They are. regarded by employers as very important â technical skills alone no longer suffice for people entering and advancing in. the workplace. â¢ An operational definition of âemployability skillsâ is needed to reduce industry and VET practitioner confusion. associated with the term.
The latest annual inflation rate for the United States is 2.4% through March 2017, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on April 14, 2017.
Consumer prices in the United States increased 2.7 percent year-on-year in February of 2017, following a 2.5 percent rise in January and in line with market expectations. It was the highest inflation rate since March of 2012, boosted by a rise in gasoline prices. Inflation Rate in the United States averaged 3.29 percent from 1914 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 23.70 percent in June of 1920 and a record low of -15.80 percent in June of 1921.