Sentences with phrase «by sharp drop»

A steep decline in the job prospects for entry - level lawyers has been followed by a sharp drop in law school applications.

The crossing of the heliopause should be signaled by a sharp drop in the temperature of charged particles....

More excuses for global cooling - The latest news is that the world may be threatened by a sharp drop in temperatures, possibly so severe that it could herald a new mini ice age.

The Mexican government is cutting spending to help the economy, which has been hurt by a sharp drop in world prices for oil exports.

The decline, the biggest since July, was driven by a sharp drop in demand for civilian aircraft.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- US durable goods orders fall 1 pct., driven by sharp drop in demand for military equipment.

The effect of this fall was compounded by a sharp drop in spending by domestic residents with retail sales falling by 8 1/2 per cent in Hong Kong in April.

This probably occurred because the big wage increases in 2010 - 11, which were counterbalanced by the sharp drop in real interest rates during that period, were finally able to take effect in 2012 when real interest rates rose sharply once again.

The energy sector was certainly hard hit by the sharp drop in oil prices.

Commenting on the «ping - pong» pattern of scores examined over a number of years, Stanford University professor Linda Darling - Hammond notes that score gains made over one or two years are often followed by sharp drops in scores in subsequent years (Darling - Hammond, The Right to Learn, 1997).

Not exact matches

Perth has suffered the biggest drop in house prices, falling 2.4 per cent in the June quarter, as capital city house prices across Australia decline by the sharpest rate in nearly than three years.

It was filmed using a custom - built drone equipped with seven GoPro cameras and operated by a licensed drone pilot due to the complicated nature of the shoot, which included dropping 30 feet into a field of sharp agave; long, continuous shots; and stabilization against the wind.

The port city of Tianjin saw the sharpest fall in its livability score among the eight Chinese cities surveyed, with the drop compounded by a decline in its environment score following an explosion at a chemical factory a year ago.

I would guess that there is a much sharper drop in the chance of your business surviving for 2 years during a recession caused by a financial crisis where it is much more difficult to raise funding.

Home resales were already on a downward track before the British Columbia government introduced a 15 per cent tax on home purchases by foreign nationals in Metro Vancouver, and area resales could see further significant weakness in the near term if there is a sharp downgrading of future price expectations and a drop in speculative activity.

A sharp drop in markets, even when followed by a rebound, can be a shock for investors.

The unexpected drop was in sharp contrast with last week's jump in the consumer sentiment index put out by Thomson Reuters / University of Michigan.

The sharp drop in direct investment is a concern, although the decline is magnified by the decisions of a few big international oil companies to leave northern Alberta.

Cooling US core inflation this year was driven by major one - off drops — especially the sharp fall in wireless costs due to changes in major pricing plans — as well as some moderation in a few key categories such as housing.

Over the last several months, even including a sharp drop and rebound in the stock market earlier this month, bitcoin (BTC - USD) and the cryptocurrency boom have been by far the biggest topic of discussion in financial markets.

The chart above shows that the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that commercial crude oil inventories at OECD countries could hit their lowest in two years by the end of 2017, coinciding with a sharp drop in U.S. inventories.

Looking at the stock market as a whole, there's been a sharp drop in the number of individual stocks outperforming the S&P 500, while at the same time, an increasing proportion of those outperforming stocks have poor quality ranks (as rated by S&P).

The drop in inflation was driven by a sharp deceleration in prices paid for services.

Internal quarantine arrangements saw a sharp drop - off in international travel from SARS - affected countries, and by those travellers from Europe and the United States seeking to avoid Asian stopovers.

Markets in Asia were down less than 1 percent by midday after a sharper drop the day before in New York.

Bouroudjian at Index Financial Partners added that any instability in emerging markets this time around would be countered by one important element — the sharp drop in oil prices, which is putting money back into the pockets of consumers and businesses globally.

Supermarket operator Supervalu plunged by nearly half after the company reported a sharp drop in net income late Tuesday and suspended its dividend.

This prompted a drop in value for the pound against the US dollar and most other major currencies, with the US dollar experiencing a sharp spike $ 1.36 per pound by January 2009.

Then, at 8:50 PM they get back into their car so that he can drop her off at her house by 9:00 sharp.

Following that initial line movement caused by sharp money, the 49ers have dropped from +9 to +8, but it's worth noting that both «8» and «9» are considered dead numbers.

76 % of Cardinals / Seahawks Under (38): This total has already dropped from 41 to 38 thanks to lopsided action and a steam move triggered by the sharp offshore book Pinnacle.

Sportsbooks reacted by dropping the line -2 to account for the one - sided action, creating enough value for sharp bettors to buy - back the Demon Deacons at a discounted price.

Crowd figures obtained by F1 Fanatic show sharp drops in audiences at some races.

Investors have lost confidence in the administration leading to a sharp drop in investment in Ghana which was also confirmed by a recent world bank report and later corroborated by South Africa Barclay Bank latest report on investment in Africa.

The kind of criminal activities they witnessing under this administration, the sharp drop in goodwill and the ears splitting cry by Ghanaians over hardship and corruption have kept them in their own webs.

Washington (CNN)- In a sharp turnaround, House Republican leaders Monday dropped a key demand that the cost of extending the payroll tax cut be offset by spending cuts elsewhere in the budget.

Figures released by the ONS just last week, showed a sharp increase in the number of people with long term illnesses and disabilities dropping out of the labour market altogether.

Recent data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, had showed that a sharp decline was recorded in revenue accruable to the Federal Government from the petroleum sector, as the country's earnings from crude oil export dropped to N5.271 trillion for the nine month period, January to September 2015.

During the first «Pricing window» for the month of June 2016, Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) increased their prices by an average of 2 % which IES contested, resulting in a sharp response by Goil of some 0.79 % drop on a litre of petrol.

WHAT IT FOUND: The first poll carried out entirely after Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May were grilled by a studio audience on Question Time showed a sharp drop in the Conservative lead.

Precarious progress The sharp drop in the overall number of Ebola cases is a testament to the control efforts by the governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone; the belated arrival of massive international assistance last autumn; and local populations who changed behaviours and practices to better control infection and spread (see «Cases by country»).

By 2012, the drop was even sharper: about 41 %, as estimated by the federal governmenBy 2012, the drop was even sharper: about 41 %, as estimated by the federal governmenby the federal government.

A sharp rise in glucose levels followed by an abrupt drop indicates hyper - insulinism (better known as hypo - gylcemia).

Sharp's screenplays are marked by a narrative complexity and situations gravid with implication and doom.1 Take the moment in the Arthur Penn - helmed Night Moves where broken - down P.I. Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman, reuniting with Penn for the first time since Bonnie and Clyde), after discovering a body in a sunken wreck off the coast of Florida, watches as his two sleazeball hosts (John Crawford and Jennifer Warren)-- who've previously exchanged an odd nod and a knowing glance in which something is silently decided about how to handle this new, inquisitive element dropped in their midst — break into a broken tango to a tune on the radio.

However, unpublished figures from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (aacte), an organization of about 730 of the nation's 1,350 teacher - training programs, suggest a continued sharp drop in the supply of new teachers, a trend that some experts say will itself create a general, nationwide shortage of teachers by 1987 or 1988.

To get the truck low and add sharp handling he grafted in a 1977 Camaro IFS, complemented by Belltech 2 - inch dropped spindles, stock shocks and springs, and antiroll bar.

On the side, things get really attractive, with the most notable feature being the way the front wheel arc transitions into a sharp body line that traverses over the fender vent and toward the rear quarter — it's the cleanest look you could possibly get, and it's accented by the dropping waistline below the windows.

A hole about four inches in diameter was dug by dropping a heavy eight - foot rod with a sharp iron bit, guided through a bamboo tube so that it kept pounding the same spot.

Sales of weekly magazines also saw a sharp drop of 13.4 percent in 2015, while monthly magazines, which are more popular with readers in their 30's and 40's, fell by 6.9 percent.

It is, however, weighted by overall total sales (they put this back in after having dropped it for a couple of years), keeping long - term big sellers afloat even after their sharp sales peaks have leveled out.