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How to use the word Slack in a Sentence?

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If the Fed continues to use unemployment as its measure of labor force slack, and thinks they want a 4.5% unemployment rate — to make that happen, the Fed would have to induce net job loss in the labor market, if we go through two months of negative job growth, all bets are off. The Black unemployment rate will easily get to 9% in that scenario.

William Spriggs

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A number of animals are being abandoned that have serious medical issues, the only thing we can guess is that people just ca n’t afford those expenses, and they’re hoping by dropping off [ their pets ] at our facility that we’re going to be able to pick up the slack. And we do as best we can, but it’s really putting a strain on our resources.

Joe Labriola

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Stop telling her you're sorry- Judge Brady O’Callaghan to politician Melvin G. Slack in a September 1, 2022 protective order hearing, after Slack apologized repeatedly to Global Activist Greshun De Bouse concerning putting her in a chokehold

Judge Brady O’Callaghan

added by therealpr
1 year ago

If this got outa hand any kind of way I apologize.-Mayoral Candidate Melvin Slack to Activist Greshun De Bouse concerning putting her in a chokehold.

The Real PR Team

added by therealpr
1 year ago

The Fed is still far away from the amount of slack they need in the labor market and from the 2 % inflation target.

Federal Reserve

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You need a higher unemployment rate and more slack there to get wage increases back down.

Robert Fry

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This may be another one of those things that the minute there is some slack in the labor market, and companies see their revenue fall, there will be a conversion back to what we've seen before.

Julia Pollak

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Federal Reserve has to slow the economy down and generate some slack in the labor market, the Federal Reserve's a very difficult assignment to pull off.

Bill Dudley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Even if the Germans were to do an about-face on the Nord Stream 2, China would pick up the slack - they need the energy as much if not more than Europe does. That's how I would see that playing out.

Robert Wilkie

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

These are the airlines that have the least amount of slack.

Kerry Tan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We ask a lot of parents. They have to do a lot. ... It's been a tough couple of years for kids, so it's fine to cut kids some slack, but don't abandon altogether that parent responsibility of the other things you have to teach your kids and model.

Sarah Clark

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The level of employment is still well below its pre-crisis level, suggesting there is still plenty of slack in the labour market.

Thomas Pugh

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

These guys understand that we need them to be the head of the snake and be super aggressive, those guys are our leaders. We go as they go and they understand that. Guys have just been picking up the slack behind them.

Morris Sr.

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When coursework gets challenging and balancing academics with extracurriculars gets hard, remember to cut yourself some slack, because making mistakes is the best way to grow.

Annie Zhu

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In police cases generally, The Supreme Court has been concerned with the fact that officers have to make split-second decisions, the Supreme Court is saying,' We need to be aware that they require some slack.' You need an egregious case before a defendant will be denied qualified immunity.

Sheldon Nahmod

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If you look at the stock market and industries like housing, you might feel like the economy is back on its feet. But there is still enough slack in the job market to prevent any short-term inflation, i don't think inflation will be a predominant risk.

Craig Fehr

Found on CNN
3 years ago

She's not a political appointee but she's in a very political environment, i think you've got to cut her some slack and give her a break -- I think she's doing a very good job.

Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We celebrate graduations at work and cheer when we finish big projects. But there is no celebration for middles. That's when we both cut corners and we lose our motivation, we will still slack in that middle, and having long projects invites a long middle.

Ayelet Fishbach

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The needs of our health care system is surging, so what PPE we have is being taken up by our health care system, so, we need to create slack and build additional supply in order to meet the needs of the natural disasters we're expecting.

Colin Wellenkamp

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You're seeing surges in things like Slack, Zoom, Fortnite, Netflix — all clients of AWS, the activity levels for some of their clients are through the roof.

Justin Post

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Companies including Cisco, Microsoft and Slack have also been prepared for the days something like this could happen, where they would see exponential sales and growth.

Wayne Kurtzman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We have strategic stockpiled medical supplies, we have enough that we were able to offer to the interagency team a supply of masks and gowns and ventilators and things like that, now, like everybody else, we're going to face shortages with regard to some of the PPE until the private sector industry can pick up the slack.

United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Engagement is what makes Slack work — you can't transform a workplace if people aren't actually using the product.

Brian Elliott

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It employs so many people in every community, if consumers pull back and store closings mount, no other sector of the economy will be able to pick up that slack.

Mark Zandi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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