Primary schools are expecting a 1.5 per cent increase in stationery expenditures in 2017/18 and secondary schools a 2.1 per cent decrease — far from the 8.7 per
cent decline expected for teaching aids and equipment spending.
Growing crops that cope with high temperatures can boost yields up to 15 per cent, offsetting much of the almost 20 per
cent decline expected by 2100.
Not exact matches
Much of this contraction is due to the sharp pullback in investment in the oil patch, now
expected to
decline by 40 per
cent over the course of the year.
The British Columbia Real Estate Association has released its 2018 first quarter housing forecast, showing residential sales are
expected to fall 8.6 per
cent to 94,855 units this year, with the
decline continuing into 2019.
The trend continued Wednesday with a
decline of as much as 9.7 per
cent, the biggest drop since June 2016, to $ 252.10 U.S.. Its unsecured bonds have also hit all - time lows ahead of the release of first - quarter production results
expected next week.
Most economists
expect potential economic growth to
decline from about 3 per
cent annually to about 2 per
cent over the next ten years, as a result of continued poor productivity growth and a slowing labour force growth as the population ages.
Inflation is now
expected to
decline to around 1 3/4 per
cent at the end of this year, rising to around 2 1/2 per
cent by the end of 2005.
A clear, although gradual, shift has occurred in respondents» medium - term inflation expectations, with the share of respondents
expecting inflation to be less than 3 per
cent per annum
declining steadily since early last year.
Victoria and Montreal are also
expected to record price
declines, with Montreal's average resale price dropping 0.7 per
cent to $ 265,344.
On the information available at present, we still
expect inflation to fall back to 3 per
cent by mid 2010, and to continue
declining gradually thereafter.
Against this background, the Bank
expects underlying inflation during 1997 to remain low, probably
declining slightly below 2 per
cent for a while.
The number of respondents to the NAB survey anticipating inflation to be greater than 3 per
cent over the next ten years
declined in the latest survey, although it remains the case that an
expected inflation rate in the 3 to 4 per
cent range is the most common survey response.
Respondents to this survey
expect inflation to
decline over the following year, to a median of 2.4 per
cent.
Medium - term expectations recorded in the NAB Survey show some substantial
declines in
expected inflation have occurred during the past year, but more than half the respondents still
expect inflation to be in the 3 to 4 per
cent range.
«We can not envision this business trading at 11.7 x EBITDA and a 23 per
cent premium to Tabcorp when we
expect earnings will
decline for the next two years,» he said last week.
Sales of Chinese - made wine are
expected to
decline by about 6 per
cent this year, while imported labels are forecast to grow by the same amount annually through to 2019.
Fonterra said it now
expects its milk collections to be down by 5 per
cent for the current season, compared with a previous forecast of a 7 per
cent decline, which means it will now offer more product for sale through the GlobalDairyTrade auction system.
«By the time we entered tranche two of our program, a much larger group, it was around 60 per
cent... Based on
declining whistle - blower activity over time, and other observations to date, we
expect we will see this non-compliance rate
decline further as we complete the final tranche of audits during 2018 - 19.»
The grocery wholesaler said it
expects full - year EPS to to fall 2 - 6 6 per
cent compared with prior guidance for a 1 - 3 per
cent decline.
BESA found that school leaders
expected a 5.5 per
cent decrease in resource spending across primary and secondary schools in 2017 — a further
decline on 2016, where expenditure was down 4.7 per
cent.
Currently electricity from solar power costs 15 - 32
cents / kWh, is
expected to
decline to 8 - 18
cents / kWh by 2015, and continue falling to 4 - 8
cents / kWh by 2025, the report claims.
Expected impacts on Australia of warming at this level include: the shut - down of the Murray - Darling river system; disappearance of Kakadu's freshwater wetlands under rising seas; loss of most of the core habitat of vertebrate species; a 40 + per
cent decline in livestock carrying capacity; trebling of
Projecting to 2050, it is
expected that the share of cereals in calories for food use will continue to
decline slowly from 54 per
cent in 2001 to 49 per
cent in 2030 and 46 per
cent in 2050 (Alexandratos 2006).
Motor is the largest segment (share of 46 per
cent), but growth
expected to moderate in line with
decline in growth in automobile industry.
While vacancy rates were on the
decline over the past year (from 5.60 per
cent in the fourth quarter of 2007 to 4.50 per
cent in 2008) and rents continued to escalate ($ 21.36 to $ 22.90 per sq. ft. for the same period), softening demand due to weak economic conditions and the
expected supply of several million square feet of new office space will pose challenges for some of the prestigious towers in Toronto's financial district during 2009 and 2010.
Resale prices for condos are
expected to rise next year in all eight cities studied, with Calgary showing the largest growth of 3.3 per
cent and Vancouver, following two years of price
decline, growing only 1.4 per
cent.
Canadian housing values are
expected to hover at $ 300,000, a three per
cent decline from last year.