Sentences with phrase «at a modest rate of»

The goal is to achieve the following: more moderate growth, which would result in interest rates cresting at near current levels; a relatively strong stock market; low inflation; and economic growth at a modest rate of 3 % to 4 %, notes Sohn.

Not exact matches

The Fed's latest round of bond buying and its plan to keep rates super-low into 2015 will likely provide only modest help, said David Jones, chief economist at DMJ Advisors.

Republicans talk of sparking economic growth rates in the range of four per cent, but models run by non-partisan forecasters, such as the Wharton business school at the University of Pennsylvania, predict only a modest increase over the shorter term.

Audit staff became devoted to reviewing records of Sub S Corporations who had declared exorbitant dividends to their principals (taxable at modest income tax rates without the addition of the dreaded and expensive self - employment tax) and at the same time paying unreasonably low wages to said principals.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

If you purchased the term policy and each year invested the $ 800 savings, at the end of the 20 years you would have $ 27,775 (assuming a modest 5 % annual rate of return on your investment).

Since then it has been growing at a much more modest pace, closer to the rate of GDP growth.14

Given the risk of early stage investing and venture capital's famously high mortality rate of portfolio companies, it is imperative that fund managers earn high return multiples at these more modest M&A exit values to offset casualties and drive attractive returns.

Among them: more modest growth, low - for - long interest rates and a household sector that comprises a relatively smaller percentage of the economy than it did at the peak in 2007.

Georgia experienced a modest 0.5 cent gas tax increase on Jan. 1 of 2018; the rates will be revisited at the end of the year.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

A cursory look at the performance of major U.S. averages reveals a modest correction in stocks with relatively little movement in interest rates.

With the expected rate of return at a modest 5 - 6 % and funds being 2 - 2.5 % and inflation being 2 - 3 % you're not left with very much at the end of the day.

Profits after interest have tended to decline over the past couple of years, reflecting the impact of the 1994 interest rate increases and a tendency for corporate leverage to increase, but they remain at high levels compared with historical averages; they can be expected to receive a further modest boost as interest - rate reductions in the second half of last year begin to feed through into profit results.

Over the six months to December, business credit increased at an annualised rate of 13 per cent, reflecting strong growth in commercial loans, commercial paper and promissory notes, and a modest recovery in bank bills on issue.

This is partly because he is a decent, thoughtful, modest and essentially honest man — straight, at any rate, by the admittedly low standards that we expect of politicians.

With a 5 - year term for research grants and a competitive renewal rate of about 53 %, supporting an expanded scientific workforce is a tall order for NIH, even as the research budget continues to grow at a modest pace.

This review done by the Creighton University Medical Center looked at over 20 studies done on the fat burning effects of Synephrine HCl and concluded that «Synephrine alone as well as in combination products were shown to increase resting metabolic rate and energy expenditure, and modest increases in weight loss were observed with bitter orange extract / p - synephrine - containing products when given for six to 12 weeks».

But although part of the problem is billionaires being taxed at lower rates than those with more modest incomes, a bigger source of structural inequity is that many young people never get the skills to compete.

As is clear in the graph, in her early years on the job, but after vesting, this teacher's net pension wealth grows at a very modest rate, beginning at zero percent in her first year after vesting (after netting out employee contributions1) and gently rising to 23 percent of her annual salary during her 24th year of work (age 49).

Michigan has recently experienced a modest increase in our college attainment rate — from 37.4 percent of 25 - to -64-year-olds possessing at least an associate's degree, to 38.4 percent.

Michigan has recently experienced a modest increase in its college attainment rate, from 38.4 percent of 25 - to -64-year-olds possessing at least an associate degree, to 39.3 percent.

Michigan has recently experienced a modest increase in our college attainment rate — from 35.6 percent of 25 -64-year-olds possessing at least an associate's degree, to 36.8 percent.

High school graduation rates are at an all - time high at over 80 percent (see Chapter 1: Student Achievement).7 8 9 Research on NCLB's accountability provisions has shown modest effects on school performance, particularly in schools seeking to avoid a first year of missing AYP or in schools facing the severest penalties.10 Despite this progress, however, high school test scores are flat, achievement gaps persist, and many low - performing schools are not improving.

For years, leaders of both parties had poured more and more money into federal programs for disadvantaged students, at a rate greatly exceeding the increases in inflation; yet the improvements in reading performance, for the student population as a whole and for disadvantaged students in particular, had been modest or flat.

Whether you choose the SE or the Limited trim, your front - wheel - drive fuel efficiency rating for city driving will be a modest 18 mpg, highway driving at 25 mpg, and a combined rate of 21 mpg.

Engine power is rated at 155kW, a modest increase of 8kW from the Mk5 GTI.

The five - passenger hatchback sips fuel at an extremely modest rate, checking in at 51 - mpg around town and 48 - mpg on the highway, and it also offers a respectable amount of interior space plus a wide range of trim levels that allow you to go all out or stick with just the basic features, depending on your budget.

The Fiat Panda Cross sits at the bottom of the list with a modest 3 star rating.

The model has a claimed range of 110 km (e2o = 120 km), with the top speed rated at a modest 86 kmph.

The extra 70kW in the 3.0 TFSI comes at the modest increase of 0.2 l / 100 km and the 3.0 TDI sips fuel at the frugal rate of 6.0 l / 100 km.

E-book sales continue to soar, although at a slight slower pace than in the first two months of the year (for January and February, sales increased at a rate of 169 % while for March it was a «relatively modest» increase of 145.7 %).

The Czech Republic has also experienced a record low interest rate since 1995, with an interest rate of 0.05 % reflective of a modest core inflation rate of 0.15 % and a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate at 1.1 %.

A cursory look at the performance of major U.S. averages reveals a modest correction in stocks with relatively little movement in interest rates.

If you purchased the term policy and each year invested the $ 800 savings, at the end of the 20 years you would have $ 27,775 (assuming a modest 5 % annual rate of return on your investment).

However, it is amazing at how fast they rise even with a modest inflation rate of 3 %.

It sports the highest average three - year earnings - per - share growth rate at 77 % and has a modest book value multiple of 0.9.

... perseverance at even relatively modest rates of return is of the utmost importance in compounding your net worth.

For example, even at a relatively modest inflation rate of 3 % a year, $ 1,000 today would have the buying power of just $ 640 or so in 15 years.

CHASE loan mod agreement was for $ 512,000.00, the interest rates below will be applied: Years 1 -5 at 2 % Year 6 at 3 % Year 7 at 4 % and Years 8 - 27 a fixed rate of 4.5 % and a balloon payment of $ 120,000.00 at the end of the 27th yearSoon after we got the CHASE loan modification, we entered into Chapter 13 to get rid - off the second mortgage and existing credit card debts.

Despite their concerns, the Dhaliwalls are accumulating a lot of retirement savings — and these savings will grow to almost $ 550,000 at even a modest 4 % net rate of return over the next 20 years, says Jason Heath, a certified financial planner with Objective Financial Partners in Toronto.

Even at a modest 7 % rate of return, your investments should double every 10 years.

Here I discovered that consensus expected Southern Company's earnings to grow at a very modest rate of 2.7 %.

At that rate you could withdraw some from taxable accounts, take modest cap gains, then pull from your trad IRA / 401k / 457 up to the top of the 15 % bracket (which would keep your cap gains tax at 0 %At that rate you could withdraw some from taxable accounts, take modest cap gains, then pull from your trad IRA / 401k / 457 up to the top of the 15 % bracket (which would keep your cap gains tax at 0 %at 0 %).

While some home values depreciate over time, in most areas of the country, home values increase at a modest rate in line with the rate of inflation.

Call of Duty's relentless targeting of 60 fps gameplay defines the series, delivering responsive twitch - based gameplay that few titles can compete with, but the strict focus on maintaining such a high frame - rate comes at a cost: the series» potential to dramatically evolve and grow over time is limited by the narrow rendering budget available on a per frame basis, with each instalment offering up smaller refinements to the formula along with a modest boost in graphical spectacle along the way.

The paper appears to conclude that if we wait 20 years to begin reducing GHG emissions, assuming a modest amount of mitigation in the short term, we will have to reduce emissions at a 3 to 7 times greater rate than if we start now in order to keep warming to a 3 degree C increase around 2100.

Imagine if an economy 1/2 the size of the United States pops up but only at the same time that oil production has inceased at a modest rate.

At the current rate of warming, we have about a century before a possibly catastrophic warming occurs (2 degC more) so a modest, but not extreme, carbon tax wouldn't be unreasonable.

Even at the rate of warming expected by the most alarming promoters of climate doom, it will take hundreds of years to achieve more than a modest rise in sea level.