Sentences with phrase «at the highest point for»

When he became Environment Secretary nearly two years ago after a successful stint as Northern Ireland Secretary, it was at a high point for what I'd describe as climate and European realism.

Hold at the highest point for 2 - 3 seconds and lower back down to the floor.

Buoyed by a surge in transactional activity and a stronger economic outlook, business confidence among partners at the top law firms is at its highest point for several years.

Not exact matches

By contrast, traders (hedge funds) and small investors are expressing historically high levels of bearish sentiment (both groups are known for following trends and being wrong at turning points).

They've quickly gained a reputation for high - quality products at reasonable price points, and thanks to our own personal experience with them, they pretty much make their way into the majority of gift guides we do.

So there's almost more concern for locking in a long - term rate of income than there is for just maybe catching a higher yield at one point in the cycle in the front end.

If they name a figure for what they think you deserve at this point, you have a good idea where you stand and you can explore whether or not there's wiggle room to go higher.

Some women shy away from jobs in fields that require long workweeks, knowing they won't have the time: a 10 percent cut in free time for women reduces their share in high - hour occupations by about 14 percent relative to men, according to the researcher's model.In total, that difference in time spent on at - home labor results in an 11 percentage point gender wage gap, their analysis estimates.

The same could be said for Welter herself — her resumé is impeccable, full of the relevant experience, to the point where a coaching job at the sport's highest level made perfect sense.

In private industry, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wages and salaries rose at 2.6 % for the 12 months ended September 2017 — 20 basis points above the rate the prior year and notably higher than what we saw in the first half of the decade.

The more interesting question, at this point, is which country, the US or China, will suffer most — and which one is the most likely to plead for compromise as the stakes of conflict ratchet higher and higher.

There were also high points, such as playing for an audience of 10,000 in Bhutan on a month - long tour in the Himalayan kingdom, and being nominated three times at the 2009 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards.

Shares of Daktronics (dakt) fared well in the second half of last year after starting off slow, finishing the year at $ 10.70, up more than 15 % for the year and 80 % higher than the stock's low point for the year of $ 5.92.

Both homes and condos can sell at high price points in Vancouver, said McQueen, but for different reasons.

The larger point Wolfers seems to be making with his response to Trump is that looking at the number of record - high closes in a narrow period is not a particularly good indicator of economic performance — particularly for a president who inherited a stock market that was already relatively high in value.

While that's a modest return for a high - flying tech stock, at a certain point, Twitter would hit a wall trying to satisfy investors and contain its costs.

Again, how much longer this can continue is uncertain, but one would imagine at some point rising crude prices will have to be reflected in higher retail prices for diesel and gasoline.

Although Tyson, who was Yancopoulos» friend and classmate at the Bronx High School of Science, was quick to point out that he was not a winner or semifinalist in the competition (in fact he didn't even enter), knowing other students who were was a point of pride for him.

Cons: Expensive price point for a wedge, most features aimed more at experienced golfers instead of high handicap players

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the combined government debt held by the world's advanced economies is at its highest point since the Second World War.

«For 30 years, interest rates have been coming down, lower highs and lower lows but we're at a point now in terms of a long - term trend line where 2.6 percent represents the point where an interest rate reversal should take place.

But critics point to the high numbers of one - and - done players — who declare at the earliest opportunity under the rule — as evidence that the rule is not working as intended to prepare young athletes for life as an NBA player.

«I would argue that the good companies that trade at expensive multiples are better quality companies and deserve a higher multiple,» she says, pointing to the example of retailer Dollarama Inc. (TSX: DOL), which trades at 28.8 times current - year earnings — seemingly rich even for its sector — with an enterprise value - to - EBITDA ratio of 19.8.

«The stakes are high for us, too, because we are trying to attract a lot of users at this point,» Mauskopf says.

«At this point Melania would have to take Trump on a high - speed chase in a Ford Bronco for us to say, «This is unexpected!

It looks at home in either scenario, and that means that it's a real contender for replacing my winter puffer that has the same high functionality but low style points.

«Nobody would have thought it was possible for GE's market value to fall from a high of $ 600 billion to as low as $ 70 billion at one point,» said Wright.

One expects that at some point, these «buy in May» folks would get sick of lagging the market, and would start demanding a higher price for their sacrifice (until the effect disappears).

The 30 - stock index also briefly entered correction territory for the first time since last month, falling 10 percent from its 52 - week high at one point late in the day.

While increased competition has some bears worried about the sustainability of current profit margins, bulls point to consumers» growing desire for convenience and high - quality coffee at home

This is at least a point higher than the average for employees who do their jobs in regular offices, and something so unheard of that we had to look at the data again.

For example, two Valeant employees were copied on a November 2014 email with an attachment explaining how Philidor employees could bill the highest amount an insurance company was willing to pay by resubmitting rejected claims at different price points.

For instance, 1) If your tax rate is low now you'll likely save on taxes 2) If you expect higher tax rates later you'll likely save on taxes 3) It offers good flexibility with the ability to withdraw contributions penalty free 4) You aren't required to take minimum distributions at any point 5) You can continue to contribute as long as you have income.

For example, while high yield spreads are considerably lower than they were at the January market bottom, they are approximately 200 basis points (2 percent) wider than they were two years ago, as Bloomberg data shows.

«They're very closely aligned with our forecasts,» said Brett House, the deputy chief economist at Scotiabank, where the prediction for Canada is one - tenth of a percentage point higher than what the IMF projects.

The Triffin Dilemma, as this problem is known, points out that if foreign growth is high enough relative to US growth that the need for US dollar reserves grows faster than the US economy, the resulting US current account deficit will require that the US sell assets fast enough, or that US obligations to foreigners grow fast enough, eventually to put the US economy at risk.

During the middle of the 18th Century and well into the beginning of the 19th Century India produced far more textiles — and usually much cheaper and of better quality — than did England, but a number of measures aimed at undermining Indian textile producers and protecting British textile producers (tariffs that almost always exceeded 50 %, for example, and by 1813 were as high as 85 %) meant that at some point in the first half of the 19th Century the British textile industry had become the most efficient in the world and was able largely to eliminate the Indian textile industry from global competition.

The main advantage for borrowers at TD include flexible choices between points and lender credits, as well as a high rating for customer satisfaction with its mortgage servicing.

Slenker noted that unemployment across the Buffalo Niagara region tends to be highest in January and February because holiday - related seasonal jobs end, business tends to slump at bars and restaurants after the end - of - the - year rush and construction work tends to be at its low point for the year.

This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).

For instance, the conventional 30 - year fixed rate of 4.10 % with 0.05 purchased points would otherwise be 4.15 % — 15 basis points higher than the standard rate at most US mortgage lenders today.

Short pulse, high resolution, backlighters for point projection high - energy radiography at the National Ignition Facility

Our budget deficit is too high, we got to raise interest rate and taxes at some point to compensate for it.

January's big gains sent the ETF higher by more than 6 % at its best point, and many investors predicted even better times ahead for the fund thanks to positive impacts from U.S. tax reform and strong corporate fundamentals.

December was another solid month for European high - yield debt, with Barclays's benchmark cash index tightening by 40 basis points, ending the year at a new post-crisis low.

The benchmark 10 - yr yield, for instance, finished at 2.95 % on Thursday — which is about eight basis points below the more than four - year high it hit last week.

In other English - speaking countries, interest rates that intermediaries currently charge businesses are generally higher than at their previous cyclical low point for the decade.

For borrowers, leveraged loans offer two significant advantages over high - yield bonds: They are cheaper, by about 100 basis points on average at the moment.

Have a look at debtclock.ca for the level of federal debt through the forties to the mid-seventies; see the spike in the curve at that point to a high level that has been maintained ever since How do you explain that, Mr. Morneau?

Meanwhile, Apple's shares are on track to reach a «death cross» in the next few days, a technical term alluding to the point at which long - term and short - term trends for the stock cross paths, with long - term moving average breaking higher.