Sentences with phrase «as higher drop»

LGBTQ students typically experience high rates of harassment at school, as well as higher drop - out rates and lower academic achievement than their non-LGBTQ peers.

Zero - tolerance policies have been shown to be ineffective in addressing any type of misbehavior, including bullying, and they carry heavy consequences for students, such as higher drop - out and incarceration rates.

The evidence shows that rather than improving students» behavior, such punishments are more likely to result in negative effects such as higher drop - out rates and lower academic performance.

Not exact matches

The main stock index dropped by as much as 2.4 percent earlier, while the benchmark 10 - year government bond yield rose to 6.944 percent, the highest since August 2017.

Gold, meanwhile, hit a six - week low of $ 1,307.40 an ounce, as the dollar strength and bets on higher interest rates kept it on the slide having already gone dropped through its 100 - day moving average.

As higher costs are passed on to consumers, supporters aim to put a dent in sales, as was the case in Berkeley, where according to public health officials retail purchases of sugar - sweetened beverages dropped nearly 10 % during the first year of that city's soda taAs higher costs are passed on to consumers, supporters aim to put a dent in sales, as was the case in Berkeley, where according to public health officials retail purchases of sugar - sweetened beverages dropped nearly 10 % during the first year of that city's soda taas was the case in Berkeley, where according to public health officials retail purchases of sugar - sweetened beverages dropped nearly 10 % during the first year of that city's soda tax.

Stocks dropped considerably in February as the market began to address the implications of higher rates and higher wages.

After dropping out of high school to pursue his passion for technology, he gained real - world experience as a lead engineer at photo - sharing startup Fotolog, which ad network Hi - Media purchased in 2007 for $ 100 million.

«Some employers have thought about bringing in more prevention and wellness initiatives, as well as dropping high cost health plans.

The euro fell to a two - week low versus the dollar, for its biggest weekly drop in two months, as investors trimmed record high bets before a European Central Bank meeting next week where policymakers are largely expected to signal no change in policy.

After all, the tokens, roughly the same size and weight as poker chips (and valued at 0.1 Ether, or about $ 56 apiece), could be dangerous if dropped from high.

A drop in the euro provided support, helping the exporter - heavy DAX index outperfrom with a rise of 1.5 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB rose 1.2 percent to its highest level since October 2009, as government debt rose on dimming prospects of a snap election.

There's a high demand for babysitting and childcare services, whether it's regularly picking up and dropping off children at school for two - parent working families or accompanying a family on a trip as a childcare provider.

As the number of available spaces dropped, so did the number of sales, resulting in higher prices.

Ultimately if other projects drop off, such as ones that would provide future potash supplies, and demand increases due to lower prices, «there will be an offset through higher demand, certainly,» he added.

As the region with the highest percentage of EEA - born workers, rising from 7 % in 2004 to 14 % in 2016, London is most vulnerable to a drop in migration, the report said.

Higher volume, greater efficiency, and lower selling costs, for example, have combined to push G&F's profits up even as its prices have stayed the same or dropped a bit over eight years.

The company's emphasis on premium products in North America, such as Olay's higher - end skin creams, left it exposed when purchasing power dropped during the financial crisis.

But, as businesses grow, and the stakes get higher, businesses typically drop software for actual counsel (and curse incessantly over the concomitant billable hours).

It was an acceleration of a bullish trend seen all year, as short interest as a percentage of shares available to loan has dropped precipitously from 2017 highs, according to IHS Markit data.

As Adam notes the forces of change engulfing Hollywood, the rate of consumers cutting the cord and dropping their cable and satellite TV packages hit an all - time high.

The energy sector fell 1.1 percent on the back of a more than 1 percent drop in crude oil prices as the dollar remained near a four - month high.

In 1999, Warren Buffett wrote an influential article for Fortune arguing that corporate profits as a share of GDP tend to go far higher after periods where they're depressed — and drop sharply after they've been hovering at historically high levels.

The airlines that survived the volatile decade following 9/11 have since consolidated themselves into a lucrative oligopoly, prompting questions about why smaller cities continue to lose service, why seats keep getting smaller, why fares have remained stubbornly high even as fuel prices dropped and profits soared, and why paying passengers are being quasi-defenestrated from overbooked flights.

The Dow industrials are in a full correction mode, dropping more than 10 percent from their highs, while multiple S&P 500 sectors are there as well.

However, prices for the fund dropped nearly 5 % this week as the VIX climbed to as high as 12.8 ahead of a potential government shutdown this weekend.

While US stocks were lower on Wednesday, the decline wasn't nearly as sharp as early February's market turmoil, when the Dow saw its biggest single - day drop in a day and the S&P 500 entered correction territory (a decline of at least 10 percent from its previous high).

If your deduction drops you down to a lower tax bracket, the calculation is more complicated because you're avoiding taxes on some of the income taxed at your highest marginal rate as well as some of the income that is taxed at the lower rate.

Early into this year, analysts and investors were way more optimistic about the oil price recovery, but as global inventories continued to stay high and OPEC lost its market charm with the cuts and compliance, prices started dropping again, and WTI has traded mostly below US$ 50 — and frequently below US$ 45 — since early March.

As of last week, the Market Climate in stocks remained characterized by an overvalued, overbought, overbullish, rising - yields syndrome that has historically produced periods of marginal new highs, slight declines, and yet further marginal highs, followed somewhat unpredictably by nearly vertical drops.

After dropping out of an elite Manhattan high school, he worked as an intern for Jim Cramer's hedge fund as a 17 - year - old and quickly impressed with his ability to call stocks.

I think every one knows that variations will only come in one direction, and although his stated expectations are still pretty high, most analysts, correctly I think, interpreted his remarks as a warning that growth rates will drop even more.

April 25 Comcast Corp topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday as the communications company cut expenses and added high - speed internet customers, offsetting a drop in cable TV subscriptions.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

This measure may slip for a time as we drop off some of the high quarterly growth rates from our calculations, but we think growth will remain robust over the next 12 months.

The S&P 500 has merely regained yesterday's late - day selloff; it traded to a high of 2653.75 before dropping more than 1 % in the last hour as news broke that the FBI raided the office of President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Check Your Withholding: The government estimates that most taxpayers will see a drop in their tax bill when 2019 rolls around, but because the new law has many twists and turns (especially for those who live in high property and income tax states), your best bet is to assume that your tax liability will be at least the same as this year.

Even after a drop in commodities this month, seven of eight tracked by the Standard & Poor's GSCI Agriculture Index are higher than a year earlier as adverse weather damages crops, rising demand erodes inventories and a weak dollar boosts demand for U.S. exports.

The real difference will be homeowners locked into more expensive mortgages, and banks or whoever owns the mortgages making even more money from the larger spreads as the cost of money drops, and more foreclosures occur because of the higher costs of carrying the loans.

The KBW analysts caution that the drop in regulation «may come at a cost,» however, as Republican proposals to amend Dodd - Frank «would require much higher capital levels at the biggest banks.»

«As the market climbs to new highs, investors are paying more attention to the short side of their books and making sure they have sufficient hedging positions of either ETFs or beta stocks to recoup long - side losses if the market drops,» Dusaniwsky says.

Existing bonds or bond fund values, however, will drop as interest rates rise because investors can get higher rates on newly issued bonds.

«New investors are coming to our exchanges while existing ones are regaining interest after the drop because they're getting good value and are making money as the prices of cryptocurrencies move higher.»

After the third longest bull market advance on record, fresh deterioration in key trend - following components within our measures of market internals (see Support Drops Away) recently joined this extended, overvalued, overbought, overbullish peak, even as the S&P 500 hovers at the top of its monthly Bollinger bands (two standard deviations above the 20 - period average) and cyclical momentum rolls over from a 9 - year high.

You can make short term profits off of the small dips that a stock will have, such as when Apple dropped down under $ 108 briefly on Friday, but if the true price is higher, then the move upward above $ 110 makes sense.

But the uptake of high - deductible plans among employees dropped as the average family premium for these plans soared more than 12 percent in the 2017 benefit year.

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The euro dropped almost 2 % during a 24 - hour period and the DAX rallied to all - time highs as Germany received the flows from global / domestic investors.

It has been a rough week for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and a rough month in general, as Bitcoin has seen significant selling pressure, dropping from recent highs in the $ 11,000 territory at the beginning of March to lows in the $ 6,500 range.

The month of May closed on a high note for bonds as the drop in yields saw the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury Index closed at a yield of 2.47 %.