Sentences with phrase «cent rise recorded»

And the blanket figure masks «alarming regional differences,» the Liberal Democrats claim, with an 80 per cent rise recorded in London and the south - west.

Not exact matches

Financial services provider Pioneer Credit says it's on track for a record FY16, after delivering a 105 per cent rise in half - year profit.

For the six months to December 31, it reported a 9.1 per cent rise in underlying earnings before interest, taxes, and amortisation to $ 72.8 million, on the back of record gross written premium (GWP) growth across both its underwriting and broker network units.

The drop has come after an incredible run for the stock, which has risen almost 400 per cent in the last 12 months, and hit a record high of $ 9.40 last week.

Imports of motor vehicles and parts rose 8.3 per cent to $ 10.3 billion, the strongest increase since 2011, while consumer goods climbed 7.7 per cent to a record $ 11 billion.

Australian share prices have risen by 10 per cent since the previous Statement and reached a series of record highs during the period (Graph 46).

While this indicates a slowing in the pace of growth during 2004, as a share of GDP investment is estimated to have risen to around 45 per cent in 2004, which is the highest level on record and about as high an investment share as has been seen anywhere in the world.

The prices of imported goods and services, recorded «at the docks», have moved broadly in line with the rise in the exchange rate (with a slight lag), falling by about 6 per cent (excluding petroleum) between the December quarter 1998 and the September quarter 1999.

The US S&P 500 increased 9 per cent in the quarter which accounted for all of the rise in the index over 2004, while the NASDAQ recorded a particularly strong increase of 15 per cent in the quarter.

Over the past year, capital spending rose by more than 17 per cent, with the main categories of investment — machinery and equipment investment (abstracting from civil aircraft deliveries), buildings and structures, and spending on computer software — all recording robust growth in the quarter and over the year.

Over the year, food prices rose by 4 1/2 per cent, with above - average price rises being recorded for a number of commodities affected by the drought.

In a sixth year of consecutive growth, organic sales rose by six per cent to a record # 2.2 bn, driven largely by independent outlets and home deliveries

In the September quarter, both the REIA and ABS measures recorded increases in the range of 3 — 3 1/2 per cent, with both series showing rises over the year of between 15 and 18 per cent (Table 8).

Approvals for loans to investors have been particularly strong, rising by almost 40 per cent over the past year; these now account for a record high 43 per cent of total approvals.

The volume of imports rose by 2 1/4 per cent in the June quarter, which is a little above trend rates, and is likely to record a similar increase in the September quarter.

Even stronger growth has been recorded in the ABS vacancies series, which has risen by 28 per cent over the past year, the bulk of this in the past two quarters.

The net income deficit recorded a slight rise in the September quarter to $ 5.6 billion, though at 2.8 per cent of GDP, it remains around its average level of the past five years.

According to the ABS measure, prices rose, on average, by 5 per cent in the June quarter to be 18 per cent higher over the year, with strong gains being recorded in all major capital cities (Graph 32).

After recording growth of 1.3 per cent over the first half of the year, GDP rose by 3.0 per cent over the second half of the year (Graph 2).

Rising export prices boosted Australia's terms of trade by around 10 per cent during 2004, and a similar increase is likely to be recorded during 2005 as the recent round of increases in bulk commodity contract prices takes effect.

The figure has risen 15 - per - cent since the same time in 2016, and is significantly higher than the 2,744 figure recorded in 2014.

Dr Cooper said total beer volumes had risen by 2.9 per cent to a record 83.8 million at Coopers, continuing a record run of 24 years of consecutive increases in volumes.

Over the last five years, as Coles challenged suppliers and cut or absorbed cost price rises, the retailer has recorded annual food and liquor deflation of 1.5 per cent and claims to have saved the average family more than $ 600 a year off their grocery shop.

Mr Irvin said near - record dairy commodity prices appeared to be here to stay because of the strength of demand in China, reporting an 18 per cent rise in half - year profit to $ 18.7 million.

Since March the record price has been broken six times and risen from # 17,750 to # 27,500, a rise of 55 per cent.

-LSB-...] Meanwhile, private - sector employment has risen and the self - employed account for a record 15 per cent of the labour force.

All these contributed to a scramble for UBA's share, which in turn increased the bank's share price currently standing at about N9.90, representing a rise of over 165 per cent or N6.16 per share compared to N3.74 per share recorded in 2016.

An autumn snapshot survey last year recorded 4,134 rough sleepers, while the number of homeless families approaching councils and being assessed as entitled to temporary accommodation rose by 48 per cent to 59,090.

Earlier this week the yield on Italian ten - year debt rose to a record seven per cent before falling back by around 0.5 percentage points.

Pharmaceutical companies Shire and AstraZeneca both recorded rises of 2.39 per cent and 2.3 per cent respectively.

This year has also seen a record number of UCAS university admissions, which rose by three per cent to 409,000.

By 2020, the core schools budget will rise to a record # 43.5 billion — 50 per cent more per pupil in real terms than in 2000.

Renault Australia has had impressive sales success with its commercial vehicle range in recent times, its portfolio of four vehicles recording a 23 per cent rise in 2016 compared to the year prior.

The ratio of household debt - to - disposable income reached the highest on record in the third quarter, at 148.1 per cent, Statistics Canada said Monday, a 6.7 per cent rise in Canadian household obligations from a year ago.

As we know M1 / GDP is at all - time records today (90 cent per dollar of GDP), so margin debt can potentially rise a lot more in absolute terms to create an uber - bubble!

At the end of last year, the cost of interest alone for homeowners accounted for a record low 19.9 per cent of their monthly wages (it's the principal portion of mortgage payments that has been rising).

A record 4.9 million people stayed in Abu Dhabi's 162 hotels and hotel apartments during 2017, meaning the emirate recorded an impressive 9.8 per cent year - on - year rise.

Manchester Airport saw a 6.2 per cent year - on - year increase in passengers last month, breaking its all - time record in the process — thanks partly to the poor weather in November 2014 and the rise in long - haul traffic.

This year, a renewable surcharge on private consumer electricity bills rose to a record 5.28 cents / kWh, up 50 % from 2012, 3.530 cents / kWh in 2011, and 2.407 cents / kWh in 2010.

GCP estimates that the world will have emitted 40.3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2014, a 2.2 per cent rise on last year's record breaking level.

The «magic circle», the elite cadre of firms with headquarters in London and a large international client base, have reported record rises in revenue for the 2013 - 14 financial year, with profitability up at least 6 per cent across the board.

Private life insurance companies reported a 46 per cent jump in group single premium products to Rs 2,906 crore, whereas LIC recorded a 29 per cent rise in sales of such polices, to Rs 19,094 crore.

A significant rise in the stock prices of in Bajaj Auto (19.26 per cent), Ashok Leyland (47.6 per cent), and TVS Motor (22.33 per cent) was recorded.

Insurance companies may increase investments in the nation's stocks by 24 per cent to a record $ 21 billion next financial year as premium collections rise, according to India's largest private insurers.

The most valuable cryptocurrency apart from bitcoin, known as ether, hit a new record - high price of $ 1,417 on Wednesday after rising more than 60 per cent in a week.

New York hip - hop legend 50 Cent may have falsely bragged about owning millions worth of bitcoin but west coast recording artist and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle has been advocating the rising value and expanding importance of cryptocurrencies for years, emphasizing that it's not as complicated as some people suggest.

2009 saw record numbers of university leavers and new figures show more than 660,000 people have applied for a university place for the next academic year. This staggering amount is up by 12 per cent from last year, once again breaking the record for the number of university applicants. With these figures on the rise, the coalition government have made an extra 10,000 university places to support the hefty amount of applications, meaning more students than ever will be graduating with degrees in the coming years. It is becoming even harder for employers to recruit graduates when they simply can not distinguish who is more qualified for the job â $ «how does one chose between the graduate with the 2:1 History degree from Durham or the 2:1 English Literature graduate from Bristol?

New York has been making up ground: Since 2012, the city has recorded a growth in high - rise construction projects of 26 per cent, while Toronto's numbers have receded slightly.

«Canadian MLS sales were the highest on record in 1999, surpassing the previous record set in 1997 by seven per cent and, while rising mortgage rates are causing a slowing in this activity, current and recent levels of activity remain robust,» says NAR president Denis Cronk.

The developments whipsawed Neiman Marcus's debt, with its $ 960 million of 8 percent bonds due 2021 initially dropping to a record low and then rising as much as 5.25 cents on the dollar to trade at 61 cents at 11:28 a.m. Tuesday, according to Trace, the bond price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.