Sentences with phrase «as measured by»

The results show that during the past twenty years economic growth as measured by current indicators, especially Gross Domestic Product per capita, has been accompanied by decline in real economic wellbeing.

On the other hand, there are many countries, especially in Africa, whose condition, even as measured by narrowly economic standards, is declining.

46 Mark A. May estimated in 1933 that «since 1870 the number of college - graduate men entering the ministry relative to the needs as measured by increasing population, churches, and clergymen has declined at least forty per cent and possibly as much as seventy per cent.»

In July, the inflation rate as measured by consumer prices jumped back up to an annual rate of 15.2 per cent.

According to the first objection, any idea of revelation violates the idea of objective truth as measured by the criteria of empirical verification and falsification.

A clock breaks up the flow of natural time as measured by the organic rhythms of the body and of nature.

The results, as measured by reasonably careful follow - tip studies, showed that most of the patients made marked improvement.

Regular, weekly church attendance — as measured by a standard Pew Research question included in my survey — predicted a statistically significant and substantive opposition to Trump.

Growth as measured by GDP is not a good, but more a necessary evil.

The strong indication is that, in highly developed economies, growth as measured by standard indices is of no real advantage to the people as a whole.

This takes the widely accepted fact that the strength of basic forces of the universe, as measured by fundamental physical constants, are exactly right, and «fine - tuned», for a development upon the Big Bang which produced planets like ours, fit for the evolution of life.

Neither the excellence of what they do as measured by some set of rules nor their awesome survival of horrifying events can do that.

The result is that life is reduced to a collection of means which increasingly are directed to the ends required by the necessities that emerge within the technique - dominated systems themselves as measured by the criterion of efficiency.

By the early 1970s there had appeared a genuine chauvinism that belittled work not deemed to be serious enough, as measured by its mathematical content.

Based on McCann's research concerning what the churches are doing in the field of mental illness and mental health, the authors of Action for Mental Health wrote this indictment of our lethargy and unconcern: «The prevalence of religion in modern American society, as measured by church membership... does not seem to have had any measurable positive or negative effect on mental health....

They continue to advocate policies that increase GDP even when they do not increase economic welfare as measured by the ISEW.

Nevertheless, I am convinced that rather than continue to assume that growth, as measured by Gross National Product is an appropriate goal of national and international policy, we must examine how it relates to economic welfare, and that requires that we dare to make judgments about what constitutes welfare.

Since no such sharing is possible, economists must eschew any valuation other than that of favoring an increase in overall well - being as measured by overall income.

For sure, this is smartness, in the secular meaning of the word, as measured by the yardstick of achievement in the secular realm.

The cost of debt to Asian borrowers, as measured by sovereign bond yields, has not risen much at all.

In this period, the dollar's trade - weighted exchange value decreased 4.5 percent as measured by the Federal Reserve Board's major currencies index.

«We've spent a ton of time making the most efficient logistical supply chain in the history of the world,» said Rob Wildeboer, executive chairman of Martinrea International Inc., the third - largest Canadian auto parts supplier as measured by annual revenue.

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During the «Great Moderation» (1987 — 2006), under Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, the trend rate of growth of final demand, as measured by nominal final sales to domestic purchasers (FSDP), was 5.4 percent per year — split into real growth of 3 percent and inflation of 2.4 percent.

Looking back over the past 25 years, a period of low and stable inflation, stock / bond correlation has generally moved in tandem with monetary policy, as measured by the effective federal funds rate.

The Fed rightly recognized some of the softness in recent top - line and core inflation (as measured by today's traditional metrics) and made it clear it will respond accordingly going forward.

About 54 % of 401 (k) assets are invested in stocks, which fell 39 % last year as measured by the S&P 500 index.

The Russell 2000 Value Index is a subset of the securities found in the Russell 2000 selected based on a «probability» of value as measured by their relative book - to - price (B / P) ratio.

In recent months, we've observed one of the most persistent shortfalls from economic expectations in years, as measured by various «economic surprise» indices.

US stocks — as measured by the S&P 500 — gained more than 19 % in 2017 on a price return basis.

As measured by the MSCI World Index as of 12/30/1988.

Volumes have shown exceptional growth in recent years, as measured by the triennial surveys of the Bank for International Settlements.

«Identifying VXX / XIV Tendencies» finds that S&P 500 implied volatility index (VIX) futures roll return, as measured by the percentage difference in settlement price between the nearest and next nearest VIX futures, may be a useful predictor of iPath S&P 500 VIX Short - term Futures ETN (VXX) and VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short - term ETN (XIV) returns.

Value is easy to find Share prices, as measured by low P / E ratios, will be near to historical lows.

Does optimal asset allocation, as measured by Sharpe ratio, depend on investment horizon?

The combined business will own a betting shop network spanning Victoria, NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory and an online wagering business across the TAB, UBet and Luxbet brands that would be the largest in the country as measured by turnover — though the UBet brand will be phased out and replaced by the TAB brand across retail outlets.

The Russell 2000 Growth Index is a subset based of stocks selected based on a «probability» of growth as measured by their Institutional Brokers» Estimate System (I / B / E / S) forecast of medium - term growth (2 year), and sales per share historical growth (5 year).

That said, credit spreads have popped wider in the past 2 weeks as measured by the spread between Moody's BAA yields and 10 - year Treasuries, by 6 - month commercial paper yields versus 6 - month T - bills, and other spreads.

From a high base, created by rapid growth in 2014, rewards Crowdfunding grew over the last year in excess of 25 % — 27 % as measured by amount raised — with participation (the numbers of pledges) increasing significantly (12 %) while the success rate fell by 2 % as publicity attracted those less prepared for the process.

While the combination of rapid credit growth and below - average interest rates suggests that financial conditions remain expansionary, the slope of the yield curve, as measured by the spread between the yield on 10 - year bonds and the cash rate, suggests a somewhat different picture.

Volatility, as measured by the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX), edged up to 12 from 10.9.

Currently prices as measured by the S&P / Case - Shiller National Home Price Index are climbing at a 5 % annual rate and are a mere 3 % from their all - time peak.

Another indicator of financial conditions is the slope of the yield curve, as measured by the spread between the yield on 10 - year bonds and the target cash rate.

Buffett doesn't mention airlines directly in his shareholder letter, but it's worth pointing out that airline stocks were trading at 14 times earnings, as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Airlines Index.

Total profitability of the corporate sector, as measured by gross operating surplus, has been gradually declining as a share of GDP since the peak reached in 1996, and is now, at 15 per cent, around its decade average.

Housing costs, as measured by the price per square foot of a median - priced and median - sized home, have been stable, even accounting for huge variations from one real - estate market to another.

There is a big change in the dollar, down 0.7 mg gold (the opposite of gold going up as measured by the Master's Notes).

UK stocks (as measured by the FTSE 100 Index) offer the highest dividend yield of any major region (as measured by the MSCI World Index).1 UK valuations are the cheapest relative to the rest of the world in 15 years.2 What's more, FTSE 100 Index companies with more than 70 % of their revenues from abroad stand to benefit from the weaker pound.

Following a sharp fall in March, consumer sentiment, as measured by the Westpac - Melbourne Institute index, rose only slightly in April, though it remains a little above long - run average levels.

Expectations of inflation, as measured by the difference between nominal and indexed 10 - year bond yields, remain at around 2.3 per cent.