienced a 7 % decline in real wages since 2011, outpacing real wage gains in 2002 - 6 and no change across 2007 - 10.

Looking forward, I expect to see stronger wage gains in the near future, given the wage improvement that has been displayed by other indicators in recent quarters, such as the Employment Cost Index (ECI).

Healthcare is cannibalizing every other industry and has eaten up basically all wage gains in the past ~ 30 - 40 years — largely cuz we don't ration, have any kinda cost controls, and force everyone to pay for a fat - tail via high premiums.

Not exact matches

Despite robust job growth, wage gains so far in 2015 have amounted to a measly 2.2 %.

«Strong economic momentum and accelerating price and wage gains should lead to three more Fed rate hikes this year,» Kathy Bostjancic, head of U.S. macro investor services at Oxford Economics USA, wrote in response to the survey.

Procter & Gamble (pg) waged a number of battles last year with activist investor Nelson Peltz, who succeeded in gaining a board seat after months of fighting.

That could, in part, reflect lingering concerns over sluggish wage and price gains.

What these charts show is the share of the GDP going to wages / salaries is in a long - term decline: gains in GDP are flowing not to wage - earners but to shareholders and owners, and through their higher taxes, to the government.

WASHINGTON — Because of substantial wage growth, bonuses, and other positive economic factors, the Republican tax law is gaining in popularity with the American public after initially negative reviews, which is becoming a problem for Democrats looking to run on a cohesive economic message in 2018.

If the upcoming U.S. jobs data shows gains in wage rises, that would propel the dollar higher,» said Shinichiro Kadota, senior currency strategist at Barclays Capital in Tokyo.

U.S. employers added the largest number of workers in nearly three years in November and wage gains picked up, a sign of economic strength that could draw the Federal Reserve closer to raising interest rates.

The rise in house prices is outstripping wage gains.

U.S. employers added the largest number of workers in nearly three years in November and wage gains picked up.

These are not a surprise in the context of multiple structural headwinds including lackluster real wage growth, rising healthcare expenditures and unequal distribution of economic gains.»

Indeed, the 10 - year Treasury yield hit a four - year high on Friday after the latest monthly U.S. jobs report showed solid wage gains, effectively confirming an expected rate increase at the Federal Reserves next meeting, in March.

Economists had said January's wage gains might have been a one - time jump, fueled by increases in the minimum wage that kicked in at the start of the year in several states, as well as raises spurred by tax cuts enacted at the end of 2017.

The U.S. economy probably added 185,000 jobs in March while wage gains accelerated, a survey of economists showed, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's case for continuing to increase interest rates gradually to keep inflation from overheating while keeping unemployment low.

«To have the lack of more substantial wage gains at this point probably helps to alleviate some of the immediacy on the four - interest - rate - hikes - in - 2018 question,» said Hamrick, the Bankrate.com analyst.

-- many of us noted that the wage gains of the 80 % of the workforce that's blue - collar production workers or non-mangers in service jobs went up only 2.4 % (call this the PNS wage, for production, non-supervisory).

The longer - term trend for job creation in 2015 has been fairly robust, even if wage gains have been disappointing.

That said, there's just no story right now, at least in the actual data (as opposed to expectations), of an overly tight job market leading to inflationary wage gains.

If that doesn't happen, the extent to which wage inequality remains embedded in our economy and labor market means that these recent gains are likely be short - lived.

U.S. wage gains are feeding higher inflation and solid consumer spending, supporting profits in the face of rising labor costs.

Our starting point has always been that the imposition of the GST should not have an effect on wages because wage - earners will gain more from the accompanying fall in income tax rates than they will lose from the introduction of the GST.

If wage negotiations, for example, were to build in current low expected price increases — of the order of 2 to 3 per cent — that kind of behaviour would clearly produce better national outcomes than if larger increases (not backed by genuine productivity gains) were pursued and granted, only to be followed by a tightening of policy.

Meanwhile, the U.S. job market showed strength with much greater - than - expected job gains for February, eclipsing ongoing weaknesses in wage and workforce growth.

When German institutions — government, businesses and labor unions — negotiated among themselves at the turn of the century a sharp reduction in wage growth for its workers, they were obviously attempting to reduce German's high domestic unemployment by gaining trade competitiveness.

Unions negotiated wage and benefit increases in line with growing productivity, and these gains gradually spread to non-union workplaces.

[158] Other causes include the rise in non-cash benefits as a share of worker compensation (which aren't counted in CPS income data), immigrants entering the labor force, statistical distortions including the use of different inflation adjusters by the BLS and CPS, productivity gains being skewed toward less labor - intensive sectors, income shifting from labor to capital, a skill gap - driven wage disparity, productivity being falsely inflated by hidden technology - driven depreciation increases and import price measurement problems, and / or a natural period of adjustment following an income surge during aberrational postwar circumstances.

It began after the government reported Friday that average wage gains, which have been lackluster for years, had surged 2.9 percent in the 12 months that ended in January.

The report also showed corporate profits rose at the slowest pace in more than three years and smaller wage gains at the end of 2011.

Average weekly wage at private employers in Los Angeles and Orange counties rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months ended in February vs. 1.8 percent annualized gain the previous five years.

Columbus, OH - Despite a surprising slowdown in household growth at the end of 2015, the outlook for the U.S. housing market remains upbeat thanks to solid housing demand driven by continued job growth and incipient wage gains.

Despite the weakness in manufacturing payrolls (a loss of 36,000 jobs in goods - producing sectors in May) that accompanies this secular shift, labor market tightness has allowed for some moderate wage gains and further declines in the unemployment rate, beyond the influence of the declining participation rate.

Although most indicators of wage pressure remained firm in the September quarter, there was only limited evidence to suggest that these pressures were gaining economy - wide momentum.

Productivity gains have been weak, the participation rate (meaning the percentage of the labor force in employment) declined to 62.6 % in June — the lowest level since 1977 — and hourly wage growth was flat in the same month.

In many cities, home - price gains have outpaced wage and income growth over the last couple of years, and this kind of trend can lead to housing affordability issues.

As a wage - earning resident of the state, expect to pay 5.1 % in earned income as well as unearned income (interest, dividends and capital gains).

Despite the weakness in manufacturing payrolls (a loss of 36,000 jobs in goods - producing sectors in May) that accompanies this secular shift, labour market tightness has allowed for some moderate wage gains and further declines in the unemployment rate, beyond the influence of the declining participation rate.

Watching to see whether or not QE helps the Euro Zone get back on its feet, whether China can continue above trend growth, and whether job gains in the US lead to solid wage gains are all clues to watch closely going forward.

Those figures show that wage gains have been a bit more brisk in low - paying sectors such as leisure and hospitality.

Recent outcomes were similar in the public and private sectors, after a period in which public sector EBAs had delivered higher wage gains than in the private sector.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. employers added the largest number of workers in nearly three years in November and wage gains picked up, a sign of economic strength that could draw the Federal Reserve closer to raising interest rates.

A short while ago the Blackstone hedge fund's co-founder, Stephen Schwarzman, characterized the attempt to tax short - term arbitrage trading gains at the same rate that wage - earners pay as analogous to Adolph Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939.

The WCI suggests that the education sector experienced the largest wage increases over the year to the June quarter 2003, while the smallest gains were in the communications sector.

Furthermore, most of the nominal wage gains are concentrated in the upper 20 % of the workforce.

First quarter hourly compensation rose 3.4 % after a 2.4 % gain in the previous quarter, but real hourly compensation still fell 0.1 % after a 0.8 % decline in the fourth quarter, showing wage growth is still being outpaced by inflation.

In many U.S. cities, home - price gains over the last few years have outpaced wage and income growth by a wide margin.

Much of the debate about slack, the drop in unemployment to 16 - year lows and wage gains goes to the heart of the Phillips Curve — a model developed in 1950s by New Zealand economist William Phillips to determine the inverse relationship between the unemployment rate and inflation.

Two of these — «Flower of Purity» and «Gentle Guide of Youth» — are especially relevant to our current theme In the Novena he composed in preparation for the Feast of St Philip, Cardinal Newman wrote: «Philip, well knowing the pleasure God takes in cleanness of heart, had no sooner come to years of discretion, and to the power of distinguishing between good and evil, than he set himself to wage war against the evils and suggestions of his enemy, and never rested till he had gained the victorIn the Novena he composed in preparation for the Feast of St Philip, Cardinal Newman wrote: «Philip, well knowing the pleasure God takes in cleanness of heart, had no sooner come to years of discretion, and to the power of distinguishing between good and evil, than he set himself to wage war against the evils and suggestions of his enemy, and never rested till he had gained the victorin preparation for the Feast of St Philip, Cardinal Newman wrote: «Philip, well knowing the pleasure God takes in cleanness of heart, had no sooner come to years of discretion, and to the power of distinguishing between good and evil, than he set himself to wage war against the evils and suggestions of his enemy, and never rested till he had gained the victorin cleanness of heart, had no sooner come to years of discretion, and to the power of distinguishing between good and evil, than he set himself to wage war against the evils and suggestions of his enemy, and never rested till he had gained the victory.