After accounting for the impacts of measures and adjustments, the Sales Tax revenue base is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 4.3 per cent over the forecast period, roughly consistent with the average annual growth in nominal consumption of 4.0 per
cent over this period.
The Institute notes that federal public service employment, excluding military and RCMP uniformed personnel and federal government business enterprise employees, has increased by about 35 per cent between 1999 and 2009, (from 224,600 to 302,000), well in excess of overall growth in population of 11 per
cent over that period.
A case can be made that the first public exposition of the inflation target came in 1993 in a speech by then Governor Fraser (1993): «My own view is that if inflation could be held to an average of 2 — 3 per
cent over a period of years, that would be a good outcome».
Travel revenues have increased by around 6 1/2 per
cent over this period.
The Nasdaq index fell by 25 per
cent over this period.
This was offset by falling import prices resulting from the appreciation of the New Zealand dollar, so total CPI inflation remained low at 1.5 per
cent over this period.
Non-tradables inflation was 4.3 per cent over the year to the December quarter, while tradables inflation was only 0.7 per
cent over the period.
Much of that occurred via the nominal exchange rate, which appreciated by a little more than 50 per
cent over that period.
Excluding China, intra-regional trade has increased by a much more modest 13 per
cent over this period.
Growth of non-farm GDP over the latest four quarters for which we have data was just over 4 per cent; domestic demand, while slowing a little from its most recent peak, expanded by 5 1/2 per
cent over that period; employment growth over the past year has been around trend, though lower in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained close to the lower end of the range in which it has fluctuated over the past two decades.
Reflecting the significant weight Asian currencies have in the trade - weighted index of the Australian dollar, the index was up by 6 per
cent over the period.
Demonstrated capability to deliver growth with a compound annual growth rate in iron ore production of 14.8 per
cent over the period from 1999 to 2007.
Assume that the market returns 20 per
cent over a period and the indexed fund actually earned this 20 per cent.
The worst performing segment by some way was Gas Stocks which saw performance decline -22.68 per
cent over the period, followed by the wider Energy Stocks segment with -16.87 per cent.
If mortgage rates increase by 100 basis points, rents would need to increase by 28 per
cent over the period and by 39 per cent if rates increase by 200 basis points.
Meanwhile, if you had bought property in 2001 and sold it in 2010, you would have made an annualised return on investment of 3.9 per
cent over the period.»
According to the Government of Canada, car emissions went down by 23 per
cent over that period, but «emissions from light trucks (including trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles) doubled.»
No - claims bonus protector Typically, you can accumulate a claim discount of up to 50 per
cent over a period of time.
Not exact matches
Since 2005, Couche - Tard's earnings per share have gone up every year except one, rising from 12
cents to $ 1.20
over that
period.
IHS believes GM could add about $ 439 million in profit
over the same three - year time
period, while Gartner thinks auto makers will be earning up to 10 per
cent of their revenue from connected services by 2020.
During that earlier
period, American business earned an average of 11 percent or so on equity capital employed and stocks, in aggregate, sold at valuations far above that equity capital (book value), averaging
over 150
cents on the dollar.
Apple said iPhone sales rose 21 per
cent over the same
period a year earlier.
Perth's small business count rose by 0.5 per
cent over the five year study
period, but the number of small businesses in the rest of the state fell by 1.5 per
cent.
Perth - based explorer Bauxite Resources has announced it is buying back up to 10 per
cent of its issued stock
over a 12 month
period.
By comparison, Pinterest's RPV increased from 22
cents to 55
cents over the same
period, while Facebook's grew from 67
cents to 93
cents.
Revenue came in at $ 7.37 billion for the
period ended June 16, an increase of 1.3 per
cent from the $ 7.28 billion
over the second quarter of 2011.
Revenues are projected to increase at an average annual rate of 3.8 per
cent over the 2013 — 14 to 2016 — 17
period.
This compares to average annual growth of 4.2 per
cent in compensation of employees
over this
period.
One very concrete example of this can be seen in divergent movement in the price of health services — a non-tradable — which has increased by 6 per
cent over the past year, and the price of clothing — a tradable — which has fallen by 3 per
cent over the same
period.
More surprisingly, nearly 60 per
cent saw an increase in revenue from Asian operations
over the
period of the crisis.
The PBO and private sector economists are predicting that Canada's economic potential will average less than 2 per
cent per year
over the
period to 2014 and beyond.
This growing interest in India is not surprising; with average real annual growth of 8.75 per
cent over the 2003 to 2007
period, India is emerging as an economic heavyweight in the region.
Indeed, between all of the 1980 to 1992
period, the excess is 50 per
cent or
over.
And
over this
period, GDP growth has averaged 2 3/4 per
cent, higher than in most other advanced economies.
The speech says that the Bank's central forecast remains for inflation in Australia to pick up
over the next couple of years, but for inflation to be nearer to 2 per
cent, than 3 per
cent at the end of this
period.
At the current level of 5.5 per
cent, the cash rate is in line with its average
over the low inflation
period since 1993.
«Six per
cent over the next two years would be a reasonable way to at least reduce the bump that we're going to hit when we come out of this three year rate
period,» says Quail.
Revenue rose $ 57.4 million from a year ago to $ 68.3 million, and EPS rose from 31
cents to 40
cents over the same time
period, Kessler said in a Thursday note.
In circumstances where the forecast lies outside the range
over the policy horizon, the forecast path for inflation should be such that inflation would be expected to return to between 2 and 3 per
cent within a reasonable
period, that is, the trend in inflation should be clearly back toward the target range.
Over the same nine - year
period, Australia had an average rate of inflation of 2.8 per
cent per annum.
That framework's been in place since the early 1990s, we have hit the target
over that 20 year
period, the average inflation rate's pretty close to 2.5 per
cent, so we regard that as successful by the terms of the definition that we set ourselves and I think that's made a big contribution to economic stability more generally and I don't think it's an accident that that
period of fairly low predictable inflation has coincided with pretty good sustained growth in the economy.
Last month, the provincial government released statistics showing that B.C. welcomed 150,000 more visitors in the first six months of 2015 than the same
period in 2014 — an increase of 8.3 per
cent year
over year.
The left - leaning think tank said the finding was «worrisome» because Toronto and Vancouver have seen some of the biggest increases in cost of living
over the same
period, with the price of houses, in particular, skyrocketing by 37 per
cent in Toronto and 62 per
cent in Vancouver.
(For those who are still not comfortable with the concept of underlying inflation, headline inflation has averaged 2.4 per
cent per annum
over the same
period.)
This lost revenue accounts for about 80 per
cent of the increase in federal public debt
over that
period.
I do not object to paying 25 per
cent of any short - term (one - year) capital gain, but when it comes to gains that include a tax on inflation that occurred
over long
periods of time, it means severe injury to whatever real gain has been earned.
Canadian production has been especially important in this trend, with imports into the Midwest increasing by about 50 per
cent over that same 2000 - 2011 time
period, as shown below:
Over the three years to June 1993, inflation as measured by the CPI averaged around 2 per
cent a year; the last three - year
period to show such a low inflation rate was in the early 1960s.
Over the same
period, the Canadian dollar appreciated from a record low of around 62
cents U.S. to above parity, helping to reduce the inflationary risks that came with the stronger growth and increased income.
It then started tracking and releasing data about the scale of foreign buying in Metro Vancouver (about 10 per
cent of the value of all deals, equal to $ 885 million
over a five - week
period).