Sentences with phrase «by a record level»

But much of that is contingent on consumer spending, which is being financed by record levels of debt.

These volume gains were driven by record levels of farm production, and were supported by stronger prices, particularly for meat and wool products.

The current bubble has been created by a record level of money printing and debt creation globally.

David Cameron will today make the provocative claim that communities across Britain are being damaged by the record levels of immigration of the last decade.

Such fast - paced growth across the entire spectrum was underpinned, of course, by record levels of investment in solar.

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Fuel prices remain relatively low, the jobs report continues to show that we are near full employment, and small business lending has rebounded from the depths of the credit crunch to record levels by some measures.

According to the Institute of International Finance (IIF), global debt levels rose by a further $ 21 trillion last year (US dollars), leaving total outstanding debt at $ US237 trillion, the highest level on record.

Spending by these «outside organizations» is at record levels, easily topping $ 300 million this election, with an expected $ 200 million in «dark money» — funds which can't be traced to their original source.

U.S. output, supported by high prices, has hit record levels, partially offsetting the OPEC - led cuts.

Try recording each and every purchase you make for a couple of months by keeping a spreadsheet on your computer or using an app such as Mint, Personal Capital or Level Money.

Meanwhile, U.S. net imports of crude oil fell last week by 1.6 million bpd to 4.98 million bpd, the lowest level since the EIA started recording the data in 2001, reflecting further erosion in a market OPEC has been relying on for decades.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

After all, by engaging in these reductions, the kingdom is ceding market share to the likes of Iran, Iraq, and U.S. shale producers, who have recently ramped up exports to record levels of over 2 million barrels per day.

Developers reacted to both slowing sales and a record high level of unsold inventory by launching just five new projects in the third quarter in the 416 area, which typically sees 15 to 20 new projects per quarter.

(One entrepreneurial spirit took things to the next level recently by recording himself vaping a Tide Pod.

The reading on the economy follows a report Thursday by Statistics Canada that foreign direct investment in Canada amounted to $ 33.8 billion, the lowest level since 2010 and well off the record of $ 126.1 billion set in 2007.

The engineers also concluded that the noises were at decibel levels too low to cause hearing loss — but that the primary sounds on the recordings were made by cicadas.

To calculate the share of flipped properties in Las Vegas that had approved work done during the flip, we used city - level building permit records provided to us by BuildZoom and matched them with records all properties that were flipped in Las Vegas in a given year.

«I'd like to set the record straight by saying Volvo's Pilot Assist is a Level 2 semi-autonomous drive feature,» Datz points out.

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Asian buyers scooped up bottles of Burgundy and whiskey at record levels last year, ensuring the legendary Burgundy...

First, because they represented a transfer from net savers to net borrowers, they helped to exacerbate the split between the growth in household income (households are net savers) and the growth in GDP (which is generated by net borrowers), and so led directly to the extraordinary imbalance in the Chinese economy in which consumption, as a share of GDP, has declined to perhaps the lowest level ever recorded in history.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme Collaborating Centre report, commissioned by the Frankfurt School, renewable energy achieved record levels in 2015 in terms of dollar investment.

New domestic issues of bonds by private borrowers have reached record levels in 1999 — an average of $ 2.3 billion a month, compared with an average of $ 1 billion a month in 1998 (Graph 5).

Fund - raising by Greater China — focused funds rose to record levels over the past decade but dropped 64 % last year, as LPs became concerned that capital was piling up, leaving them overallocated in the market.

Part 1: Combined stock repurchases by U.S. public companies have reached record levels, a Reuters analysis finds, but as the recent history of such iconic businesses as Hewlett - Packard and IBM suggests, showering cash on shareholders may exact a long - term toll.

However, I suspect that spending by the average household, strapped with a record level of debt, will continue to contract — especially spending on discretionary items.

Under current law, CBO expects debt held by the public to rise continuously over the next decade from today's post — World War II era record levels.

Green bond issuance reached record levels in the first half of this year, fueled by a first quarter surge in deals out of China.

Spain's household savings rate fell to its lowest level on record in the third quarter of last year as high unemployment and wage deflation in the latest recession obliged them to devote more of their disposable income to consumption, according to figures released Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

Spending on autos was a key element of growth for the economy in 2016, with sales reaching record levels, but the latest figures again fell short of market expectations, despite rising inventories leading to heavy discounting by manufacturers.

Engagement levels are important, too, given that they held steady at a record 50 minutes of daily gaming by a user base that's close to 400 million players.

Independent groups like the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget anticipate the deficit will hit $ 1 trillion by next year, a record level at a time when unemployment is so low.

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS By Gordon Platt Thanks in large part to record levels of spin - offs and divestitures, global mergers and acquisitions achieved a 2 % gain in 2012 to $ 2.6 trillion, according to Thomson Reuters.

Brent crude skidded over 5 % on Thursday alone to an almost -12-year-low, with worries over weaker demand from China adding to a persistent price drag caused by a huge oversupply and near - record output levels.

Long positions had built up to record levels by early 2004.

Inflation expectations of consumers, as measured by the Melbourne Institute, fell sharply from above 7 per cent in the months preceding the introduction of the GST to 4.6 per cent in July, around the levels recorded a year ago (Graph 42).

There should be no reason why digital platforms, transformed by gamification, shouldn't create a next generation that reports appropriate levels of debt and record levels of assets and net worth.

It would make sense for business entities to «borrow for longer» with private capital crowded out by central banks now clamor for long - term cash flows, and this dynamic has tightened credit spreads to record narrow levels.

These low rates have encouraged investors in recent months to pile on risk, taking U.S. equities markets to record highs earlier this year despite an economy that's still being slowed by relatively high unemployment, huge debt levels, and tighter government spending.

The hope was that by lowering interest rates to record lows and printing money, economic growth would be kick - started and get back on track to the levels seen before the crisis.

All told, U.S. exports of both goods and services hit record levels in 2017, with its total growing by $ 8.5 billion — or 13.39 % — to surpass the $ 70 billion mark for the first time ever.»

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Bond yields in Japan fell to 1.125 per cent, equal to the lowest recorded by historians in the past 4,000 years, and well below the level of 1.75 per cent reached by US bonds in the Great Depression (Graph 2).

Even after record - level maturities in the September quarter, gross issuance of non-government debt into the domestic market was sufficient to see the stock of such debt outstanding rise to $ 134 billion by end September (Graphs 59 and 60).

«Since 2009, US companies have spent a record $ 3.8 trillion on share buy - backs financed by historic levels of debt issuance.

Euro - denominated international corporate debt increased by nearly 70 % last year to the second - highest level on record.

God has already maligned Himself by inspiring biblical writers to record horrendous acts against people, many of which appear to be on the same level as those crimes committed by men like Hitler, Stalin, and Saddam Hussein.

We know that sea levels are increasing thanks to the satellite observations, collated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, as well as coastal tide gauge records monitored by Australia's leading science body, the CSIRO.

The record $ 2.7 billion fine leveled this summer by the EU shows as much.

The report found, among other things, that 43 of the lower 48 U.S. states have set at least one monthly heat record since 2010, sea levels are expected to rise between one and four feet by the end of this century, winter storms have increased in intensity and frequency, and the past decade was warmer than every previous decade in every part of the country.