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This is at odds with reported wage growth of 5.4% for the year to December 2005.

This is not a contract about big wage gains. The big issue is to make sure that people affected by plant closings are looked after.

This is not a contract about big wage gains.

This is probably due to companies paying out lower bonuses and lower than estimated wage increases.

This isn't going to be an easy fight, but Steve and I recognize we can wage a better battle if we join forces.

This (CPI data) very much keeps the door open for an interest rate cut in February, although the Bank of England may still prefer to wait while it monitors the strength of consumer spending and wage settlement levels early in 2006.

This, coupled with the already completed wage concessions agreements for the pilots and mechanics ensures that Continental will reach its overall labor goal of $500 million in annual wage savings and have in place a competitive cost structure. In addition, the risk of labor discord is now off the table.

This could drive unemployment lower and create more wage pressure.

This contract, if approved, puts them on the same wage scale that the other employees in town are paid from. We are pleased. This has been such a pressing matter, one of the top priorities for the town. It?s taken hours and hours between all of us to get this done.

Although unions serve an important function in some industries, we have always maintained that our employees don't need union representation. We believe all of our employees receive fair wage and superb benefits.

A lot of people must still be sitting on the sidelines. This kind of job growth will encourage them, but I don't see it sparking a surge in wage costs. We still have a lot more room for job growth before we have to worry about venturing into dangerous inflationary territory.

Almost 700 Local 150 members earned cost-of-living increases under these agreements because they are the most efficient, highly skilled workers in the industry. Rather than follow the lead of the rest of the industry, Levy insists on wage and benefits cuts.

All you really need to know about this junk data study is that it was done by the same people who oppose the idea of the minimum wage. And we see now how wrong they were. Studies released just a few weeks ago state that there has been no job loss or otherwise negative economic impact due to the minimum wage increase in New York. Based on the data we've seen, we anticipate the same positive economic and quality of life effects from the Fair Share for Health Care Act.

Americans aren't going to take the jobs at the current wage and work conditions being offered.

America is the richest nation in the world. It should be able to pay a living wage and build a middle class for those who hold the least in society.

They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.

This moderate wage growth should dispel any notions the Fed may hold (that) labor markets and spiraling wages could reignite inflation.

There was worry that something stronger would keep the Fed going. There is a bit of concern with a bit of wage inflation, which corroborates yesterday's poor productivity numbers.

The report will give investors some feeling in terms of wage trends, and inflation,

There must be some serious gains going on in either profits or wage rates. If it's going to profits, we should see more capital spending and hiring ahead, and if it's going to wages or lower prices, that should sustain consumption growth. Either way, it's good for the outlook.

There's a state law that says they have to pay their employees minimum wage for 90 days ... We found out the day before yesterday that at the end of 90 days, we're all going to be terminated.

There's an acute public awareness that while there's been a lot of wage restraint, profits have grown.

As we continue to monitor the changing economic environment, including housing-related metrics, employment, real wage growth and demographic trends, we have confidence in our future performance as the outlook for home-improvement spending remains strong.

As we move beyond Women's History Month, I am committed to advancing legislation to raise the minimum wage and ensure women are paid equally for equal work.

As productivity slows, wage costs tend to rise -- one has an inverse relation to the other.

It's a steady, rather than explosive, expansion in the economy with the employment and wage data gradually picking up.

It's as good as it gets. You've got low inflation, minimal wage pressure, great productivity, booming growth and strong demand.

It (minimum wage increase) artificially inflates wages. For example if you raise the lower rate to maybe $7 an hour, then the person making $10 before now wants to make $12 or $13 dollars an hour.

It's not that often you see a contract settle without concessions in this day and age. (At the last Central Labor Council meeting) someone reported that a union took a wage freeze but kept their health insurance. Today that's a win.

For employers to maintain a quality workforce, they are going to be required to provide a wage level commensurate with the local environment.

For any ill effect from the wage hike, they (unskilled workers) are going to suffer it.

It's too early to call a turn in the trend, so Alan Greenspan can't relax completely, but it's certainly the kind of report that will help him sleep better. There's still no sign of wage inflation and we seem to be heading for a soft landing: a smooth slowdown into sustainable non-inflationary growth.

It's not the border that's broken but the U.S. labor market. There is a widening economic gap between immigrants and U.S.-born workers which reflects the broader deterioration in wage and working conditions for less-skilled and low-wage workers.

It's now clear that the wage concession would not give them enough cash to continue for any time frame.

It's obvious that the U.S. economy is very strong and producing jobs at a very robust pace. Even with the relatively tame wage gains, the market is anticipating another interest rate increase from the Fed.

It's tempting to say these are terrible jobs, but the service sector has more wage pricing power than the manufacturing sector. If you're getting a pay increase from your boss today, it's probably not in manufacturing.

It just doesn't make sense to lock California's wage that goes to the entry-level, least-skilled employees in our economy to an index that will price many out of the job market.

It's almost embarrassing what we pay substitutes. The bad part about $37 a day is that it's not even minimum wage and these are high quality people and we need to pay them more.

It's hard to get wage gains when you've got a persistently excess labor supply.

It's good to see the increase, but more needs to be done. The diminution of workers' rights, and the decline of their wage and living standards, has great consequences for everyone.

It's tough when you're working for minimum wage and have four kids.

It's unfortunate that a small handful of competitors are using the SPA to wage an anti-Microsoft campaign rather than work on common industry challenges.

Consumers had a nice July and August. Unfortunately, they're on their own for the fourth quarter, which starts on Wednesday. Going into 2004, spending is going to be based on wage and salary growth, which needs a boost.

Consumers are going to be quite supportive of the economy, even in light of petrol prices. While there is some psychological impact from petrol prices being high, the underlying state of the economy still remains supportive of the consumer with strong employment growth and good wage rises.

The new rumor now since the meeting, since they did not act, is that the Fed could conduct an inter-meeting rate change, ... This is something they haven't done since April 1994, but people feel if the payroll report is strong and it's accompanied by a high wage gain, the Fed might move as early as tomorrow.

The number the market has grabbed onto is the wage increase -- so everyone's kind of gone on Fed alert. It just means the Fed has got to keep doing what it's doing.

The numbers are good from the Fed's perspective, even with November's ramped up numbers. Job growth is still slow and wage pressure has been nonexistent all year. If trends continue it could put pressure on the consumer. We may see the Fed have one more rate hike and then (be) done.

That's a fight we're going to have to wage forever. I just can't see that struggle ending because it's a trend that's affected the entire country. People believe what the party in control believes.

That real wage gain of 1.5 percent is pretty good by historical standards.

It's still the aftermath of the jobs data, which came as a bit of a shock. For the dollar, now the focus is on wage inflation and inflation in general.

It's not good news. Both sides of it -- productivity not as strong as we hoped for and labor costs finally starting to show some of that pressure we all thought was out there. For so long, we would sort of breathe a sigh of relief, but this tells us there's a lot of wage pressure in that tight market.

Eighty percent of participants pay all their staff above the minimum wage, and many of them are concerned about the flow-on effects of the 25 per cent increase to the minimum wage being promoted by NZ First and the Greens,

Everyone is all zeroed in on the consumer now, but the truth is that the consumer isn't the driver now. Confidence is picking up, but still at average levels. Wage growth is slow and the bulk of the tax cut is already in place. Finally, with all the debt people have taken out over the past several years the burden of paying monthly bills is leaving less for discretionary spending.

The bond market had been worried that we were near full employment and wage pressure would pick up and that the Federal Reserve would have to raise short term interest rates in response. But now that the all important employment cost index was up just 0.6 percent, the Fed doesn't need to raise short term rates because the economy is slowing down.

The big concern is future inflation and the Fed is viewing that through the labor market. Wage growth continues to be muted.

Strong employment keeps alive the risks to wage inflation and the central bank's concerns.

The bank's new focus is likely to be on rising wage pressures, but that still seems a distant inflation threat at this point. On balance, there is nothing here to divert the bank from its gradual tightening course.

The average wage gain has been approximately 3.8 percent. That has been very consistent for this year. That's been a modest growth in that area, ... In The Game .

The average search time for executives earning over $100,000 is about a month longer than other wage earners in the same community.

The average premium for health insurance exceeds the annual income of a minimum wage worker.

Strong new orders is a good sign for the region. The improving job situation means wage increases and that should support stronger consumption.

It's great that Maryland is tied for having the lowest wage gap between our working men and women of any state in the nation, but there's more work to do to eliminate that gap entirely.

It's hard to accuse them of being behind the curve. If anything they're being a bit too rigid. Wage pressure has proved to be modest. The ECB will probably be looking to see slowing in housing credit growth.

They can't survive for another year the way they're currently operating, ... They've got to get the unions to do it (grant wage concessions.)

The wage story is gathering real momentum. The Fed is going to 5%, and more if housing does not collapse by mid-year.

The wage story is gathering momentum. No wonder the Fed is concerned.

The wage earner in the state of Michigan is going to have a hard road for the next five-10 years regardless of whether they're an autoworker or not. The bottom line is the worker on the assembly line or in the parts department with two homes, a boat and kids in college, those times are coming to an end.

The value of the minimum wage shouldn't be eroded, and it has been.

They have to be good jobs. At the end of the day, what defines a good job is the wage level.

They just don't have the skills that companies that pay a good, sustaining wage are looking for to locate here.

There's two sides to every coin. The prevailing wage law is there to protect the laborers. It's there as a standard.

These wage developments reflect to some extent entrenched expectations that inflation will remain within the inflation target range.

These wage costs show that there are real wage increases going on in the community, but they are restrained and consistent with low inflation, provided the economy maintains productivity growth,

This is clearly a number on wage inflation that the market did not want to see. It's clearly disturbing to see wages at this level and I think it's going to weigh on the market for some time.

This is clearly a non-threatening report for investors and policy makers alike. Labor market conditions appear to be tepid enough to justify less rather than more Fed rate hikes while wage pressures did not spoil the party.

Not many people want to come and work three jobs so they can ski one afternoon a week. A lot of the Mexicans aren't interested in skiing, they're just making a better wage than where they're coming from. At this point most resorts couldn't live without them.

At this stage, wage and salary growth seems quite well contained, and I see no evidence of feedbacks from energy prices to wage bargaining,

That's failing in a public school. We hope our goal is to educate Abel and the public about the minimum wage and how harmful it is.

That's a point that I'm concerned about. But if you look at the core inflation rate, it's actually below wage increases.

The labor market is important to the Fed under any circumstances. Once you get rising wage pressure that's when inflation gets intractable.

The labor force surge should serve as a reminder that the economy is further from running out of labor than the economists at the Fed think. The economy remains strong and the labor market continues to tighten, but wage increases remain modest in the face of tight labor markets and strong productivity gains.

The minimum wage was enacted in 1937 during the Great Depression and it has been increased 16 times. It's a well-established economic policy to help families.

The minimum wage vote was an important victory for the government, which animated the market. The wage level rose, which is good for Brazil, but budget will not suffer.

The minimum wage is something that F.D.R. put in place a long time ago during the Great Depression. I don't think it worked then. It didn't solve any problems then and it hasn't solved any problems in 50 years.

The minimum wage initiative speaks to whether we value work. Raising Montana's minimum wage to $6.15 an hour will allow more workers to support their families, more families to make ends meet and more Montanans to go to work instead of going on welfare. That saves taxpayers money.

The fact that we've had some decent growth, as long as it isn't associated with inflation risk, is generally good for equity markets. But we did see that wage pressure remains elevated. From that perspective, (the report) is neutral.

The Fed is going to have a tough call. The economy is growing fast, but there is no wage pressure ... There are as many reasons for why (rates) should be on hold as why they should be tightened.

The Federal Open Market Committee does not appear from any of its official statements or from the speeches and testimony of its members, to be concerned about excessively strong labor markets or the prospect of wage inflation,

The Fed will be keeping a close eye on wage data in the coming months.

The Fed sees the possibility of labor markets becoming tight, which could push up costs at some point. At this point we haven't seen wage pressures but it's something the Fed is watching.

The fall in unemployment is a bit of a surprise. There are no signs for the time being that wage inflation is picking up although the numbers next month will be critical.

The Fed can take comfort in the fact that core inflation remains tame, despite some modest inflationary pressures - gradually rising wage inflation, tighter capacity constraints and higher oil prices.

The Fed can not be comfortable with the pace at which the labor market is moving to/through full employment. Let the wage acceleration begin!

I introduced a bill to create the minimum wage in Iowa when I was a freshman legislator. I set it at a buck an hour, and they called me a socialist for trying.

I have penciled in a bit of pickup in private consumption because of wage increases.

Inflation costs have been pretty moderate, but we are expecting wage pressure to kick in by the end of the year.

In Greece, Italy and, to a lesser extent, France, unsustainable tax cuts and spending sprees added to households' estimates of their private wealth relative to their wage income.

Increasing the minimum wage would be a good thing. You can't eat off the minimum wage. You can't afford a house or an apartment. It is tough for everyone to pay $3 a gallon for gas, but think about how tough it is for people on the minimum wage.

Increasing the minimum wage is a bad move economically, philosophically and politically.

In my early days, a goal against us was shrugged off. Nobody liked conceding a goal, but once the ball had gone into the net it was accepted as 'one of those things' and everybody in the team would concentrate on trying to get the goal back. But once the maximum wage had been lifted and win bonuses became all-important, it was suddenly considered a crime to concede a goal.