private sector
noun
: the part of an economy which is not controlled or owned by the government
businesses in the private sector
private-sector businesses/gains
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The push to harness private sector resources and channel large-scale concessional financing for stronger development outcomes has been gaining traction.
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Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Xi’s meeting with entrepreneurs last week, and new policies to support the private sector and foreign investment mark the first batch of changes made in the wake of the Third Plenum, said Markus Herrmann Chen, co-founder and managing director of China Macro Group.
—Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
Better benefits have often made up for lower salaries in public sector jobs — and kept some workers from moving to the private sector.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Layoffs from private sector contractors may impact the economy faster than some federal job cuts, Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter, told ABC News.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Xi’s meeting with entrepreneurs last week, and new policies to support the private sector and foreign investment mark the first batch of changes made in the wake of the Third Plenum, said Markus Herrmann Chen, co-founder and managing director of China Macro Group.
—Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
Better benefits have often made up for lower salaries in public sector jobs — and kept some workers from moving to the private sector.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Layoffs from private sector contractors may impact the economy faster than some federal job cuts, Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter, told ABC News.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Private sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20sector. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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