As has been clear in previous Statements, the Bank has judged the stance of monetary policy over the past several years to be expansionary when compared with relevant historical benchmarks. (rba.gov.au)
Last year, Ahmed surpassed the biggest historical benchmark in British F3 and became only the second driver in its history to register more victories than Ayrton Senna over the course of a British F3 campaign (the other being Jan Magnussen). (wtf1.com)
After comparing contemporary survey data with 40 years of historical benchmarks, Cascade Sorte, assistant professor of ecology & evolutionary biology at UCI, and colleagues from around the U.S. report that the blue mussel numbers have declined by more than 60 percent along the gulf coastline, which stretches from Cape Cod north to the Canadian border. (sciencedaily.com)