I fully expected the added height of either phone to make it feel top heavy, forcing me to find
a balance point in my hand.
There is
a balance point in the center of the two camps, which is where the analogy of tending a garden comes in perfectly.
Rather, I see it as a sign that trade has reached a new
balance point in the global economy — and one that we have the ability to nudge forward.
The resulting improvement in living standards continues until trade reaches
a balance point in the economy where all advantages have been exploited.
At some point, trade would reach a new
balance point in the global economy where firms had built optimal supply chains that crossed international borders, slowing the integration process, at least for the present.
Enough clothes - There is
a balancing point in having too many clothes and scrounging around in the hamper for your baby's or your's «least dirty» dirty shirt.
Not exact matches
«The regulator always has to worry about finding the right
point in that
balance,» says a former senior federal official who spoke on background.
She
points out that the active cleaning ingredients used
in most douches can upset the healthy vaginal discharge and pH
balance and create a yeast or bacterial infection.
«A one - year, 1 - percentage -
point decrease
in real GDP growth» reduces the budgetary
balance by $ 4.1 billion.
«A sustained 100 - basis -
point increase
in all interest rates» reduces the budgetary
balance by $ 0.5 billion.
«A decrease
in nominal GDP growth resulting solely from a one - year, 1 - percentage -
point decrease
in the rate of GDP inflation» reduces the budgetary
balance by $ 1.9 billion.
«He's going to continue to raise rates and the
balance sheet's going to continue to shrink... a measly 1,500
point decline
in the Dow is not going to dissuade him.»
«Particularly with oil prices hitting lows at some
point in the first quarter... lots of sub investment - grade firms could be under a lot of stress, and for those with stronger
balance sheets, those companies could take this as an opportunity to buy and acquire assets,» Deshpande said
in a phone interview.
There is no
point in fattening up corporate
balance sheets via low taxes if that money is not going to be reinvested.
Since then, it has raised rates
in incremental 25 - basis -
point moves, and begun to slowly wind down a
balance sheet that exceeds $ 4 trillion.
Elford
points out that Secure Energy has a track record of «substantial» growth on an absolute and per - share basis; it has a relatively clean
balance sheet and it's
in an industry with high barriers to entry.
Page 287 of the 2014 Budget has an estimate that a 1 - percentage
point decrease
in GDP growth would reduce «the budgetary
balance by $ 3.7 billion
in the first year, $ 4.5 billion
in the second year and $ 6.0 billion by the fifth year.»
He has a
point: The typical credit card charges more than 16 percent interest, so not paying off your
balance in full each month could cost you.
Buying products and services with your card,
in most cases, will count as a purchase; however, the following types of transactions won't count and won't earn
points:
balance transfers, cash advances and other cash - like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.
According to Fidelity, one of the largest administrators of retirement plans
in America with ~ 7 million accounts, the average IRA
balance — including both traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs — stood at $ 81,100 at the end of 2012, up 53 % from 2008 when
balances hit their lowest
point since the market meltdown.
Toronto - Dominion is the latest major bank to declare a recession
in Canada, saying the «
balance of probabilities» has tipped
in favour of another quarter -
point rate cut next week.
And remember, if you're going to rack up
points, you'll want to make sure you're using your card responsibly and able to pay off your
balance in full every month.
The
balance sheet is a financial statement that summarizes a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholder's equity at a particular
points in time (at the end of a fiscal quarter or year).
Using the sensitivity analysis provided by the Department of Finance
in the April Budget, a reduction
in real economic growth of 0.6 percentage
point would result
in deterioration
in the budget
balance of approximately $ 2.5 billion
in 2015 - 16.
Check
Point's has a strong
balance sheet with $ 1.5 billion
in cash and no debt.
My argument is that a significant part of the strong productivity performance
in the two decades before the crisis was due to globalization, and that the globalization process may have brought trade
in the global economy to a new
balancing point.
Balance sheets provide a company's financial position at a particular
point in time (generally at the end of a quarter or year).
From a purely accounting
point of view, parent company which owns less than one hundred percent, but more than fifty percent of a subsidiary presents the value of the remaining ownership, the minority ownership, on the
balance sheet
in a separate account.
Hirschman too became far more pessimistic about long term convergence, and began worrying about the nature of these constraints, even
pointing out how misguided optimism itself could lead to highly pro-cyclical policies that reverse the convergence process,
in part by encouraging the kinds of inverted
balance sheets that I discussed
in my blog entry of two weeks ago.
Because the interest and other fees charged on any outstanding
balance are greater than the cash value of the Rewards
Points, you may pay more
in fees and interest than the value of the Rewards
Points you earn if you do not pay your bill
in full each month.
From May 2007, when the Diversified Fund began investing
in hedge funds and private equity, through May 2014, the fund underperformed a Vanguard
balanced fund, the LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund, by approximately 50 basis
points annually.
In particular, it gives borrowers many different options for buying mortgage points or taking lender credits in order to balance interest rates and closing cost
In particular, it gives borrowers many different options for buying mortgage
points or taking lender credits
in order to balance interest rates and closing cost
in order to
balance interest rates and closing costs.
In order to reduce risk, it's not uncommon for the lender to require the business pay down their outstanding LOC
balance to $ 0 at some
point during the year, often for at least 30 days.
Any remaining deviation
in ES
balances from this level will attract the appropriate standing facility rate, either 25 basis
points above the cash rate target
in the case of a shortfall or 25 basis
points below the cash rate target
in the case of surplus ES
balances.
You'll earn rewards, like cash back or travel
points, on your purchase, and get a bit of time to pay off your
balance before interest kicks
in.
I simply hope this short post can facilitate discussion, or someone could recommend
point to further reading that addresses my perceived shortcomings
in balance of payment analysis.
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).
And without dimensionalizing that too much, it's a substantial change
in terms of the
balance of items on the menu are $ 15 or below, which we've determined to be sort of a threshold
point for affordability for high - quality seafood
in casual dining.
The
balance of opinion on investment intentions continued to recover (Chart 3), mainly because fewer firms
pointed to a drop
in investment spending.
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In my recent National Post column, I make reference to some back - of - envelope calculations to the effect that replacing the fiscal anchor of
balanced budgets to one of a fixed debt - GDP ratio allows the federal government to increase spending by 1.2 percentage
points of GDP, or by about $ 25 billion.
When we look at corporate
balance sheets and liquidity, overall we believe the corporate credit markets are
in reasonable shape, and general business trends
point toward a fairly constructive outlook and reasonably healthy environment.
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France's Socialist government announced the first real - terms increase
in the minimum wage for six years on Tuesday, but limited the rise to 0.6 percentage
points above inflation as it sought to
balance election promises with fears of damaging employment.
With managed decline rates of roughly 4 % — 5 %
in the existing oil wells and declining industry investment, we think it's inevitable that oil supply and demand will come back into
balance at some
point in the future.
Growth of the «broad» M3 money supply
in the US has slowed to a 2pc rate over the last three months (annualised) as the Fed shrinks its $ 4.4 trillion (# 3.1 trillion)
balance sheet, close to stall speed and
pointing to a «growth recession» by early 2019.
In January he said, «When we are at or above 100 basis
points — and we are moving toward that — I think it is time to start serious consideration of first stopping reinvestment and then over a period of time unwinding the
balance sheet.»
You'd then make the minimum monthly payments on your card until the promotional 0 % APR expires, at which
point you'd withdraw the money, pay the
balance in full and profit any remaining difference.
There is also plenty of leverage
in central bank
balance sheets (+20 percentage
points of GDP since 2009), government debt (+37 percentage
points since 2008), and bond funds (+11 percentage
points of GDP).
1 Assuming the Fed trims the
balance sheet by approximately $ 1.5 trillion, and that quantitative easing and quantitative tightening are reasonably symmetric
in their effect on treasury yields (which may or may not be the case), you could surmise that all things being equal, long - term rates will react by rising around 35 basis
points in the coming years.