Sentences with phrase «by sharp increases»

In the 1980s doctors in China were alarmed by sharp increases in the incidence of metabolic and blood sugar issues.

The large amount of equity raised was offset to some extent by a sharp increase in the value of buybacks in the quarter.

«University of California, San Diego, economist James Hamilton noted in a recent study that 10 out of 11 post-World War II recessions [PDF] in the United States were preceded by a sharp increase in the price of crude petroleum.

The recent step - up in growth has been underpinned by strong household consumption, which rose by 1.6 per cent in the September quarter, propelled by a sharp increase in disposable income flowing from recent fiscal initiatives.

That growth was fueled in part by a sharp increase in sales of children's and young adult fiction, up 117 % to $ 469 million.

Greg Markiewicz, the manager of Tatnuck Pets, a store in Worcester, Mass., said he sees the economy looking up just by the sharp increase in customers requesting and buying high - end foods, treats and more for their pets.

This research was made possible by a sharp increase of government funding, especially from military agencies that wanted to know more about the weather and geophysics in general.

It showed relatively flat temperatures for approximately 900 years followed by a sharp increase in temperatures over the last hundred.

The temperature reconstruction it contained showed relatively flat temperatures for approximately 500 years followed by a sharp increase in temperatures over the last hundred years.

We believe that AMD'd graphics surge has been caused by a sharp increase in sales of graphics chips to cryptocurrency miners.

Early adolescence and the transition from primary to secondary school are characterized by a sharp increase in the percentage of youths that have ever tried a cigarette (STIVORO, 2004; US Department of Health and Human Services, 1994).

Not exact matches

And Trump's policies to date — a combination of deep tax cuts and sharp spending increases — are shortening the fuse on that fiscal time bomb, by dramatically widening the already unsustainable gap between revenues and outlays.

A cyclical downturn, a sharp decline in stock prices, or an unexpectedly steep increase in real interest rates dictated by skeptical overseas investors might be the catalyst that prompts legislators to get serious.

The institute also examined the amount of education debt held by those close to retirement, and found a sharp increase over 25 years.

[T] he dramatic increase in leveraged bond positions by both US hedge funds and mundane money managers set in motion self - reinforcing liquidations once uncertainty over emerging markets including Turkey, Venezuela, Mexico, and Malaysia - all of which experienced sharp capital flow volatility - put pressure on speculative positions.

The sharp increase in strikes in Somalia can be partly explained by a new green light to attack.

It works more smoothly with 4K video, too, but since the MacBook's display isn't that sharp, those increases will likely go unnoticed by the majority of buyers.

During the quarter, Equities operated in an environment characterized by a significant decline in global equity markets and a sharp increase in volatility levels.

A recent survey of European corporates by investment bank UBS showed a sharp uptick in French companies» capital expenditure (CapEx) spending intentions.2 We also expect to see a similar increase in the amount French companies plan to invest in their business.

However, last month's sharp decline was accompanied by increased regulatory risk and signs of fatigue in the market.

Over the postwar period, there have been repeated episodes of sharp interest rate increases in the advanced countries followed by financial crises in EMDEs.

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.

Due to a sharp increase in ICOs and the desire of many ICO issuers to generate publicity for their offerings, many blockchain «news» organizations have been increasingly willing to abandon their journalistic integrity by publishing paid promotional content, without disclosing the source of the content.

A dynamic is put in place in which debt keeps labor down — not only by eating up its wages in debt service, but in making workers suffer sharp increases in the interest rates they have to pay or even risk losing their homes if they miss a payment by going on strike or being fired.

Figure 1 shows how EBITDA gives the misleading impression that gas station operators CST Brands (CST) is increasing profits when its true profitability as measured by return on invested capital (ROIC) is in sharp decline.

Income - Driven Repayment (IDR) plans first came about in the 1990s and 2000s, but the Obama administration promoted IDR in recent years to combat a sharp increase in defaults by federal student loan borrowers.

My column this week on the positive aspects of the CRTC's usage based billing decision has generated some sharp disagreement, with some arguing that the pricing set by the Commission is faulty and virtually guaranteed to increase consumer prices (Search Engine covers the issue and arrives at the same conclusion, Peter Nowak does as well).

In the past 18 months or so, in contrast, a sharp reappraisal by investors around the world has seen compensation demanded for accepting risk increase.

«The sharp move in interest rates has been accompanied by an increase in volatility, pockets of liquidity dislocations, and unstable and changing correlations.»

That was followed by a sell - off which nearly halved bitcoin's price to what might be a bottom of around $ 1,800 on July 16th, with a sharp price increase soon after to $ 2,300, a segwit bull - run to $ 2,700, a Bitcoin Cash crash back to $ 2,300 and now the recent bull run to an all - time high.

The robust rate of spending by US households and businesses has resulted in a sharp increase in imports into the US, with the volume of imports increasing by 9.2 per cent over the year to the December quarter.

The recent announcement by European central banks to restrict further sales of gold and the decision by the IMF to fund its debt - relief initiative with off - market transactions, contributed to a sharp recovery in sentiment in the gold market in late September; the gold price in US dollars increased by around 25 per cent in the wake of these decisions, but has since retraced about half of this rise.

The Bank of Canada has been rather vocal about the potential for a «serious, widespread correction in house prices resulting from a sharp increase in unemployment,» and Fitch has warned that housing prices may be overvalued by 20 % across Canada.

By the second quarter of 1952, the price increases had petered out as it became clear that the Korean War would not spread into a worldwide conflict and with the sharp slowdown in economic growth recorded in that year.

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).

In the manufacturing industry, the sharp increases seen in the September quarter in the prices of materials used and articles produced were followed by further price rises in December.

The search for higher returns has also resulted in a sharp increase in direct investment in the share market by households.

Export earnings increased by almost 12 per cent over 2004, mainly the result of sharp increases in resource export prices.

Somewhat unusually, movements in the current account deficit (CAD) have recently been dominated by developments in the net income deficit (NID), with its sharp increase in the second half of 2004 pushing the CAD to 7.1 per cent of GDP in the December quarter, the largest since quarterly ABS data began in 1959.

In recent years Australia's balance of payments has been characterised by a lacklustre expansion in export volumes, rapid growth in import volumes, and a sharp increase in the terms of trade.

CNN: My Take: More doubts about God doesn't mean religion is weakening Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of «The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation,» gives his take on a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, which shows a sharp increase in the number of millenials who doubt the existence of God.

Ever since September 11, 2001, I have seen a sharp increase in books about Islam by American evangelicals.

I recommend starting with a sharp knife as this will increase the chances you'll be able to cut the pumpkin with minimal effort and it will decrease the chances you'll cut yourself by accident.

A sharp increase in the level of confectionery being produced for Easter has been recorded by latest figures from Mintel, which revealed a 23 % rise over last year.

If the total increases, it's an excellent indicator that sharp money (typically large bets by wise guys or betting syndicates) is taking the over.

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Looking at the skills challenges by sector, financial services and construction have seen very sharp increases in skill shortages since 2013.

The statement dated October 17, 2016 and signed by Duncan Amoah, the Chamber's Executive Secretary attributed the «current prices to sharp increases on the world market prices as the cedi has been relatively stable over the past two

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.

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.