Sentences with phrase «with stagnant wages»

The U.S. economy has experienced a period of debt - financed, consumption - led «expansion» with stagnant wages and employment, and has been running large and rising current account deficits (the current account deficit is a broad measure of the trade deficit).

According to TransUnion's latest Consumer Credit Forecast, late payments on credit cards are likely to tick up in 2018 as more cardholders with stagnant wages and expanding credit card bills struggle to make payments.

While many Americans have been living paycheck - to - paycheck for some time, a recent CreditDonkey survey shows that majority have not learned to cope with stagnant wages and raising prices.

This makes it hard for graduates entering a slow job market with stagnant wages to contribute toward other goals, including saving for retirement or setting aside money for a down payment on a 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.

In making his pitch for Paid Family Leave and a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage on Long Island today, Cuomo said voter anger in the presidential primaries comes from frustrated middle class voters who are dealing with stagnant wages and rising property taxes.

«Our economy has rebounded tremendously from the Great Recession, but thousands of workers across the state are still dealing with stagnant wages that do not reflect the cost of living in New York,» said Engel.

Our economy has increasingly been financialized, and the result is a sluggish economy with stagnant wages.

Not exact matches

Traders are suddenly worried about interest rates (although anyone older than 30 has to be amused that 2.85 % on the Treasury 10 - year is a source of panic), worried about inflation (although after the last decade of stagnant wages, Friday's 2.9 % rise should be cheered, not jeered), and worried about a tax - fueled spike in growth (with this report from Powell's Atlanta colleagues leading the way.)

After years of anemic growth and brain drain, Puerto Rico has been left with a 12 % unemployment rate and stagnant wages, leading Padilla to come clean and ask investors for mercy.

At a rally at City Hall on Wednesday morning with the «Fair Fares» coalition — which consists of 68 organizations — Johnson noted that rent, food and Metrocard fares have increased over the years, with wages going down or remaining stagnant.

Faced with stagnant employment and wages, the sentiment of consumers, many of whom also work at small companies, will turn negative.

The peasants (the 99 % with stagnant or declining wages) work for the 1 %, with little productivity improvement, capital investment, or impetus for invention.

With stocks continuing to climb, while employees see stagnant wages and have concerns for their retirement, Fink tells companies...

Today, we face another mindboggling conundrum with equally significant investment implications: Why are wages still stagnant, when jobs are being created at the fastest pace since the late 1990s?

It comes as no surprise that against a backdrop of stagnant wages, the rising cost of living is a constant pressure for families, with nine in ten (89 %) mentioning that they have noticed an increase in the amount they are paying for both food and household bills.

Income inequality is a popular political theme with the Democratic Party these days, who are pushing the message that the wealthiest 10 % are getting all of the benefits of the economic recovery, while everyone else has stagnant or falling wages.

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.

I am also a mother - to - be, and with one income I find it almost impossible to live on the stagnant wages set by those who seemingly do not understand the same struggle.»

While it remains most acute in urban core neighborhoods with intergenerational poverty, 31 hunger is increasing in suburban locales and is most prevalent in rural Southern locales.32 Since wages have been stagnant or eroding in many industries, two - thirds of families experiencing food insecurity have at least one working adult, and many might initially appear to be maintaining a middle - class lifestyle.33

Many Americans were hit doubly hard during this period, where their investment losses were paired with unemployment, stagnant wages, falling home values, or other financial challenges.

Millions of people are struggling with high interest rate credit card debt, unstable employment, and stagnant wages, yet not everyone is actively looking for a solution.

Millions of Americans are struggling with high interest rates, stagnant wages, and unstable employment, but not all of them are actively looking for a solution like you are right now.

For many millennials dealing with crippling student loan debt and stagnant wages, retirement... Read more

Yet with increasing rents, stagnant wages and high levels of student loan debt, it can be VERY difficult for first - time or boomerang homebuyers to save enough money for a down payment.

Instead of focusing on real issues — stagnant wages and exploding student loans and the like — media outlets are touting the magnificent Millennial lifestyle «choices» like choosing experiences over stuff (note: they can't afford «stuff») and forgoing a house in favor of a «preference for urban locations with lots of entertainment and lifestyle choices» (note: a house is considered «stuff»; still can't afford it).

«With rising higher education costs, stagnant wages and a flimsy social safety net, teens are less likely than their parents or grandparents to obtain economic security,» said Patrick McCarthy, president and CEO of the Casey Foundation.

McKenna was among several in the area real estate business seeing fewer first - timers and offering possible reasons: young people saddled with student debt, stricter lending standards, stagnant wages, poor job prospects and reluctance to buy after years of gloomy news about foreclosures and tumbling house values.

Yet with increasing rents, stagnant wages and high levels of student loan debt, it can be VERY difficult for first - time or boomerang homebuyers to save enough money for a down payment.

And while the path to homeownership is harder now for millennials carrying student debt, dealing with rising rents, and experiencing stagnant wages, NAR research shows that millennials still see the value in owning and home and once they are ready, they are looking to a real estate agent in higher numbers than ever before.

But high rents, combined with student debt and stagnant wages, have made it very tough for young people to save money for a down payment to buy a house.