Sentences with phrase «by historical standards»

The general view is that rates will remain low by historical standards due mainly to the fact that our economy is expected to remain in slow growth mode.

Second, corporate profits are still high by historical standards, so businesses still have a lot of room to absorb wage increases before they would have to raise prices.

Although fundraising remains strong by historical standards, new capital flowing into global private equity real estate funds took a big step back in first quarter.

However, the «high» rates seen in early 2018 are not expensive by historical standards.

Accounting for today's low rates, valuations on stocks are about average by historical standards.

The time period covered is relatively short by historical standards so it is difficult to draw significant conclusions.

So you add nearly 2 % of after - tax return per annum if you only achieve an average return by historical standards from common stock investments in companies with tiny dividend payout ratios.

• This expansion has been quite long by historical standards.

This year's adjustment is relatively small by historical standards.

Despite all of it, some argue that buying a home today is still affordable at least by historical standards.

The projected returns from stocks, at five to six percentage points above those yields, are generous by historical standards.

Some measures indicate the market is richly valued by historical standards, but no one knows what the future holds.

So you add nearly 2 % of after - tax return per annum if you only achieve an average return by historical standards from common stock investments in companies with low dividend payout ratios.

Late payments on credit cards are still rare by historical standards.

Interest rates will move higher over the next twelve months but still remain affordable by historical standards.

And although investment interest has been revived over the past year and a half, levels of exposure likely remain limited by historical standards.

In addition, while the housing market is recovering, any measure of its health like housing starts still will show a very depressed market by historical standards.

So really, none of the foods that vegans are eating in place of products from animals are really that new, or even weird by historical standards.

This represents an extreme divergence by any historical standard!

Meanwhile, profit margins remain fat by historical standards.

At least for the intermediate term, he says, investors will very likely have to accept low returns on fixed - income assets by historical standards.

In recent years, inflation has been quite low, especially by historical standards.

Not only is the sector more attractive by historical standards, but arguably, compared to most other market sectors as well.

Meanwhile, European equities remain undervalued by historical standards and pay high dividends.

That's on the lower end of the range by historical standards.

Or maybe just that it's really hot by historical standards, say, 1 C above the 1850 - 1900 mean?

That did happen, and it was substantial by historical standards.

The market's seven - year recovery period has been a long one by historical standards, but is there an end date on it?

While that may not sound spectacular by historical standards in real estate, battle - weary investors who have been burned in the stock market have come to value stability.

«It's been moderate by our historical standards but more significant and greater than our competitors» in the developed world, he said.

An unemployment rate of 6.2 per cent is very low by historical standards, as it has dropped below six per cent only a handful of times.

While distressed sales are still high by historical standards, they have fallen from their peaks in most markets, helping to alleviate the downward pressure on home prices in many areas.

As the cycle continues, we predict that overall investment volumes will decline modestly from their 2015 peak while remaining strong by historical standard.

That's not cheap by historical standards, which raises a key question: What return can investors expect from here?

Today, the market is expensive by historical standards.

What it does mean is that the rewards to successful stock picking are likely to be small by historical standards.

In a recent post we discussed the extraordinarily, at least by historical standards, low expense ratio one can generate using broadly diversified, indexed ETFs.

A four year test period is short by historical standards but the test is limited to the trading history of ETFs within the portfolio.

This reading is still below average by historical standards, but well above the lows of 2013.

Sentiment about corporate credit quality also remains positive, with spreads on corporate bonds over swap rates at low levels by historical standards.

Given that interest rates have generally been declining for 30 - plus years since the inflation - fueled rates of the early 1980s, the Fed has arguably had some leeway in raising rates, since many of yesterday's «lows» were still elevated by historical standards.

Investment capital flows remain robust by historical standards.

The volume of construction activity is modest by historical standards with roughly...

At their March meeting, Fed officials generally agreed that the current degree of flatness of the yield curve was not unusual by historical standards,» according to the meeting minutes.

Commercial real estate supply still remains quite low by historical standards with only a few pockets of oversupply in the multifamily sector.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said that current sales activity is underperforming by historical standards.