Sentences with phrase «cent reported high»

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But he points to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer released earlier this year showing that, since 2009, the debt service ratio — a measure of income spent to pay debt — has remained steady at around 14 per cent, not much higher than the long - term average.

But the same PBO report projects the debt service ratio will rise to an all - time high of 16.3 per cent by the end of 2021.

Today's Globe and Mail reported that CEO's at Canada's 100 largest companies «saw their compensation jump 13 per cent last year, led higher by a 20 - per - cent increase in annual cash bonuses».

At the end of last week, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup both reported 17 per cent first - quarter profit jumps, buoyed by the election of Donald Trump and higher interest rates.

The Institute's rationale for increasing the overall contribution rate from 20 per cent of pay to 24 per cent is their claim that the use of «fair - value» calculations reveals that the pension liabilities are much higher than reported, due to the use of a too high discount rate.

On the London Metal Exchange, it was nickel's turn in the spotlight as it soared 12 per cent at one point to a more than three - year high of $ US15, 875 a tonne, before closing up 7.5 per cent at $ US15, 275, its largest daily gain in 6-1/2 years, Reuters reported.

That's the average estimate, but the report notes that «there is a risk those costs could be not just higher, but much higher»: the model found a five per cent chance that the economic cost to Canada in 2050 could be greater than $ 91 billion.

The Canadian dollar has averaged 101 cents U.S. since the July Report, higher than the 98 cents U.S. assumed in July (Chart 18), and is assumed to average 101 cents U.S. over the projection horizon.

According to a survey by Aon Hewitt, employees of commercial banks, insurance companies and credit unions reported an engagement level of around 70 per cent or higher.

That's slightly higher than the 3 per cent pace recently reported by Statistics Canada under a different expenditure - based measure.

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.

Half - year profits of the 158 companies in the ASX 200 index that reported for the half year to December 2004 amounted to $ 29 billion, 91 per cent higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year (Graph D1).

In an update ahead of its interim results in August, the general insurer said that «significantly higher than expected claims activity» during the first five months of the year is expected to cause that division to report a first half combined operating ratio, a key measure of profitability, of around 110 per cent.

The owner of banners including Safeway, Sobeys, FreshCo and IGA reported higher sales and doubled net earnings in the third quarter as its shares rose more than four per cent Wednesday on the news.

In the foreword to the report Dr Ahmed Shaheed, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief said: «Despite global commitments to promote and to protect freedom of religion or belief, the scale of violations remains enormous, with almost 80 per cent of the world's population living in countries with «high» or «very high» levels of restrictions and / or hostilities towards certain beliefs.»

In a report last month Citigroup analyst Bryan Raymond said the market remained rational but there was a 20 per cent probability that Coles could drop prices further, especially on high profile lines, to regain momentum and encourage shoppers back to its stores.

Schweppes has raised prices in the route trade by 4 per cent and has cut back the depth of promotions in supermarkets, citing higher costs for aluminium, PET and PVC plastics, utilities and distribution, according to a Citigroup report on Monday.

Wing prices in August were running over $ 2 per pound — more than 60 cents per pound higher than the running 10 - year average, according to a report by Mizuho Restaurant and Proteins Analyst Jeremy Scott.

«While the discounter model in Australia is still evolving, Aldi Australia has more market share than in the UK [5 per cent] and in many ways given the higher margins in Australia vs offshore peers Aldi Australia may have even greater opportunity,» Mr Gilbert said in report last month.

Bega, which reported an 18 per cent leap in its first - half profit to $ 18.7 million on Wednesday, lost out to Canadian giant Saputo in a high - profile takeover scrap for its smaller listed rival, Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, and it is widely anticipated the dairy deals will continue to flow.

But a subsequent report, also from the NCDPI, shows that by 2013 - 14, the paid price for lunch in Haywood County had increased by 20 cents, to $ 2.20 at elementary, and $ 2.45 in middle and high school.

«Other firms that use volunteer online polling panels have failed to pick up more than three per cent support for Ukip in recent months, while the highest figure reported in a telephone or face - to - face poll is just two per cent.

Rio Tinto has published its latest «Taxes paid report» which details the US$ 10.2 billion of taxes the company paid globally in 2011, which is almost 40 per cent higher than in 2010.

The MoJ reports 28,658 mortgage possession orders were made on a seasonally adjusted basis, 24 per cent higher than in the second quarter of 2007 and four per cent higher than in the first quarter of 2008.

Further analysis of the report showed that 37.7 per cent of people with highest prevalence of bribery have attained tertiary education with people earning N100, 000 and above as those with highest prevalence of bribery.

The kids who reported regularly skipping breakfast had 26 per cent higher levels of insulin resistance than those who reported eating breakfast every day.

The kids who reported regularly skipping breakfast had 26 per cent higher levels of insulin in their blood after a period of fasting than those who reported eating breakfast every day.

The prevalence of mental illness among homeless individuals is much higher than the rest of the population, with more than 12 per cent suffering from severe mental illness, 11 per cent having mood disorders and close to 40 per cent reporting alcohol and drug addictions.

And Dommond isn't alone: a faculty survey carried out by the Higher Education Research Institute found that 42 per cent of minority women in scientific disciplines reported subtle discrimination — far more than their white or male counterparts did.

Statistics about anxiety in the modern workplace are alarming, with one survey showing 41 per cent of employees from a range of industries reporting high levels of anxiety in the workplace.

KPMG's report Venture Capital in Europe, shows that the amount of money invested in high technology has declined by 22 per cent over the past two years, from a peak of # 693 million in 1989.

The researchers found that total energy consumption in China was 10 per cent higher between 2000 - 2012 than the value reported by the country's national statistics.

Indeed, the proportion of reported doubles was 489 per cent higher than the expected proportion assuming honesty, 48 per cent higher than when individuals rolled alone and 96 per cent higher than when lies only benefited the other player.

Australia has the highest reported rates of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in the world, and the rate has risen 70 per cent in under 25s over the last 15 years, according to Australian research.

Some websites have reported an increase in traffic as high as 350 per cent with some of the most popular sites bombarding singletons with adverts to convince them that 2013, or even the tail end of 2012, could be their time to be lucky in love.

Fallout 4's launch sales were 213 per cent higher than 2010's Fallout: New Vegas, UK numbers company Chart - Track reported.

While the report did find that cyber security was an important issue, with seven in ten businesses saying it was either a very high or fairly high priority, it did show that worryingly only 51 per cent of the businesses had actually attempted to identify the cyber security risks faced by their organisation.

Moreover, a 2014 Public Health England report found that the amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity students engaged with at 11 years of age had an effect on academic performance across English, maths and science, including final GCSE exam results, with active students found to achieve up to 20 per cent higher results than non ‑ active students.

Looking towards the future, the report claims that the one per cent uplift will not be enough if trends continue and argued that there is a case for an uplift higher than one per cent to strengthen the competitive position of the teaching profession at a time of growing demand for graduates.

Teachers clearly value the support that the CAS Master Teachers provide, with over 99 per cent of those teachers benefiting from CPD, reporting that the CPD provided was high quality, implementable and would have an impact in the classroom.

Maths Pathway has documented high results in its 2016 Impact Report, which found that Year 7 students grew an average of 218 per cent faster than they were before they started using the program.

Overseas prevalence rates as high as 52 per cent have been reported (Dooley, et al, 2009), which may give an indication on the likelihood that cyberbullying could grow as rapidly in this country as it has in others.

The report says that some research estimates that 40 per cent of jobs in Australia are at high risk of being automated in the next 10 to 15 years.

Employers of graduates working in professional occupations, reported significantly higher overall satisfaction 87 per cent, compared with those of graduates working in all other occupations.

Teachers clearly value the support that the CAS Master Teachers provide, with over 99 per cent of those teachers benefiting from CPD from CAS Master Teachers reporting that the CPD provided was high quality, implementable and would have an impact in the classroom.

The 2017 survey showed principals and deputy or assistant principals experience a far higher prevalence of offensive behaviour at work than Australia's general population, with 44 per cent of respondents having received threats of violence, and one in three principals reporting actual violence.

School leaders in London and the South East also reported recruitment difficulties due to high housing and living costs, with 63 per cent of respondents from inner London citing this as an issue.

Students whose parents reported «spending time just talking to my child», «eating the main meal with my child around a table» or «discussing how well my child is doing at school» daily or nearly every day were between 22 per cent and 39 per cent more likely to report high levels of life satisfaction.

And around 4 per cent of students — roughly one per class — reported that they are hit or pushed at least a few times per month, a percentage that varies from 1 per cent to 9.5 per cent across countries, with Australian students (at 6 per cent) at the high end as well.

The report also found that disadvantaged students were less likely to believe they will go on to university, with 27 per cent having higher education aspirations, compared to 39 per cent of their better off peers.