The result was 0.3 per
cent decline for all dwellings in the Toronto region.
Wealth creation in China turned negative for the first time since the inception of the Bloomberg index five years ago, with the country's richest losing $ 11bn in 2016 amid a slump in the Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 index and a seven per
cent decline for the yuan against the dollar.
Not exact matches
Best Buy Co. said comparable store sales dipped 0.8 per
cent for the nine weeks ended Jan. 4, but that was better than the 1.7 per
cent decline in the prior - year period.
«Compensation went up
for every single executive save one on a year - over-year basis and shareholders saw an 80 per
cent decline.»
This 22 - year increase represents approximately 0.2 per
cent on that number and when one accounts
for inflationary dynamics, this represents a serious
decline in real dollars.»
In recent years, rich countries have not kept their promises to provide aid to the developing world at a rate of 0.7 per
cent of GDP, and although aid has not
declined, it has remained flat
for some time.
The C / QPP is accounting
for roughly 25 per
cent of total income and the GIS tax back associated with the growth of C / QPP income may account
for the
decline in OAS / GIS payments starting in the 1990s.
The Needham analyst said that sales of graphics cards
for cryptocurrency mining only account
for about $ 79 million to $ 151 million in revenue per quarter, so even if there was a 20 % to 30 %
decline in sales from competing products, it would only shave earnings by 2
cents to 5
cents a share.
Prada,
for example, recently posted a 28 per
cent decline in 2014 profits, while luxury giant Kering is attempting to turn around its Gucci brand after earnings tumbled seven per
cent last year.
The stock of banks» non-performing loans,
for example,
declined from a peak equivalent to 6 per
cent of total assets in March 1992 to 4 per
cent in June 1993.
For the average male worker, the median annual wage has
declined 19 per
cent in real terms from 1976 to 1996 (from $ 42,000 to $ 34,000), before rebounding by only two per
cent from 1996 to 2010.
In Canada and the United States,
for example, the annual growth rate of the labour force slowed from around 1 1/4 per
cent in 2006 to less than 1/2 per
cent in 2016.11 This
decline has reduced potential output growth and investment demand.
Total CPI inflation in Canada has been around 1 per
cent in recent months, reflecting year - over-year price
declines for consumer energy products.
Yet, the report says the median annual wage has actually
declined by six per
cent in real terms (adjusted
for inflation) since 1976 and has only increased by eight per
cent overall since 1996.
The banking sector seems likely to meet the government's targets
for reducing non-performing loans to around 4 per
cent of total lending by the end of March, and the
decline in bank lending appears to be moderating.
This has generated a continuing
decline in unemployment, bringing the unemployment rate down to around 6 3/4 per
cent in recent months, its lowest level
for a decade.
As a result, the trade deficit has remained at around 2 per
cent of GDP
for the last three quarters, although it has
declined from the peak reached in the middle of 1999.
For the year, the TSX has lost just over 11 per
cent of its value, primarily as a result of a
decline in key commodities prices.
The share of new investor loans with very high LVRs (above 90 per
cent) at the time of origination has been
declining for a few years and is below that
for owner - occupier loans (Reserve Bank of Australia (2017), Financial Stability Review, April).
Dunning recently cautioned that Ottawa's attempts to cool Toronto and Vancouver's overheated housing markets, by making it tougher
for first - time buyers to qualify
for financing, is likely to result in a 25 to 30 per
cent decline in housing starts by 2015 and 150,000 fewer construction jobs across the country.
TD's call is
for an eight per
cent decline in prices by the end of 2015.
Galaxy said prices
for lithium carbonate in China
declined by 10 per
cent during the period, while prices
for lithium hydroxide (which is increasingly preferred by battery manufacturers)
declined by 3 per
cent.
For Australia, the drop - off in inbound travellers from Japan contributed significantly to the
decline of around 20 per
cent in international arrivals between January and May this year.
This appears to have contributed to a
decline in the participation of first - home buyers in the market, with their share of new loan approvals
for owner - occupation
declining over the past two years to be slightly below 20 per
cent in May.
While the reported number of vacancies
declined in the June quarter, the series has trended upwards
for some time and in the June quarter was still more than 10 per
cent higher than a year earlier.
The employee premium rate could be reduced in 2015 by a minimum of 5
cents, with a
decline of at least 7
cents for employers, with larger reductions in 2017.
Against this background, the Bank expects underlying inflation during 1997 to remain low, probably
declining slightly below 2 per
cent for a while.
The result
for the month of June, a fall of 0.8 per
cent, incorporates a substantial
decline in spending in department stores; this may partly reflect recent changes to the timing of mid-year sales, as there was a similar fall recorded the previous June, followed by a strong bounce - back the next month (Graph 13).
National accounts data
for the first quarter recorded a fall in GDP of 1.3 per
cent, confirming earlier signals of
declining demand and output (Graph 8).
Employment has been broadly unchanged over the past year, having fallen
for much of the past six years, with the unemployment rate
declining to 5.1 per
cent by September — its lowest level in two years.
Out of the UK's total of 5.7 m small businesses, only 1.7 per
cent applied
for a loan or overdraft last year, the fifth consecutive year of
decline since 2012.
Sales figures released by the B.C. Real Estate Association
for March show 7,409 homes changed hands last month, a
decline of 24.6 per
cent over March 2017, while average property prices climbed 5.3 per
cent over the same period.
Sales figures released by the association
for March show 7,409 homes changed hands last month, a
decline of 24.6 per
cent over March 2017, while average property prices climbed 5.3 per
cent over the same period.
«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.
Oil and gas equities have been underperforming crude oil prices since the middle of 2017, but the outlook
for energy stocks deteriorated further in the past two weeks, as major oil benchmarks have
declined more than 10 per
cent.
The unemployment rate has
declined over the past year, but has been steady at around 5 1/2 per
cent for some months.
This was a
decline of almost one - third (31 per
cent) in a six - year period — a trend that had begun earlier, has continued since the 1975 terminal date
for the Mission Handbook statistics, and is still continuing.
A more buoyant Woolworths and expansion from Aldi has seen Coles» market share
decline in 2016 - 17,
for the first time in years to 30.9 per
cent.
As competition intensified and the total New Zealand (NZ) beer market saw a
decline of 3.1 per
cent for the first quarter, Lion's beer, spirits and wine division in NZ saw a volume
decline of 5 per
cent when compared to the same period in 2012.
When the write - downs were stripped out, Treasury's underlying earnings
for the year
declined 14.6 per
cent to $ 184.6 million and the wine group was forced to rely on currency adjustments to reach a previously projected profit guidance band of $ 190 million to $ 210 million.
CCA is still the market leader in carbonated soft drinks, which account
for 66 per
cent of the bottler's sales, but sparkling volumes have been in
decline for years and JPMorgan believes volumes could keep falling until at least 2025.
A strong performance in fuels marketing has failed to prevent a 17 per
cent decline in core full - year profit
for Caltex Australia, to $ 524 million, slightly ahead of its December guidance.
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.
Figures from IRI Worldwide
for 2017 showed Australian sales in the off - trade market in the US
declined by 1 per
cent in value.
Dairy prices fell
for the second time in a row at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, but analysts say the 3.9 per
cent average
decline has not changed the positive outlook
for farmers this season.
Vegetable growers saw a
decline in production costs (decrease of 10 per
cent), particularly labour, which is the largest production cost on average
for Australian growers, which decreased by 6 per
cent during the period 2013 - 14 to 2014 - 15.
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.
VB had a national market share of 25 per
cent in 200 but that had
declined every month
for the next ten years.
Fonterra has forecast a 2 per
cent fall in milk production this season, but analysts said increased culling,
declining use of supplementary feed, and less off - farm grazing could lead to a bigger
decline, which would also be supportive
for prices.
Further, over the last year these costs have started to
decline as the number of cattle slaughtered
for TB has dropped by almost ten per
cent - a result of tighter biosecurity, controlled movements and TB testing systems forced on the UK government by the European Commission.