Sentences with phrase «average rate of decrease»

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Houston was one of just two of the 40 largest metro areas to experience a decrease in economic activity in 2016, with a GDP growth rate of -3.0 %, but its Q3 2017 average weekly wage of $ 1,187 was the seventh - best.

From the fourth quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2011, real GDP decreased at an average annual rate of 0.2 percent; in the previously published estimates, real GDP had increased at an average annual rate of 0.2 percent.

The four - week average of continuing claims decreased 13,000 between the March and April household survey weeks, suggesting little change in the unemployment rate.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year, fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less decreased to 4.33 percent from 4.46 percent, with points increasing to 0.43 from 0.41, including the origination fee, for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year fixed rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less increased to 4.23 percent from 4.20 percent, with points decreasing to 0.32 from 0.37, including the origination fee, for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier announced Tuesday he approved an average 1.8 percent decrease in 2018 rates as a result of the federal tax overhaul approved in December.

If, however, it deteriorates at a slow rate, the home ownership rate would most likely follow the average decline rate of the last five years (2012 - 2016), decreasing on a year - over-year basis by 0.5 percent of the prior year's rate.

This comes out to a 60 % growth rate, but the figure changes significantly based on the observation points: if the index experiences very slow growth for most of the term, only to see rapid growth late in the term, then the average appreciation will decrease, since 67,500 divided by 5 is 13,500, or 35 % growth.

Overall volumes of new work decreased slightly in October, but the rate of decline eased since September and was broadly in line with the average so far in 2015.

The average contribution rate for the Employee Retirement System (ERS) will decrease by 0.8 percent of payroll, from 20.9 percent to 20.1 -LSB-...]

The average contribution rate for the Employee Retirement System (ERS) will decrease by 0.8 percent of payroll, from 20.9 percent to 20.1 percent.

The average contribution rate for the Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS) will decrease by 1.3 percent of payroll, from 28.9 percent to 27.6 percent.

The average contribution rate for the retirement system will decreased slightly, from 15.5 percent to 15.3 percent of payroll.

Citing an average tax levy increase of 0.51 percent and average tax rate decrease of 0.33 percent over the past half - decade, Zurlo praised the county's careful fiscal planning in a letter to legislators.

In cohort 2 they decreased by 60 percent — putting the average rate of reduction for both cohorts at 30 percent.

«As average temperatures and yearly hours of sunshine decrease and latitude increases, rates of alcohol - attributable cirrhosis increase.

A height of less than 162 cm (about 5» 3») was associated with a 60 % relative increase in the 1 - year mortality rate, a 34 % relative decrease in the 1 - year transplant rate, and a 39 % relative increase in the 1 - year respiratory failure rate compared with those of average height (170 to 176.5 cm), according to Sell and fellow researchers.

While the average rate of growth has decreased steadily since the 1970s, Moses says the 18 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) that the United States spends on health care is 50 to 60 percent higher than any other developed country.

The presence of the countdown timer increased the probability that a driver in the dilemma zone would stop by an average of just over 13 percent and decreased deceleration rates by an average of 1.50 feet per second.

The same information in a plot of steadily increasing average personal income over 3 years — $ 32,400, $ 33,100, $ 33,800 — can also be expressed as a steadily decreasing rate of growth — 3 %, 2.3 %, 2.1 %.

The annual precipitation total for Alaska is slightly decreasing at an average rate of 0.03 inch per decade.

August Arctic sea ice extent is decreasing at an average rate of 10.2 percent per decade.

July Arctic sea ice extent is decreasing at an average rate of 7.3 percent per decade.

A five - week study found that prolonged sleep restriction combined with circadian rhythm disruption significantly decreased participants» resting metabolic rate by an average of 8 % (18).

On average, they lost 15 percent of their body fat and 5 percent of their muscle mass while sustaining a 15 percent decrease in total metabolic rate.

The results of the study were that «on average, teacher - family communication increased homework completion rates by 6 percentage points and decreased instances in which teachers had to redirect students» attention to the task at hand by 32 %.»

Interestingly enough, no study has yet shown better high school test scores, but the Boston studies have shown higher grade point averages and, of course, attendance goes through the roof and dropout rates are decreased.

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The percentage of prospective teachers who rate themselves as «above average or in the top 10 percent» on a wide variety of traits has decreased since 1966, compared with the responses of freshmen interested in other careers.

However, two of the high schools actually had decreased graduation rates, which were compensated by the other two to form an overall average increase.

Therefore, even if your old credit cards have horrible interest rates, closing those cards will decrease the average length of time you've had credit.

The following graph shows how your living expenses could increase and your buying power could decrease with inflation (average inflation rate of 3.4 %, given your income remains the same).

Freddie Mac released its weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) today indicating that fixed mortgage rates have this week have decreased, reversing the path of last week's averages.

Known for having a high level of gang activity and race riots in the 1990s, its crime rate has decreased considerably but is still higher than average.

According to the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO), Ontario auto insurance rates will decrease on average by 0.1 per cent.

By taking the historical average dividend growth rate for at least five years, you have a baseline to go off of to increase or decrease your forecasted dividend growth rate.

In 2010, the incidence rate was up 41.33 percent over the previous five - year average although the number of confirmed rabid animals decreased in 2010 compared to 2009.

SFSPCA and SAS leadership described the partnership concept to the staff and rolled out three main goals for year one: decrease the shelter's dead - in - kennel rate by 10 percent, increase transfers and adoptions by 20 percent and decrease the quarantine rate for animals transferred out of Stockton from its average 16 to 20 days to seven.

In the first half of 2014, the average hotel occupancy rate rose to 74 per cent from 67 per cent last year, assisted by a 1.9 per cent decrease in available rooms due to renovation - related closures.

The average rate here has decreased by 7 % to an average of # 61.36.

The national average annual percentage rate (APR) decreased to 14.92 percent Wednesday as a result of an update to CreditCards.com's card database.

The mean extent of the ice has been decreasing since 1980 from the average winter value of 15,600,000 km2 (6,023,200 sq mi) at a rate of 3 % per decade.

Overall, the average annual SF6 emission rate for the Partnership has decreased approximately 87 percent from the 1999 baseline emission rate of 14.2 percent to 1.9 percent in 2013.

Ralph Keeling, its developer, showed that between 1989 and 1994 the O2 content of the atmosphere decreased at an average annual rate of 2 parts per million.

This is a decrease from the average rate of ice loss for June 2010 of -85,210 square kilometers per day, and is slower than climatology (average of -84,050 square kilometers per day for 1979 - 2000).

With a force of 415000 g's, that should give a lapse rate of something like eleven degrees per millimetre at the wall, decreasing to zero at the center, with an average of about 5.5 ° / mm.

Moreover, using the average emission scenario (IS92a) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we predict that the calcification rate of scleractinian - dominated communities may decrease by 21 % between the pre-industrial period (year 1880) and the time at which pCO2 will double (year 2065).

Consider the simple fact, drawn from the official temperature records of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, that for the years 1998 - 2005 global average temperature did not increase (there was actually a slight decrease, though not at a rate that differs significantly from zero).

the addition of greenhouse gases increases Cp, therefore the average lapse rate decreases, therefore addition of greenhouse gases actually causes surface cooling

In their first USGS report, the authors demonstrated high integrity in their analysis and were upfront about the problems of their models writing, «the declines we observed in model - averaged survival rates may reflect an increase in the number of «emigrants» toward the end of the study, and not an actual decrease in biological survival».