Sentences with phrase «cent raise a year»

They think a 25 cent raise a year is generous.

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Earlier, Freeport reduced its copper production forecast for this year to 3.8 billion pounds from 3.9 billion and raised its copper cash cost forecast to $ 1.01 a pound from a previous 97 cents.

Rick Santorum, for instance, suggested raising workers» hourly pay just 50 cents over the next three years.

If the Bank of Canada ultimately raises its benchmark rate by 50 basis points from the start of the year, that could increase borrowers» monthly payments by approximately 5 per cent, according to Rob McLister, founder of comparison site RateSpy.com.

Welshpool - based contractor MACA has raised its full - year net profit by 12 per cent to $ 55.4 million despite weather setbacks during the year, and increased revenue by 25.2 per cent to $ 595.4 million.

Gold and nickel producer Independence Group has raised its full - year profit by 60.7 per cent to $ 46.6 million on the back of the production commencement at Tropicana and an improved nickel price in the second half of the year.

Wells Fargo said it expects to raise its common stock dividend by 1 cent to 39 cents, for four quarters beginning in the third quarter of this year and pending approval by the board.

Activision also raised its full - year revenue forecast to $ 6.40 billion from $ 6.13 billion, and its full - year profit expectations to 87 cents per share from 69 cents.

Failure of prices to recover raises the prospect of even deeper cuts to investment by oil and gas companies next year and would likely result in Canada's economy remaining on a slower growth path than the 2.2 per cent pace we are expecting.»

The strong start to 2018 enabled the aerospace giant to raise its full - year earnings forecast by 50 cents, to a range of $ 16.40 to $ 16.60 per share, while maintaining its revenue outlook at a range of $ 96 billion to $ 98 billion.

Poloz credited the province's subsidized programs for raising prime - age female workforce participation to about 87 per cent, up from 74 per cent 20 years ago.

By his estimate, that kind of workforce injection could raise the country's output by $ 30 billion per year or 1.5 per cent.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce unveiled a plan earlier this month to raise the gas tax by 25 cents — five cents a year for five years — a move the group acknowledged would be an uphill battle.

Mark Kalinowski, the Janney analyst, raised his forecast for sales at Wendy's restaurants open at least a year to 5 per cent in the third quarter, citing the possibility that the burger would be released during that period.

Again Taylor offered a cautious outlook, though it was largely ignored in stories about the «green» budget with its centre piece carbon tax that will raise the price of gas by a couple cents a litre this year.

Graph 8 shows the net result of the linkage: a 1 per cent increase in the real cash rate, lasting for two years, would raise the exchange rate by around 3 per cent and would trim 0.3 per cent off inflation, with a lag which reaches its peak effect in ten quarters.

Last fall, confronted with the prospect of global economic stagnation, the G20 recommended a major global infrastructure initiative to raise global output by 2 per cent over the next five years.

The Aussie will decline to 72 US cents by year - end as restrained economic growth and inflation mean the Reserve Bank of Australia will take a «few years» to catch up with the Federal Reserve in raising borrowing costs, said Philip Moffitt, Asia - Pacific head of fixed income in Sydney at the firm, which oversees more than $ US1 trillion.

Australia's dollar is poised to drop another 5 per cent this year as the central bank stays on hold while the Federal Reserve keeps raising interest rates, Goldman Sachs Asset Management says.

Layton was responding to criticism from Jack Mintz — the economist oft - quoted by Conservative Leader Stephen Harper as justification for his tax policies — that the cap - and - trade system the NDP proposed to cover the cost of $ 3.5 billion worth of green initiatives in the first year would raise gasoline prices by 10 cents per litre.

In a new report released today for Sustainable Prosperity (a new research institute), Jack Mintz and Nancy Olewiler pitch a federal carbon tax constructed by broadening the base of the federal excise tax (which currently raises over $ 5 billion per year based on a tax of 10 cents per litre of gas and 4 cents -LSB-...]

A 10 - year program at $ 5 billion a year would only raise the deficit to 0.3 per cent of GDP in 2015 - 16.

Economists told the Reuters news agency that Prime Minister Naoto Kan's government should commit to raising its sales tax to 15 per cent or 20 per cent over the next 10 to 15 years to help meet rising costs.

South Carolina, however, recently raised its sales tax per gallon from 16.75 cents to 28.75 cents to fund road improvement projects over the next six years.

The state's gas tax, which stayed at 27 cents per gallon for 24 years was raised 4.5 cents in July 2017 to fund road and bridge projects.

The iPhone maker is raising its quarterly dividend by 16 percent to 73 cents per share, matching the largest increase since Apple restored the payment under shareholder pressure six years ago.

The iPhone maker is raising its quarterly dividend by 16 percent to 73 cents per share, matching the largest increase since Apple restored the payment six years ago.

It takes more than a year for a change in the benchmark interest rate to affect borrowing decisions, so to contain inflation, Poloz and his deputies on the Governing Council must raise interest rates before the CPI actually touches two per cent.

Mr Scott also rejected suggestions Wesfarmers was «dressing up» Coles ahead of the $ 20 billion demerger by raising prices or pulling back on investment to stabilise earnings, which have fallen 16 per cent in two years.

It's not news that the MPs» plan promises rich benefits (although it certainly raises eyebrows that its indexed entitlements accrue at the rate of 3 per cent annually to a maximum of 75 per cent of the best five years of pay and are available after only six years of service).

The value of equity raisings over the first nine months of this year was around 60 per cent higher than for the same period last year.

On Thursday, Royal Bank of Canada will hike its five - year fixed - rate mortgage to 3.89 per cent, one day after the Bank of Montreal raised its rate to 3.79 per cent.

Raising the growth rate of the economy by 0.3 per cent (the difference between the underlying productivity growth rate in the 1990s cycle and the average of the earlier cycles) makes little difference over a year or two; over a decade or two, however, the cumulated effect on living standards is substantial.

Wal - Mart raised its full - year outlook in wake of the strong results, even as it expects to take a 5 cent per share hit from its pending acquisition of Jet.com.

But the Fed's new forecast does envision somewhat stronger economic growth compared with its previous estimate: It raises the estimate to 2.7 per cent growth this year, up from 2.5 per cent in the December projection, and 2.4 per cent in 2019, up from 2.1 per cent.

Maine's minimum is only 25 cents higher, at 7.50, but Vermont, currently at $ 9.15, is scheduled to raise that to $ 9.60 next year, and to $ 10.50 by 2018.

Ninety per cent of the funding for the solar panels has been raised through a fundraising project launched last year.

When Yakult raised prices in South Australia by 14 cents a bottle two years ago to cover the deposit and associated administration costs, sales went through the floor.

During the election the Greens called for a blanket 20 per cent «sugar tax» on soft drinks, paid by producers or importers, to raise $ 500 million a year to tackle obesity.

CCA was unable to raise prices to cover a 1.7 per cent increase in cost of goods last year and is believed to have lost market share in the supermarket channel as Schweppes cut prices to boost sales of Pepsi Next.

Clothing prices are expected to rise across the board for the first time in five years as suppliers and retailers raise prices after a 17 per cent slump in the Australian dollar.

Murray Goulburn has raised its opening farmgate milk price by about 10 per cent and lifted the higher end of its full - year range following a review.

Should the little master raise his game by 10 per cent and help Argentina end their 28 - year wait for global footballing domination, he will also officially become a national legend, a true equal of the great Diego Maradona.

The 1.5 cents per ounce tax was pitched in Philadelphia as a means of raising revenue — over $ 400 million is expected to be collected in the next five years — to be used for pre-K education and other city programs.

The bonds, obtained at a 6.69 percent interest rate, will likely raise the park district «s tax rate to 44 cents per $ 100 of assessed valuation from 42 cents over the next 13 years, according to park district superintendent of finance Richard Gravesmill.

At the start of the 2012 — 2013 school year, the district raised the price of elementary school lunches by 65 cents to $ 2, although it could have raised the price incrementally over several years instead.

Khan is free to disagree with those calculations and indeed sources close to Khan point out that Boris himself has not raised fares by RPI plus one per cent over recent years either.

The nonprofit group that ran the Milk Bar at the New York State Fair is pulling out after 60 years, saying the state has yanked all subsidies and refuses to let the group raise the price of milk above 25 cents.

MPs also raised concerns that the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre is having its budget cut by ten per cent over four years and warned that it could lose its focus when it is merged with the National Crime Agency.

A BBC survey of 28 influential economists found that 24 believe the new government will be forced to raise VAT from 17.5 per cent to 20 per cent before the end of next year.