Sentences with phrase «annual decline rate»

The average annual decline rate in that scenario matches the 2 % target rate in most cap - and - trade proposals and kicks in much more quickly, due to the tax's shorter lead time.

Not exact matches

Ratings for the annual Grammy Awards had been declining steadily for several years.

Moving forward, Navigant Research projects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of global e-bike sales of 0.4 % from 2016 - 2025, which reflects an «anticipated decline» of -0.8 % CAGR in China's e-bike sales over that period.

Over the next five years, the Newspaper Publishing industry is expected to continue its decline at an average annual rate of 4.0 % to $ 25.8 billion.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; delays in the completion of project sales; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 20, 2016.

Productivity declined at an annual rate of 0.6 percent, even worse than the 0.5 percent drop initially reported, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; cancelation of utility - scale feed - in - tariff contracts in Japan; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

Over the period 2013 - 14 to 2016 - 17, the operating costs of the government are projected to decline at an annual average rate of 0.3 %.

In Canada and the United States, for example, the annual growth rate of the labour force slowed from around 1 1/4 per cent in 2006 to less than 1/2 per cent in 2016.11 This decline has reduced potential output growth and investment demand.

The sector has experienced eight consecutive months of declining sales — with only February showing positive sales growth — and traffic growth has trended down at an increasing rate since the beginning of 2015, according to TDn2K, which measures data based on weekly sales from nearly 26,000 restaurant units and 130 - plus brands representing $ 65 billion in annual revenue.

Existing home sales declined 2.6 percent from February to a 4.48 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, but were 5.2 percent above the March 20 - 11 level, according to the National Association of Realtors.

The annual rate of decline accelerated for the third month running to a severe pace, with the respective index at its fourth - lowest level in eight - and - a-half years of data collection.

«While annual supply completions remain suppressed relative to previous years, increased supply at a time of weak demand is expected to continue to push up residential vacancy rates, causing further rental decline by the end of 2016.

That marks a decline in the annual rate of inflation from 0.9 % in November, and brings it further below the rate of close to 2.0 % targeted by the ECB.

Despite the decline in euro - zone prices during November, the European Union's statistics agency said the annual rate of inflation rose to 0.9 % from 0.7 %, in line with its preliminary estimate.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.3 % in December, after rising in the previous two months, 2.4 % in October and 0.3 % in November.

Consumer price indexes told a similar story, with annual core and headline rates for March declining to 2.0 % and 2.4 %, respectively.

I saw a study that showed the annual rate of change in real wages, where «real wages» is calculated using a «real» inflation rate, is declining.

Because prospective 12 - year annual market returns have never failed to reach at least 8 % by the completion of a market cycle, regardless of the level of interest rates, we view a 40 % market decline as a rather minimal target over the completion of this market cycle.

According to the same survey, private - sector AWOTE decelerated considerably from an annual rate of over 6 per cent in mid 1995 to 2.8 per cent over the year to November 1996, although this seems likely to be an overstatement of the decline.

The level of consumer prices was almost unchanged over the six months to June, while wholesale prices over that period declined at an annual rate of around 2 per cent.

After 11 months of QE, the economy is growing more consistently, and I believe that once the effect of the oil price decline drops out of inflation figures next year, the annual rate of inflation could move slightly above 1 %.

Goods spending declined 1.1 percent at the annual rate in the first quarter, pulling back from the 7.8 percent gain in the fourth quarter (the strongest quarterly gain in nearly 12 years).

Yet wholesale prices dropped 50 % between 1870 and 1896, a 2.6 % annual rate of decline.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

He considers declining equity, rising equity and static glidepaths with an annual withdrawal rate of 4 % (of the portfolio value at retirement) and annual rebalancing during a 30 - year retirement period.

The overall U.S. birth rate, which is the annual number of births per 1,000 women in the prime childbearing ages of 15 to 44, declined 8 % from 2007 to 2010.

Hispanics have seen some heartening gains over the last few years, with a decline in the poverty rate, an increase in annual income, and college attendance rates at a higher percentage than whites.

Premium Cider on the Rise Across European Markets, Says Canadean Premium cider brands in West Europe recorded a compound annual growth rate of almost 8 % between 2009 and 2015, far exceeding competing price segment categories which all posted declines, says consumer insight firm Canadean...

Conclusions and Implications for Public Health Practice: Although the annual rate is declining, unintentional injury remains the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, led by motor vehicle traffic — related deaths.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

Since 1992, when the American Academy of Pediatrics began recommending this sleep position the annual SIDS rate has declined more than 50 percent.

The debt situation has improved, with the annual average rate of debt accumulation of 36 % in recent years declining to about 13.6 %, as at September 2017.

The debt situation has improved, with the annual average rate of debt accumulation of 36 % in recent years, declining to about 13.6 % at September 2016.

According to the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, the annual mortality rate for end - stage renal disease rose from 10,478 in 1980 to 90,118 in 2009, though it has declined somewhat in recent years.

The annual report to the nation on the status of cancer in the United States, published Monday, shows cancer death rates overall continue to decline.

In recent years, however, managed honeybee colonies have declined at the rate of more than one million per year, representing annual losses between 30 and 40 percent.

And in these patients, the annual rate of decline in ability to perform day - to - day tasks (like preparing meals and bathing) slowed by an astounding 20 %.

A longitudinal study using PET scans to measure CMRglu in people ages fifty to eighty showed that people with the lowest CMRglu at baseline experienced the quickest development of overt AD.24 At baseline, hippocampal glucose metabolism in people who progressed from normal to AD was 26 percent below that of people who did not develop AD, and the annual rate of decline averaged 4.4 percent.

The researchers concluded that ʺmean annual rates of decline in distance and retinal visual acuities in adults with retinitis pigmentosa receiving vitamin A, 15 000 IU / d, are slower over 4 to 6 years among those consuming a diet rich in ω - 3 fatty acids.

The annual rate of decline is a steady 1 %.

Even though Levi's is the global leader in jeans, accounting for 4.7 percent of the market ahead of VF Corporation and PVH, the $ 93 billion global denim market only grew at a compounded annual growth rate of 4 percent during the last 5 years, a rate which is due to decline to 2 percent over the next five years, according to Euromonitor.

A healthy economy, combined with the Clinton administration's tax policies, have contributed to a decline in the child - poverty rate, according to an annual report from the president's Council of Economic Advisers.

The 2012 Annual Update of Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the Dropout Epidemic report found that 24 states increased their high school graduation rates by modest to large gains, while the number of high schools graduating 60 percent or fewer students on time — often referred to as «dropout factories» — decreased by 457 between 2002 and 2010, with the rate of decline accelerating since 2008.

This is particularly difficult at a time when the supply of teachers is constrained by high turnover rates, annual retirements of longtime teachers, and a decline in students opting for a teaching career — and when demand for teachers is rising due to rigorous national student performance standards and many locales» mandates to shrink class sizes.

David Whitman, in his book «Sweating the Small Stuff: Inner - City Schools and the New Paternalism,» reports that in Chicago, from 2003 through 2006, just three of every 1,000 teachers received an «unsatisfactory» rating in annual evaluations; in 87 «failing schools» — with below average and declining test scores — 69 had no teachers rated unsatisfactory; in all of Chicago, just nine teachers received more than one unsatisfactory rating and none of them was dismissed.

The annual operating levy could decline slightly in Burnsville - Eagan - Savage School District 191 primarily because debt has been refinanced to lower interest rates.

Last year the market continued to decline, though at a far slower rate, with 181 million books bought (an annual decline of 1.7 per cent).

«The book publishing industry has entered a period of long - term decline because of the rising sales of e-book readers,» reads an April 28 research note from IHS iSuppli, which predicted a decrease in book revenue at a compound annual rate...