For Metro Vancouver, the share of foreign buyer transactions made up 19 per
cent of the market from July 15 to Aug. 1, compared with 10 per cent for June 10 to July 14.
Not exact matches
In a move likely aimed at appeasing competition regulators, the mining companies scrapped plans to jointly
market up to 15 per
cent of production
from their Pilbara operations.
Walter Spracklin
of RBC Capital
Markets said increased costs
from the delay means that Bombardier will need to sell more than 800 aircraft to break even, or 12 per
cent market share over the next 20 years.
This was ahead
of analysts» expectations for 26
cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S, but down
from $ 1.09 per share a year ago, when a buoyant stock
market boosted investment returns.
This was ahead
of analysts» expectations for 26
cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S, but down
from $ 1.09 per share a year ago, when a buoyant stock
market boosted...
The number
of Canadian homes sold in March plunged 23 per
cent and the national average price was down 10 per
cent from the same month last year amid double - digit plunges in most housing
markets across the country, according to the latest monthly sales data released Friday.
Idaho's exports to China totalled $ 560 million in 2015 — an increase
of more than 16 per
cent from 2014 that makes China the second - largest export
market for Idaho.
Net earnings increased to $ 209 million
from $ 3 million, and the
market value
of the company's shares increased
from $ 61 million to $ 2.6 billion, for a compounded annual return
of 16.4 per
cent.
While downloads still command 40 per
cent of the
market, streaming revenue now accounts for 20 per
cent of total revenue, up
from just 3 per
cent in 2007.
In Toronto, information on foreign buyers is more scarce, although a report
from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in April pegged the rate
of foreign ownership in the city's condo
market at 3.3 per
cent.
Uber also said its U.S. ride - hailing
market share fell
from 82 per
cent at the start
of last year to 70 per
cent in the fourth quarter.
Ian de Verteuil
of CIBC World
Markets says the drop in the U.S. corporate tax rate to 21 per
cent from 35 per
cent makes Canada a less attractive destination to locate a head office.
A MERE two per
cent of Australian businesses with an Internet presence reported a profit
from transactions generated
from and through their websites during 1999, according to a study by
Marketing Focus research team leader Barry Urqhuart.
As for operating system
market share, comScore says that Google is first with 50.5 per
cent of the
market running some version
of Android, up
from 44 per
cent a year ago.
All the «other» operating systems, such as BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone, combined to comprise 11.2 per
cent of the
market, with BlackBerry representing 8.9 per
cent overall, a decline
of 6.1 per
cent from a year earlier.
Among the Big Six banks, BMO also has the highest proportion
of its loan book in business loans, at 49 per
cent, according to a February note
from CIBC World
Markets.
«Twenty - four financial publications engaged in forecasting the stock
market during the 4 1/2 years
from January 1, 1928, to June 1, 1932, failed as a group by 4 per
cent per annum to achieve a result as good as the average
of all purely random performances.
Global stock
markets plunged
from 5 to 9 per
cent abroad, and there was talk
of closing the New York
market if stocks fell more than 1,000 points.
These two centres, for example, now account for 50 per
cent of world foreign exchange
market turnover, up
from 40 per
cent a decade ago.
Some 5.7 %
of corporate junk bonds
from emerging
markets are trading at prices below 70
cents on the dollar, more than double the rate for higher - risk U.S. bonds, according to JPMorgan.
In terms
of the value
of transactions, their combined
market share has increased
from around 14 1/2 per
cent in 2003, to around 16 1/2 per
cent today; most
of this increase took place around the time that two banks began issuing American Express cards.
Given that more than 30 per
cent of Japan's beef imports come
from the U.S. while Canada supplies about two per
cent, there is a lot
of room for Canada to take
market share (sales) away
from the U.S..
Kirzner is also dropping money
market funds
from the mix, recommending instead that 10 per
cent of your portfolio be kept in cash in a high - interest savings account.
Instead, he needs to focus on the Bank
of Canada's 2 per
cent inflation target and accept whatever exchange rate results
from the existing combination
of market forces.
Its share
of the U.S. phone
market fell
from fifty per
cent in 2009 to less than one percent by the end
of 2014.
A study
from the NPD research group found that Tim Hortons» share
of the $ 4.6 - billion coffee chain
market fell to about 76 per
cent in May, a decline
of about two per
cent from 2009 before McDonalds launched its McCafes.
For example, Overseas Shipholding Group (equity ticker OSG) is a deeply junk rated oil tanker company that has seen its bonds drop
from trading around par (par means 100
cents on the dollar when comparing the
market price to the face amount
of the bonds) to distressed levels between 60 and 70
cents on the dollar.
With McDonald's serving $ 2 McCafe drink specials as part
of a revamped coffee menu, what does Starbucks do in return?Raise prices.The Seattle giant has quietly raised prices
from 10 - 30
cents in various U.S.
markets including Southern California.
Futures
markets are not expecting the ECB to raise interest rates
from their current level
of 2 per
cent until at least the end
of 2005, while a tightening is not expected in Japan until at least 2006.
Whereas in most
markets an increase in short - selling puts pressure on the lending
market and pushes up the interest rate at which short - sellers can borrow the underlying stock, the ready supply
of gold loans
from central banks seeking to earn some return on their gold holdings has, until recently, helped to keep lease rates low, generally in the range
of 1 — 2 per
cent (Graph B3).
According to the International Energy Agency's most recent Medium - Term
Market Report, between 2014 and 2020 global LNG capacity will increase by 164 bcm, 90 per
cent of which will originate
from the US and Australia.
Statistics Canada said household credit
market debt as a proportion
of household disposable income increased to 167.8 per
cent, up
from 166.6 per
cent in the first quarter.
By contrast, Australia's
market share has more than doubled during this period, increasing
from two per
cent of China's imports to five per
cent, with Australian exports to China reaching $ 95 billion in 2013.
«Distilled down
from the 1,000 businesses in our decision - maker panel, which is run by our agents, about 40 per
cent of those businesses are affected in some way, either through the supply chain or end
markets by uncertainties around Brexit.»
By then the oil
market will be feeling the delayed effects
of a 40 per
cent slump in investment
from late 2014 to early 2017, storing up a structural shortfall
of 8 million barrels a day (b / d).
Medium - term inflation expectations
of financial
market participants, as implied by the difference between nominal and indexed bond yields, have risen to around 3 per
cent in October,
from less than 2 per
cent at the beginning
of the year.
Since the beginning
of its current tightening cycle in June 2004, the federal funds rate has been increased
from 1.0 per
cent to 2.5 per
cent in increments
of 25 basis points at each Federal Open
Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.
With the global economic recovery consolidating over the past three months, the main focus
of markets has been on the likely timing
of the first increase in the US federal funds rate
from its 45 - year low
of 1 per
cent.
In the U.S. retail
market, the price
of regular gasoline averaged $ 3.42 a gallon on Friday, a decline
of 13
cents from a month earlier and down 38
cents from a year before, according to AAA.
The odds
of a rate hike at the Bank
of Canada's next meeting on Jan. 17 soared to 70 per
cent,
from 40 per
cent yesterday, based on trading in the swaps
market.
While still down overall
from last year when sales started slumping in the face
of fears about the housing
market and tighter mortgage lending rules, high - rise condo construction starts came in 22 per
cent higher in major urban centres in May compared with April.
Canada's housing
market may be gradually cooling, but Toronto home sales are expected to remain so «brisk» over the coming months, prices could jump seven or eight per
cent by the end
of this year, says a new report
from real estate giant ReMax.
It is also important to note that at the beginning
of the current boom, the unemployment rate was around 6 per
cent, suggesting that there was some excess capacity in the labour
market at the outset
of the adjustment to the mining investment boom (this is another point
of departure
from the theory presented in Section 2, which assumes that the economy is in equilibrium prior to the boom).
Online takeaway food sales are growing almost five times faster than the total takeaway food
market and are forecast to rise
from about $ 1.5 billion, or 10 per
cent of the
market in 2017 to $ 4.2 billion, or 23 per
cent of the
market, by 2025, according to a report by Morgan Stanley in January.
The average price
of freehold properties declined by 15.5 per
cent from March 2017; the average sale price in the condominium
market decreased by 1.6 per
cent compared to the same period.
Chances
of a rate hike in January fell to 28 per
cent from 41 per
cent before the announcement, the overnight index swaps
market indicated.
In particular, the
market has scaled back its view
of downside risk, with the expected likelihood
of a fall
of 15 per
cent or more over the next three months dropping
from 8 per
cent to 3 per
cent.
The average price
of freehold properties declined by 10.5 per
cent from April 2017; the average sale price in the condominium
market decreased by less than one per
cent compared to the same period.
The bulk
of this has been due to the exchange rate against the Japanese yen, as the yen has fallen sharply on world
markets, including a fall
of about 50 per
cent against the US dollar
from its peaks in mid 1995.
Among the explanations that have been put forward are the increased credibility
of central banks in controlling inflation (inflation rates remain below 3 per
cent across the developed world), the low level
of official interest rates in the major economies reflecting low inflation and the continuing weakness in some economies, a glut
of savings on world
markets particularly sourced
from the Asian region, and changes to pension fund rules in some countries which are seen as biasing investments away
from equities towards bonds.