But in recent months, with the housing market improving, the U.S. multifamily sector has been underperforming other real-estate companies.
Last Friday, U.S. data showed the labor market improving at a better-than-expected clip.
Responses were mixed, with approximately 40% of respondents saying the job market was improving or at least showing signs of gradual improvement, 32% of respondents describing the job market as weak and 13% describing the recovery as being slow or too slow.
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The mark is one that economists use to gauge whether the labor market is improving.
So now that the job market is improving, why is the slasher lifestyle becoming even more common?
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This chart from The Wall Street Journal suggests the labor market is improving.
From March 2012 to March 2013, the unemployment level dropped by .7%, indicating that an already strong market is improving.
From December 2009 to December 2010, the unemployment level dropped by .7%, indicating that an already strong market is improving.
Home prices in 20 major cities continued to post gains in August, the latest indication that the U.S. housing market is improving.
That suggests that the economy and the job market are improving slightly.
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Confidence jumped in the second half of March due to better news on employment, record gains in the stock market, improving news on housing, and negative news on the government waning.
It was the fourth-consecutive weekly decline, but the figure did not fall as much as economists expected, a sign that while the labor market is improving it is not recovering quickly.
"The labor market is improving, but employment is still not growing as quickly as in previous recoveries, " said Scot Melland, CEO of Dice Holdings, which released a survey Wednesday on private-sector hiring.
The minutes of the Fed's last meeting in March suggested that some policymakers favored slowing and eventually ending its bond buying as long as the economy and the job market kept improving.
Across the board, people are being asked to do more with less and, now that the market is improving, we need to make those folks feel valued and recognized for their hard work.
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The boost in internship hiring could be an early indicator that the job market is improving for college students, especially since many companies offer such programs as a stepping stone to long-term employment, says Andrea Koncz, an employment information manager at NACE.
"From a technical perspective, this market has bull written all over it, " says Stack, who also points to improving market breadth as a sign of recovery.
Technical indicators suggest risk tolerance in the market generally is improving, which bodes well for banks.
Despite the fall in sales, Dixons also said it believed its market share was improving.
In particular, some of the structural conditions that have plagued the labour market may be improving.
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Unfortunately, in doing so the government reduced economic efficiency without improving market transparency.
The jobs market is gradually improving, and housing prices appear to have at long last hit bottom.
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Either way you see the market, the improving dividend payouts of U.S. companies are good for investors.
The strong figure for December employment raised hopes that the job market might be improving at a faster pace.
Witnessing an increase in orders for all its business division, Cree claims that the LED market dynamics are improving.
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Keep your eye on that prize, and you just might avoid any future market crashes while improving your investment returns.
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After May 6, we focused on circuit breakers, improving market making requirements.
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