https://padlet.com/stella_ching/6uy4rr93sxj7 Hecho con el deseo de una estrella en-us 2017-05-17 02:50:35 UTC 2026-01-29 07:04:05 UTC hello@padlet.com davidlawcheng https://padlet.com/stella_ching/6uy4rr93sxj7/wish/172236717 2017-05-17 03:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/stella_ching/6uy4rr93sxj7/wish/172236717 davidlawcheng https://padlet.com/stella_ching/6uy4rr93sxj7/wish/172236805 - Unemployment rate was the lowest in February 2017 in 22 years (2.8%)
- Although more people have jobs now, people are still unwilling to splurge as their expenditure is also increasing 
- the number of job availabilities is the highest in January 2017 since July 1991
- ratio of job availability exceeds the number of applicants - 143:100
-there is a significant labor shortage in the medical and nursing care sectors
-This may be caused by the positive growth in exports and production, hence there are more workers in these sectors.
- the problem on unemployment is more significant with  women rather than men
- to reduce overtime, labor reform and  wage growth are both key factors
- household income rose by 0.7% but consumers are more willing to save tan spend
- consumers cut spending on food items, clothes, transportation an communications and entertainment
- expenditure on housing and education increased]]> 2017-05-17 03:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/stella_ching/6uy4rr93sxj7/wish/172236805 davidlawcheng https://padlet.com/stella_ching/6uy4rr93sxj7/wish/172236839 2017-05-17 03:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/stella_ching/6uy4rr93sxj7/wish/172236839