A recent decrease in initial jobless claims has suggested better labor-market conditions. ❋ Karen Johnson (2010)
Other gauges of labor-market confidence also point toward improvement. ❋ Kelly Evans (2011)
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who came to power in December, has made labor-market overhauls, along with a cleanup of Spain's ailing banks and draconian budget cuts, a key element of its push to shore up the economy. ❋ Ilan Brat (2012)
But the measure historically has been considered a good predictor of labor-market strength because, given the huge number of hires and fires in any given month, a decline in layoffs suggests an overall tilt toward more hiring. ❋ Conor Dougherty (2012)
But pressure for overhauls like reducing employment taxes, loosening labor-market rules, and eliminating wasteful state spending on education, housing and health care is increasing. ❋ Matthew Curtin (2011)
Growth will be supported by an increase in private consumption amid "continued positive labor-market developments," as well as rising foreign demand for German machinery and equipment, he said. ❋ Bernd Radowitz (2011)
More Private Sector Sheds Jobs Costco's Profit Jumps 16% | Earnings News More from MarketBeat Gold continued to set new records while the dollar sank after the number of private-sector jobs in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped by 39,000, pointing to continued labor-market weakness that investors say could prompt the Fed to support the economy. ❋ Jonathan Cheng (2010)
The latest labor-market snapshot, out Friday, gave cause for continued, if tepid, optimism. ❋ Ben Casselman (2012)
Now the U.S.—which will issue its latest monthly labor-market snapshot on Friday—is exhibiting some of the same symptoms. ❋ Ben Casselman (2011)
World-Wide *** Spain's biggest unions called for mass protests on Feb. 19 in response to labor-market changes the government implemented in an effort to lower the unemployment rate. ❋ Unknown (2012)
The World Economic Forum's annual report on competitiveness, based on surveys of 14,000 business executives around the world and a wide range of data in such categories as labor-market efficiency, financial-market development, infrastructure and education, this year ranked 142 economies. ❋ Unknown (2011)
This is important now, as other labor-market indicators have shown that a stepped-up pace of layoffs has been a significant culprit behind weak employment growth over the past two months. ❋ Conor Dougherty (2011)
The yen's rise could hurt the export-oriented economy in the Nagoya area, home to Toyota Motor Corp. and its related companies, Mr. Shirakawa said, by slashing profits and damping corporate sentiment, as well as accelerating the shift of manufacturing overseas, which could have an negative impact on labor-market conditions. ❋ Tatsuo Ito (2011)
Spain's complex collective-bargaining system inhibits the adaptation of wages to economic and labor-market conditions. ❋ David Roman (2011)
DAVOS, Switzerland—German Chancellor Angela Merkel, sharply criticized for her government's prescriptions of austerity as a cure for the euro zone's sovereign-debt crisis, said labor-market reforms and greater European integration also were needed to correct flaws in the makeup of the common currency. ❋ Stephen Fidler (2012)
Alan is an expert in labor-market problems, taxation and the economics of terrorism. ❋ David Wessel (2011)
This is patent, else the scab would not loom so large on the labor-market horizon. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"We want to raise a clamor in the streets of Spain against the labor-market reforms," said Ignacio Fernández Toxo, the head of Spain's largest union, in a news conference Saturday, although he stopped short of calling for a general strike. ❋ Ilan Brat (2012)
MADRID—Spain's biggest unions called for mass protests across the country on Feb. 19 in response to labor-market changes the government announced this past Friday to lower the country's towering unemployment rate and spur economic growth. ❋ Ilan Brat (2012)
The annual survey by the Geneva-based organization considers 12 main criteria such as labor-market efficiency, financial-market development, infrastructure and education. ❋ Andrew Critchlow (2011)
