Sentences with phrase «wage pressures for»

Though the second - quarter bounce back is dampening wage pressure for now, the weak trend in productivity suggests the economy's growth potential could be lower than the 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent pace that economists have been estimating.

Based on the latest Hays Global Skills Index, Canada's talent mismatch is worse in 2015 than it was in 2014, largely based on a lack of skilled people entering the workforce, resulting in wage pressure for skilled jobs.

Not exact matches

You may see inflation remain below target, you may see a lack of wage pressures, and you could be in a relatively steady state like that for some time possibly.

We should not fear but rather embrace upward wage pressures as a positive development that raises the standard of living for Canadians.

Vanguard says investors should pay more attention to low unemployment rates than GDP growth at this stage of the cycle for prospects of either higher spending for capital expenditures or wage pressures.

But it has shown several years of strong wage growth, and demand for qualified candidates is growing, which should put upward pressure on salaries in the coming years.

The Reserve Bank of Australia said it saw signs of wage pressures in the economy, setting the stage for a rate hike later this year, says Paul Bloxham of HSBC.

It's a demanding ethos that sometimes comes at a cost: Nordstrom has faced at least one class - action suit for allegedly pressuring salespeople not to charge their hourly wage for some customer - service - related work.

Despite heavy spending by a handful of top universities for the most talented, grant - winning researchers, most schools aren't seeing big wage pressures, largely because teaching jobs are in high demand.

The slowdown in job growth and the absence of any significant wage pressure could strengthen the arguments of those who see little risk in keeping borrowing costs exceptionally low and waiting not just for more encouraging data but also for unruly markets to settle down.

When critics like Brian Riedl, the campaign economist for the presidential campaigns of Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio, fret that offering everyone a good job will lead to «pressure to introduce a higher wage or certain benefits that the private sector doesn't offer,» proponents say: Yeah, it will; that's exactly the point.

We have seen in our own case how liberalisation of financial markets has led to pressures to liberalise product markets (through ongoing tariff reductions and other forms), to bring more competition in the provision of infrastructures (such as transport, communications and power generation), and to free up the labour market (through, for example, enterprise - based wage bargaining).

Pockets of weakness persist for some less advantaged groups and in some parts of the country, a point Chair Yellen herself recently made, and even nationally, there's not all that much wage pressure.

-- It's reasonable to worry that rising wage growth amidst slow productivity could create price pressures (though the previous bullet describes a pressure value for that scenario).

If the Fed were to continue hiking rates based on the current low rate of productivity growth for fear that inflation would accelerate, that would tend to keep productivity growth permanently depressed by preventing wage pressures from pushing businesses to investment in productivity boosting technologies.

In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).

Slowing underlying wage growth means that there is more pressure for downward adjustments that are facilitated by inflation.

A slowly rising rate cycle in the face of full employment and modest wage pressure isn't the worst environment for fixed income.

The stronger yen has been threatening weaker profits for exporters, leading to downward pressure on wage negotiations typically conducted in spring ahead of the new fiscal year starting in April.

In contrast, more broadly based business survey data for the December quarter suggest that wage pressures have not increased significantly.

Given these conditions, a key issue for the Australian economy will be the extent to which the ongoing growth of demand might give rise to capacity constraints and, consequently, upward pressure on wage and price inflation.

Wage pressures remain muted as hopes for sustained faster growth fade, given that pro-growth policies from Washington are looking less likely by the day.

The jobs data will be scrutinized closely for more clues about wage pressures and signs of inflation.

But recently, new minimum - wage laws and a tight labor market have pushed up wages for the poorest workers, squeezing retailers who are already under pressure from Amazon.

More recently, wage growth has shown signs of stabilisation, with growth in the private sector wage price index unchanged for the past six quarters, while a broader measure of wage pressures, the growth in average earnings per hour, has picked up of late.

CITI: Given continued soft inflation readings, average hourly earnings (AHE) remains the focus of the payrolls report as markets look for evidence that wage pressures are building.

In addition, certainty and predictability are crucial for our business community when it comes to government - imposed wage pressures.

Also, the need for interest rates to rise will be lessened to the extent that inflation expectations remain well anchored and wage pressures in stronger parts of the economy do not spill over to other parts.

The usual arguments from the far right («we can not afford this,» they say, or «if you pay people for not working, people won't work») join with those on the far left («this is just a way to reduce pressures on the minimum wage or cut back all the other programmes that are vital») are mutually reinforcing, even though they're largely inaccurate.

SCHNEIDER: The number one metric and this gets back into my comments about optionality for the Fed, but the number one metric that the Fed is going to be focused on is the tightness of the job market and wage pressures on the go - forward basis, so sure inflation — headline inflation has perked up a little bit.

Once that sort of financing dries up for the consumer, we will see significant wage pressure.»

Why don't you stop bullying the LEAST capable and start putting pressure on the MOST capable of actually making a change... and don't tell me there is no margin for investment, job creation, or wage increase — that would simply be a LIE (which, is in fact, a sin).

FPA surveys indicated members saw labor as a key issue for converters, specifically, most manufacturers cited their difficulty in finding skilled, qualified labor while others cited trouble keeping talented staff, problems with turnover, wage pressure, and the lengthy period needed to train qualified operators.

Ozil — obviously this player has some superior skills but his posturing is hard to swallow when things aren't going well... love his link up play with Sanchez, so just imagine if Wenger gave a shit about the Striker or right forward positions... I feel a bit for him because he was liekwise given promises about our direction and they never materialized; that being said he needs to grow up sometimes and find a way to handle the pressure a little better... I wouldn't get carried away about locking him into a much higher wage for any length of time if we aren't planning to properly revamp the current club

Ideally I would sell him due to his horrendous injury record, already have enough for English quota, it relieves pressure on our wage bill and that he is replaceable with better players out there.

In part because human capital in these high quality sectors is deep and specific, so needs to be used to the full in exporting; in part because there are typically strong positive externalities to training and innovation systems from increased exports; in part because a tight fiscal policy constrains wage demands in the public sector from undermining restraint of export sector unions: these countries, as well as Japan and China for similar reasons, want no constraints on their exports through macroeconomic regulatory rules pressuring them to expand consumer demand.

Skelos in the past hasn't ruled out passing other measures as well, but with wide support for the minimum wage increase reflected in polls and the Assembly's passage of the bill today, the political pressure on the 32 - member conference has intensified.

For example, many UK employers have become accustomed to the flexible supply of EU workers in low - wage jobs, and the removal of this migration route could increase the pressure for illegal migration and employmeFor example, many UK employers have become accustomed to the flexible supply of EU workers in low - wage jobs, and the removal of this migration route could increase the pressure for illegal migration and employmefor illegal migration and employment.

Those are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

Cuomo faced pressure from the left in his party to further increase the state's minimum wage for non-tipped workers.

Counteracting President Trump; bolstering the Affordable Care Act; and publicly funding campaigns are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

In an interview on Capital Tonight on Friday, the Syracuse Republican came out swinging at the wage board convened by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, decrying the move to increase the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 «lunacy» and a way to apply political pressure to opponents.

Cuomo faced pressure from the left in his party to further increase the state's minimum wage for non tipped workers.

Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson is stepping up pressure for the legislature and the governor to act to increase the state's minimum wage form the current $ 7.25 an hour to $ 8.50 an hour.

Stuart Appelbaum, president of the RWDSU, thanked de Blasio for expanding living wage while pressuring him to support a bill to be introduced in the Council that would disallow developers from retaliating against workers who unionize on projects covered under the living - wage law.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — For Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York State Legislature leaders, the pressure will mount Monday as they negotiate a state budget deal, and decide whether it will raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

It would pressure other low - wage industries to raise their wages and encourage low - wage workers to continue pushing for better pay.

Combine those issues with rising pressures to boost school funding, reform the criminal justice system, address the minimum wage rate and pay for a new Tappan Zee Bridge - well, it's a recipe made for behind - the - scenes deal - making in a Capitol where trading political chits has become an art.

Cuomo's increasing of the minimum wage for state government workers could increase the pressure on private businesses and local governments to hike wages.

Kramer recommended that more emphasis and pressure should be placed on fathers and their ability to pay child support and spousal maintenance; raising the minimum wage to a living wage; and providing similar benefits and rewards for part - time work as the ones full - time workers get.