That may be connected to labor-market flexibility.    From Wordnik.com.  [BOE Governor Expects Recovery Soon] Reference

As for labor-market "slack," the theory is simple.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE BIG NEWS THAT WE MISS] Reference

"And labor-market polarization leads to social polarization.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sucking Sound] Reference

But there are no further labor-market reforms in the pipeline.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Following a Risk-Avoidance Strategy'] Reference

Separately, new data shed light on continuing labor-market woes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jump in Exports Trims Trade Gap] Reference

Is it true companies like yours are running into labor-market constraints?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Titan of Globalism] Reference

Some euro-zone countries have made major labor-market changes in recent years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inflation Is Stinging] Reference

Ongoing efforts at European labor-market reform and fiscal cuts are ridiculed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dream On, America] Reference

The decline, however, wasn't enough to be called a major labor-market improvement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Housing, Supply Trump Greece] Reference

The labor-market weakness hit some industries that had been holding up fairly well.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Suffers Biggest Jobs Drop] Reference

The week also brings the labor-market report, which has proved weak in recent months.    From Wordnik.com.  [GM Moves Closer to a Rating Cut] Reference

But currency analysts say the labor-market report isn't even at the top of their list.    From Wordnik.com.  [European Data Can Serve to Support the Flagging Dollar] Reference

And a quick labor-market recovery would be a break from what has happened in recent downturns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pace of Job Losses Sets Stage for Quick Labor-Market Rebound] Reference

But labor-market conditions, a big driver of spending and economic growth, continue to weaken.    From Wordnik.com.  [Housing and Job Markets Remain Weak] Reference

In past recessions, labor-market contraction continued for months after a downturn's official end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Outlook Darkens as Recession Deepens] Reference

Assessments of labor-market conditions also worsened, with fewer people saying jobs are plentiful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drop in Home Prices Accelerates to 14.1%] Reference

He also favored expanding the H-1B visa program for high-skilled immigrants to meet labor-market demand.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2007] Reference

In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken up labor-market reform again after a failed start last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europeans Go Back To Work] Reference

Many economists argue that the EU needs labor-market flexibility and U. S.-style job churn to spark innovation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Big Squeeze] Reference

Though the labor-market downturn that followed was tough, the effect on economic growth was arguably quite mild.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stock hints from '70s, '01] Reference

Mr. Berlusconi promised tax cuts, labor-market reforms, and liberalization and failed to deliver on most counts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Silvio and Alitalia] Reference

With fewer opportunities to acquire labor-market experience and skills, these teenagers face lower wages as adults.    From Wordnik.com.  [Delay the Minimum-Wage Hike] Reference

As part of the so-called Hartz IV labor-market overhaul program to support low-income groups, the government has spent.    From Wordnik.com.  [German Workers' Wages Belie Country's Rebound] Reference

There is also empirical evidence showing that labor-market flexibility isn't necessarily so good for countries, either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lay Off the Layoffs] Reference

The biggest obstacles to Europe's economic dreams for itself are such things as labor-market inflexibility and high taxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stop Making Excuses] Reference

For the Socialist-led government of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, it's crunch time for labor-market reform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spain's Toughest Job] Reference

Hatzius relies on industrial production numbers, which he believes are a better indicator of labor-market strength than GDP.    From Wordnik.com.  [PERISCOPE] Reference

As with Slovakia, those measures typically include tax cuts, tighter welfare budgets and more relaxed labor-market regulations.    From Wordnik.com.  [REPORT CARD ON UNITY] Reference

But a worker who loses his job, or a labor-market entrant or unemployed worker who cannot find a new job, pays a much higher cost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Delay the Minimum-Wage Hike] Reference

Employers have cut payrolls every month of this year, though the labor-market deterioration appears to be occurring at a slow pace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Economic Growth Faster Than First Thought] Reference

On the surface, the latest figures would appear to suggest some welcome improvement in labor-market conditions at the start of July.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jobless Claims Drop in Latest Week] Reference

In Italy, two government aides who were working on labor-market changes were gunned down by an offshoot of the left-wing Red Brigades.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mass Cuts of Temp Workers Pose a Tough Test for Europe] Reference

Coincident with the labor-market contraction and the watershed events that precipitated the job cuts, business confidence also plummeted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economics of Office Leasing in 2010] Reference

Active labor-market policies (training, retraining, job counseling and placement, wage subsidies, job creation) also draw majority support.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harold L. Wilensky: 2008: Democratic Sweep or A Near Miss?] Reference

A global slowdown is healthy for the United States, where labor-market pressures are already intense and the consumer sector is overextended.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHY I'M A DOLLAR BULL] Reference

Economists are looking for other labor-market clues, including the jobs component of Friday's ISM factory index and the ISM's service-sector index.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Hangover of the Year: 'Alt-A' Loans] Reference

Retail stocks felt the brunt of Thursday's selloff on another round of less-than-encouraging labor-market data, as well as continued global economic concerns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dillard's Falls 23%, Jones Apparel 7.2%] Reference

Every Thursday, the Labor Department releases data on the number of Americans registering for jobless benefits, a way to measure labor-market stress in real time.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Jobless Stat] Reference

Also, strategists said a stronger-than-expected report on labor-market conditions this month in Germany, the largest European economy, helped underpin euro sentiment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dollar rises as GDP data] Reference