Sentences with phrase «cent below the peaks»

Since the beginning of 2014, though, the Australian dollar has on average been 18 per cent below the peaks it reached in 2013, on a trade - weighted basis.

The decline has been the first major fall since mid 2003, with the Australian dollar currently about 9 per cent below its peak (Graph 25).

Other forward indicators, including display home traffic and land sales, also remain subdued; despite rising in November, the Housing Industry Association series on commitments to build remains 21 per cent below its peak in 2003.

There has also been some softening in the share market, particularly for technology stocks; the S&P 500 index is currently around 5 per cent below the peak levels reached in March, and the NASDAQ is currently 21 per cent lower.

That could help Berkshire's stock price, which closed on Tuesday about 10 per cent below its peak on Jan. 29.

In contrast, profits in the manufacturing sector have declined over the past two years and are now 6 per cent below their peak in March 1995.

Loan approvals to investors have also risen in recent months, but remain 23 per cent below their peak.

However, the think tank says both parties» plans would «still leave spending per pupil on 16 to 18 - year - olds in 2021 - 22 around 14 per cent below its peak in 2011 - 12».

Not exact matches

On Thursday, the latest figures showed the ratio hit 170.4 per cent in the final three months of 2017, just below its historical peak of 170.

Retail sales in February were still 1.8 per cent below 2017 peak levels.

Currently, business investment is equivalent to around 16 per cent of GDP — not far below its peak level in the past four decades — and is expected to rise a little further over the next couple of years (Graph 2).

With no NASDAQ bubble, the Australian equity market has continued to increase steadily throughout the period, and is currently still close to its peak, contrasting to, say, the Wilshire which is nearly 30 per cent below.

Export volumes stood 5.0 per cent below their pre-recession peak at the end of 2013.

The exchange rate has declined recently and is now around 9 per cent below its mid-February peak against the US dollar; in trade - weighted terms it has fallen by a smaller amount, as some of the fall against the US dollar has been a reflection of recent US dollar strength.

At present, the price is a little over US$ 290 per ounce, about 15 per cent above the recent low point but about 30 per cent below the most recent peak of US$ 415 per ounce (Graph B1).

This remains at the higher end of outcomes over the past few years, though slightly below the most recent peak of 4.4 per cent in June 2003.

In South Korea, while industrial production is now 16 per cent above its pre-crisis peak in September 1997, electronics production is 77 per cent higher; excluding electronics, production is just below pre-crisis levels.

It will be aided by the fiscal stimulus now in the pipeline, and by the recent depreciation of the $ A which, in TWI terms, is about 12 per cent below its September 1991 peak.

After reaching a record high against the US dollar of US$ 1.293 in mid February, the euro depreciated over subsequent months and is now about 6 per cent below its mid-February peak (Graph 24).

In the US, the S&P 500 is about 4 per cent below its July peak, but the bulk of stocks in the index have fallen by significantly more than this as investors, possibly reacting to concerns that share prices are overvalued, have tended to move into the larger «blue chip» stocks.

Both the quarterly and annual rates were unchanged from the previous quarter, and the annual rate is now well below the recent peak of 3.3 per cent reached in the March quarter 1996.

The change to the Fed's policy statement in late January caused the US dollar to strengthen, and the euro is currently around 2 per cent below its early January peak (Graph 21).

Despite rising real wages, and the weakness in activity, the unemployment rate remains steady at 8.8 per cent, well below its earlier peak of 11 per cent.

After peaking above US$ 66 per barrel on Jan. 25, WTI has slipped nearly 12 per cent to below US$ 59.

The journey as a listed company has been anything but smooth; after trading above $ 6 at the start of 2005 at its peak, Australian Vintage shares have traded below or slightly above 40 cents per share since the end of 2008.

Powertrain vital statistics show 147kW at 7100rpm and 215Nm at 5400rpm, but out in the real world the engine doesn't deliver much sizzle below 4500rpm, despite Renault's claims that 95 per cent of its peak torque hits at 3000rpm.

Still, that is well below the 45 per cent peak in 2005.

Responding to the unequivocal scientific evidence that preventing the worst impacts of climate change will require Parties included in the Annex I to the Convention as a group to reduce emissions in a range of 25 ---- 40 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020 and that global emissions of greenhouse gases need to peak in the next 10 to 15 years and be reduced to very low levels, well below half of levels in 2000 by 2050,

Using this revised methodology, BMO economist Sal Guatieri reported recently that Canada's debt - to - gross income ratio (121 per cent) is still well below both the current (146 per cent) and peak (166 per cent) U.S. levels.