Sentences with phrase «barely keep pace with»

Previously, people in Elizabeth's generation could get by on GICs, but today's rates barely keep pace with inflation.

When we reflect back, we can run our hand over the indents from the days we pressed down our pens in frustration, or squint to read the scrawl from the days our pencils could barely keep pace with our musings.

In an earlier post, I assessed homeownership from an investment perspective and found that homes are terrible investments that barely keep pace with inflation.

In an earlier post, I assessed home ownership from an investment perspective and found that homes are terrible investments that barely keep pace with inflation.

Today's returns can barely keep pace with inflation.

Wages, meanwhile, are barely keeping pace with inflation.

He pantomimes and rephrases, rolls his eyes, and cracks one joke after another — his capacity for expression barely keeping pace with the thoughts in his head.

Ingall found that iron addition via these sources barely keeps pace with subtraction by diatoms.

Even wealthy communities «are barely keeping pace with the typical student in the average developed country.»

There are an endless number of interesting stories that could be told with this information, but the one that really stood out to us is that achievement in many of our affluent suburban public school districts barely keeps pace with that of the average student in a developed country.

Blue Ribbon schools did make gains during this period, but they barely kept pace with California's gains overall.

Teacher salaries have only barely kept pace with average wages nationwide, and the gap between teacher salaries and those of other college - educated workers has actually widened.

... No wonder teaching salaries have barely kept pace with inflation, despite escalating education budgets.»

«But many of our affluent suburban school districts are barely keeping pace with the average student in our international comparison group.»

With investment grade rates barely keeping pace with inflation, investors started «chasing yield» wherever it might be found... high yield bonds, emerging market debt, world bond funds, bank loan funds, «non-traditional» and «multi-sector» bonds funds, et cetera.

Instead of a 2 - per - cent return in «high - interest» savings (a paltry yield that barely keeps pace with inflation), it may be possible to earn 5 per cent or more in diversified dividend - paying mutual funds.

If she is unlikely to need to draw on this money, I think you can take a more aggressive stance and consider exposure to stocks, which may be the best inflation hedge in a low - rate environment where fixed - income is barely keeping pace with inflation.

In the morning I had an anemic run, thinking that I was barely keeping pace with Jeffrey Deitch, noted former dealer and now director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, when for about the 10th year in a row he came from nowhere and passed me on the beach.

But there's a difference between barely keeping pace with your competitors in the latest tech adoption and being so far behind that you're completely left in the dust.

At the same time, the supply of homes for sale has barely kept pace with demand and the inventory of new or existing homes for sale shrunk down to only a four - month supply.

Not exact matches

ADP's number was also below earlier analyst estimates of at least 200,000 new jobs added each month for the remainder of 2012, and barely above the 150,000 new jobs needed simply to keep pace with economic growth and new job market entrants.

Kay's artwork keeps the pace, gnawing at the edges of the pages with thundercloud shadows and keeping the monster just barely, terribly seeable.

Yun noted positive developments in the labor market this year that should support increased wages, which have barely kept up with the pace of inflation.