But, leaving aside what the airline has offered in the past, is 1.91
cents a level at which you should be buying?
Not exact matches
Woodside Petroleum Ltd subsidiary
ATS Inc has made good on a promise not to extend its $ 1.16 billion hostile takeover bid for US - based oil producer Energy Partners Ltd, after failing to reach the minimum acquisition
level of 50 per
cent.
Western Australia has recorded a 38 per
cent reduction in littering from 2008 and is
at its lowest
level in nine years, according to the 2013 - 14 National Litter Index.
The state's rural confidence is
at its highest
level in over two years after a rainy autumn has found 84 per
cent of farmers expecting this year to be better or as good as last year's season.
TORONTO — A new report says the
level of Canadian consumer debt
at the end of 2012 — not counting mortgages — was up nearly six per
cent from a year earlier.
The Australian share market is
at its highest
level in almost 10 years, with the benchmark S&P / ASX200 index closing 1 per
cent higher today and the Western Australia - focused BN30 index jumping 1.8 per
cent to a new high.
The Fed left its key short - term rate
at 1.5 per
cent to 1.75 per
cent — the
level it set in March after its sixth increase since December 2015 — as it gradually tightens credit to control inflation against the backdrop of a tight labour market and a pickup in consumer prices.
New residential construction is
at half of 2005
levels, undercutting employment, and home prices are down about 25 per
cent.
Production is running
at record
levels in the financial year to date and BHP produced 58 million tonnes of iron ore during the quarter, up 8 per
cent on the previous corresponding period.
Economic growth has been falling since 2010 and the economy has been operating below its potential since then; employment growth, particularly full time employment growth has struggled; in 2014 only 121,000 jobs were created; employment growth has not kept up with population growth; labor force participation has declined to its lowest
level since 2000; long - term unemployment has increased; the unemployment rate remains stuck
at just under 7 per
cent, and youth unemployment is
at 14 per
cent; business investment has stagnated; and Canadians are losing confidence in their economic future.
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.
The Australian dollar has remained in a relatively steady range over the past couple of years,
at levels that are a little above average against the US dollar and about 10 per
cent above average in trade - weighted terms.
The ratio of debt - to - GDP is
at already
at 30 per
cent and, without any reduction in debt, is forecast to decline to
levels that haven't been seen in half a century.
In 2012, mining investment had increased five-fold from its
level in 2004 (from around $ 20 billion to $ 130 billion), peaking
at 9 per
cent of GDP.
Inflation is currently running
at over 4 per
cent, and likely to be around that
level for another year or so, on our most recent forecasts, before it comes down.
At the latter date, the average risk - weighted capital ratio was close to 11 per
cent, its highest recorded
level and well above the 8 per
cent minimum.
Canada is stuck
at about 84 per
cent of the U.S.
level.
During the second quarter of 2014, affordability measures
at the national
level fell by 0.9 percentage points to 48.0 per
cent for two - storey homes, by 0.6 percentage points to 42.5 per
cent for detached bungalows and by 0.4 percentage points to 27.4 per
cent for condominium apartments.
The pick - up in consumption in the March quarter appears to be continuing and is being supported by further increases in consumer confidence; household spending increased by 2 1/2 per
cent in the June quarter and consumer confidence is now
at its highest
level in 4 years (Graph 3).
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.
Commodity prices have changed little on average over recent months and remain
at high
levels; the RBA Index of Commodity Prices fell by 0.8 per
cent in SDR terms over the three months to January to be 10.2 per
cent higher over the year.
At around US58
cents, it is 10 per
cent below its average
level for 1999.
Base metals prices were broadly unchanged over the three months to January, and
at 11.2 per
cent higher over the past year, they remain around the highest
levels seen since 1990.
The Nasdaq share price index, for example, which contains a high weighting of such stocks, is around all - time peaks, and up over 35 per
cent from its
level at the start of 1999.
Accordingly, a substantial pool of undrawn commitments built up over the last few months of 1999 and the beginning of this year, peaking
at a
level equivalent to just under 8 per
cent of housing credit.
That would be a relatively low
level by historical standards; in the past two tightening cycles by the Fed, the federal funds rate peaked
at around 6 per
cent.
Service exports have since paused
at a high
level as the impetus from the Rugby World Cup has waned, rising in value by 1/2 per
cent in the March quarter; this is in line with ongoing strength in overseas arrivals relative to that in recent years (Graph 48).
Prices of imported consumption goods
at the docks increased by almost 4 per
cent in the June quarter, after a very modest rise in the March quarter, and have now regained their
level of nearly two years ago.
Notwithstanding this rise, bond yields in Japan remain
at historically low
levels, with 10 - year yields
at 1.8 per
cent.
That number jumps to 55 per
cent at the provincial
level and 72 per
cent at the municipal
level.
I think we can be confident that our system of bank supervision is
at world best practice, and the ratio of bad debts to total loans,
at 0.9 per
cent, is
at its lowest
level since statistics have been collected (admittedly, the collection only dates back to 1991).
The cash raised by the sale of the tokens,
at a face value of 10
cents in fiat currency, will be used to expand GBX's and GSX's FinTech capabilities as well as doubling or trebling current staff
levels.
After touching a low of 2.7 per
cent in June, yields on 10 - year indexed bonds now stand
at around 3.3 per
cent, 15 basis points higher than their
level in early May.
At the industry level, the education sector recorded the fastest annual growth in the WCI at 5.1 per cent, while the smallest increase was again recorded in the communications sector (1.5 per cent
At the industry
level, the education sector recorded the fastest annual growth in the WCI
at 5.1 per cent, while the smallest increase was again recorded in the communications sector (1.5 per cent
at 5.1 per
cent, while the smallest increase was again recorded in the communications sector (1.5 per
cent).
The dividend yield on shares,
at around 4 per
cent, remains relatively attractive compared with the general
level of interest rates.
At its current
level, the real trade - weighted index is around 3 per
cent above its average over this period.
At the federal
level, the wage premium for public sector workers was 7.8 per
cent for males and 16.0 per
cent for females compared to the private sector.
Unemployment in both countries is
at historically high
levels — over 11 per
cent in Germany and over 12 per
cent in France.
With the dampening effect of the appreciation on domestic inflation still having further to run, our current assessment is that underlying inflation will decline to around 1 1/2 per
cent during 2004 (assuming the exchange rate remains stable
at around its current
level).
At the retail
level, prices of imported consumer goods fell in the year to the March quarter by just over 1 per
cent; domestically produced goods prices are also rising more slowly than a year ago, but the slowing is less pronounced and, in the year to March, domestic goods prices rose by about 3 per
cent.
The median expectation of consumer price inflation over the year ahead now stands
at 3.5 per
cent, compared with
levels of well over 4 per
cent in the previous couple of years.
Assuming that approvals remain
at their new lower
level, housing credit growth would be expected to slow from a three - month - annualised rate of 25 per
cent to a still rapid rate of around 18 per
cent by mid 2005 (Graph C4).
Inflation has remained around the ECB's 2 per
cent reference
level in recent months, holding steady
at 2.1 per
cent (Graph 13).
Consumer confidence is also
at low
levels, and unemployment has increased to a post-war high of 4.3 per
cent.
At the end of 2003, the unemployment rate stood at 5.6 per cent, 1/2 a percentage point lower than its level a year earlier (Graph 42
At the end of 2003, the unemployment rate stood
at 5.6 per cent, 1/2 a percentage point lower than its level a year earlier (Graph 42
at 5.6 per
cent, 1/2 a percentage point lower than its
level a year earlier (Graph 42).
The
level of consumer prices was almost unchanged over the six months to June, while wholesale prices over that period declined
at an annual rate of around 2 per
cent.
Resource company hedging
levels, as recorded in the NAB quarterly business survey, have remained fairly steady this year
at around 25 — 30 per
cent of exposures (Table 8).
And while the downward drift in Japan's unemployment rate partly reflects the reduced participation of an aging population,
at 4.5 per
cent in March, the unemployment rate was
at its lowest
level in the past six years, consistent with increases in labour demand.
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.
At an aggregate
level, business investment grew by 21 per
cent in real terms over the year to the December quarter, with growth strong in both the equipment and construction components.