break even

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By cutting costs, the companies have lowered their break-even costs: the oil price they need to make money on each barrel they sell.

From Barron's

“Both of these companies have benefitted from their low upstream break-even prices and solid turnaround of downstream businesses,” wrote William Blair analyst Neal Dingmann in an email to Barron’s.

From Barron's

Finally, the rate of hiring might even be falling below the so-called break-even rate — that is, the number of new jobs the economy has to create to absorb all the new entrants into the labor force.

From MarketWatch

When hiring falls below the break-even rate, the unemployment rate tends to rise and sends negative signals to the public about the economy.

From MarketWatch

Is hiring now below the break-even rate?

From MarketWatch