Sentences with phrase «year of job growth»

Last year was America's best year of job growth since 1999.

December capped what has been described as the country's best year of job growth in 15 years with news from the U.S. Department of Labor that the unemployment rate had fallen to 5.6 percent.

And overall, it was the strongest year of job growth since 1999.

Whether you are looking for a mortgage, payday loan, car loan or debt help... Alaska has seen 18 consecutive years of job growth.

The Baton Rouge area took a big hit in August from flooding rains but stood firm on an economy built on six straight years of job growth.

Not exact matches

The Minneapolis metro area saw 2.3 % job growth over the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost a full percentage point more than the nation as a whole — adding nearly 45,000 jobs.

That suggests ongoing job growth in an economy many regard as near full employment, with the jobless rate at a 17 - year low of 4.1 percent.

Adam Belsher, who left his job in September as vice-president of the Verizon business unit at RIM after seven years with the company, says the lack of accountability is partly a result of the company's rapid growth over the past decade.

Two more years of economic pain Australia faces a longer period of low growth, higher debt and higher unemployment than predicted just four weeks ago as the wave of job losses gathered strength, with clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands axing 1850 staff across the country.

Andrew Yang is the founder and CEO of Venture for America, a New York City - based nonprofit organization focused on placing top - college graduates in startups for two years in emerging U.S. cities to generate job growth and train the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Sort by median salary to find the jobs with the fattest pay cheques; sort by five - year wage growth to see which fields have the fastest - growing salaries — that can indicate a shortage of qualified candidates (and opportunity for you); or sort by five - year growth in the number of people in the field — those are the places that have been on hiring sprees (but watch out; that doesn't mean they'll continue the streak).

The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.

The researchers deliberately chose topics that were polarizing — the «surge» strategy of sending more U.S. troops into Iraq, and job growth during Obama's first year in office.

While the tough job of organically growing Scotia's wealth management business had been underway for several years, the bank suddenly found itself with options to fast - track that growth.

«Thanks in part to the forceful response to the crisis and policies throughout the eight years of the Obama administration to promote robust, shared growth, the US economy is stronger, more resilient, and better positioned for the twenty - first century than ever before,» the White House said in an email after the jobs report.

On the table below you can tap the column headers to re-sort by salary in absolute dollars, five - year wage growth, size of workforce, job title, or demand outlook.

Now there are renewed hopes that the combination of an improving job market and a short - term economic boost from the Republican tax cuts will put growth into a stronger range this year, perhaps closer to 3 %.

Within a year I quit the real estate investing blog and jumped back into a day job as vice president of growth at BiggerPockets.com, and although it was agonizing to make, it was perhaps the best decision I've ever made.

Finally, the economy is on a hot streak: employers have been adding jobs steadily for a year, and growth is running at an annualized rate in excess of 3 %.

Powell in statements throughout the year, culminating with his recent Senate confirmation hearing, has been clear he sees little risk of inflation that would prompt the Fed to raise rates faster than expected, and takes weak wage growth as a sign that sidelined workers remain to be drawn into jobs.

Even Lego, which has posted years of growth, said in September that sales of its colorful bricks fell for the first time in 13 years, and announced plans to cut 1,400 jobs.

Among others, the rule only allows for temporary residency — initially for a period up to two years, followed by a period of three years if rapid growth and job creation milestones are met.

Projected job growth over the next 10 years is below the national average, so lack of spending power would make it hard for the city to support another small business.

In his first State of the Union address late Tuesday, President Donald Trump touted the country's job growth in his first year, the strengthening economy, and — a key part of his campaign — the surprising pop in the coal industry in 2017.

The city's low cost of living is great, but projected job growth over the next 10 years is below average.

And if that weren't bad enough, the city's projected job growth falls short of the national average, so this could indicate a less - than - stable local economy over the next 10 years.

A below - average cost of living and above - average projected job growth over the next 10 years make Charlotte a solid base for startups.

Boston's projected job growth over the next 10 years is solid, but its excessive cost of living makes it an unrealistic place for starting a small business.

Given the fact that they make up 99 percent of this country's employers and the majority of all job growth over the last 50 years, it would be shame if they kept their opinions concealed when it comes supporting the candidates that support small business.

To build the list of Canada's 100 Best Jobs, we used data from Statistics Canada, including jobs that had experienced employment growth over the past five years, had a minimum median salary of $ 60,000 and employed at least 5,000 people.

Labor: U.S. job growth surged in January and the unemployment rate of 4.1 percent is at a 17 - year low.

Over lunch, Canadian Business will celebrate the entrepreneurial successes of this year's PROFIT 500 and STARTUP 50 winners, and give special recognition to companies for achievements in such areas as revenue growth, international trade and job creation.

In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the only sector to show year - over-year job growth as of May was education and health services.

For the year, payroll growth averaged 246,000 per month, better than the average gains of 194,000 in 2013 and marking the best year for job gains since 1999.

That's why a brightening economic picture in 2013 (U.S. GDP grew by an average of 3.4 % in the second half of 2013 and job growth was the highest since the end of the recession) helped improve TravelCenters» performance and stock last year.

This year brought the franchise industry some impressive highs, like the increasing growth of new jobs, and some difficult lows, such as the ongoing fast - food worker strikes.

A few Fed policymakers worry the U.S. economy, which has delivered strong job gains but worryingly weak rates of inflation, could be stuck on a low growth path that requires low rates for years as well as new policy tools.

Posting growth of around 7 percent, North Carolina was home to just over 7,600 solar jobs last year.

However, nonfarm payroll jobs increased by 1.1 % in Minnesota between November 2014 and November 2015, lower than the national growth rate of 1.9 % over that year.

«A Kauffman Foundation analysis of one proposal in Congress to enact a startup visa found that it could create up to 1.6 million new jobs for Americans over 10 years and add an additional 1.5 percent to economic growth.

The following 10 jobs have the worst combination of low wages and employment growth over the past five years.

Out of more than 600 jobs tracked by Statistics Canada, the following 10 professions had the best combination of high wages and employment growth over the past five years.

The median salary for this job is currently $ 90,000, with an extraordinary growth in wages of 32 % over the past five years.

«Any job where you get the majority of your training in school and the first few years of your career is not going to see much pay growth after that,» says Katie Bardaro, lead economist at PayScale.

«When businesses get these breaks and special deals from governments, you see they promise a bunch of jobs that they usually can't deliver; they promise a bunch of economic growth that doesn't happen; and then once their 5 -, 10 -, 15 - year deal has expired, then... they're looking to either re-up those special agreements or they're going to move somewhere else,» Barnes said.

My top priority as governor of this great state is continuing to grow our thriving economic climate that spurs job growth and keeps us at the top echelon for years to come.

IT services led the growth, adding 105,400 jobs last year, meaning it accounts for more than half of the overall job growth in tech in 2015.

To the extent it has risen, moreover, it is because of growth in the labour force, not declining employment: the economy added 158,000 jobs last year.

Georges's product uses just 800 gallons of water per tree per year, instead of the typical 25,000 — and does a better job, with a 30 percent increase in growth and nutrients, he explained.

As far as employment's concerned, ER's right again that jobs are up about 1.4 million so far this year, an annualized growth rate of 1.5 percent.