Sentences with phrase «consistent ratings for»

By refinancing, you can get a new loan with a fixed interest rate and guarantee a consistent rate for the life of your loan.

The dungeons are well constructed in their design, though rarely as intricately clever and beautifully designed as the Zelda series has managed at a consistent rate for over 25 years.

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Mr Stephen Rogers chief executive of Clough's Oil and Gas business unit said that the Apache project would generate a strong and consistent earnings stream for the Oil and Gas business unit, with positive cash flow, and as the contract is rates based, Clough does not assume any lump - sum risk.

«I don't see raising the target range for the fed funds rate above its current low level in 2015 as being consistent with the pursuit of the kind of labor market outcomes that we are charged with delivering,» he said.

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.

Ratings for Consistent Return are computed for all Lipper classifications with five or more distinct portfolios and span both equity and fixed - income funds.

One additional element I could mention is the prospect of interest - rate liftoff in the U.S.. Although we have no special insight into when this might occur, we have said many times that it would be welcome, for it would be consistent with a more positive outlook for the U.S. economy.

Lipper Leader ratings for Consistent Return reflect funds» historic returns, adjusted for volatility, relative to peers.

But a prolonged continuation of the exchange rate arrangements that have given rise to the large increase in foreign official investments in U.S. financial assets is unlikely to be consistent with the domestic requirements of those economies, and for this reason many are already in the process of change.

«u *» is econo - shorthand for the so - called «natural rate» of unemployment, or the lowest unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation.

More alarming still, for 50 large companies in prolonged stall - out, we found that the onset had usually been sudden: Momentum fell sharply over just a year or two, with growth rates dropping from double digits to low single digits or even negative numbers — a finding consistent with past research (see «When Growth Stalls,» HBR, March 2008).

Again, lousy public policy is a culprit: for years the Federal Reserve thought full employment was consistent with jobless rates that were too high.

That's consistent with his cautious narrative, and his reluctance to provide much forward guidance about the future path for rates.

Although the interest rate environment has remained relatively consistent for the past few years, there is reason to believe that may be changing.

At this rate it would take 25 years for disposable household income to raise by 10 percentage points of GDP, which I would argue is the absolute minimum consistent with real rebalancing.

Our managed services business model, which allows clients to outsource IT management services at affordable, consistent monthly rates they can budget for and foresee, also offers an advantage for our franchisees.

For 16 years, we've provided top - rated managed IT services to small business clients, handling every aspect of their technology for an affordable, consistent monthly fFor 16 years, we've provided top - rated managed IT services to small business clients, handling every aspect of their technology for an affordable, consistent monthly ffor an affordable, consistent monthly fee.

Otherwise, the FY2015 - FY2017 LTI plan (including the three - year average annual EPS growth rate goals described above and the threshold, target and maximum payouts) for the named executive officers is consistent with the terms of the LTI program as described above.

These figures implying lower growth are consistent with the announcement by Premier Li in the 2016 Government Work Report setting the growth target for 2016 at 6.5 - 7.0 % — a lower growth rate than the target of «around 7 %» set for 2015.

The OCC's findings are consistent with more recent surveys: The Fed's October survey of senior U.S. loan officers found a growing number loosening standards for commercial and industrial loans, often by narrowing the spread between the interest rate on the loan and the cost of funds to the bank.

According to the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), an inflation rate of 2 % «is most consistent over the longer run with the Federal Reserve's mandate for price stability and maximum employment.»

In response to the evolving outlook, the Reserve Bank Board has reduced the cash rate to low levels to improve the prospects for sustainable growth in the economy, with inflation rising to be consistent with the medium - term target.

This is consistent with nationwide statistics, which report business loan approval rates for women are 15 to 20 percent lower than they are for men.

For each U.S. - domiciled fund with at least a 3 - year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating ™ based on a Morningstar Risk - Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variations in a fund's monthly performance (including loads and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performanFor each U.S. - domiciled fund with at least a 3 - year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating ™ based on a Morningstar Risk - Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variations in a fund's monthly performance (including loads and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performanfor variations in a fund's monthly performance (including loads and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance.

It's clear to see that both lending platforms have refined the process and found a formula for success, investors are enjoying consistent returns and borrowers are getting great rates.

Consistent with this, indicators of financial stress for the household sector, such as loan arrears and personal bankruptcy rates, remain at relatively low levels.

As expected, the FOMC raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, and Chairman Powell delivered a message consistent with his recent testimony, reflecting a continuity -LSB-...]

The Lipper Fund Awards are based on the Lipper Ratings for Consistent Return, which is a risk - adjusted performance measure calculated over 36, 60 and 120 month periods.

If she had added: «Plus, even though we are currently above the Effective Lower Bound on nominal interest rates (which is probably below 0 %) we are worried that the margin of safety is getting a bit small, and are pleased that fiscal policy is making that margin of safety a bit bigger than it otherwise would be» that would also be an internally consistent thing for the Bank of Canada to say.

Consistent with this low inflation, rates of wage growth have also been low for most countries in the OECD.

The results have been very clear and provide indicative settings for generating the successful opportunities at a consistent rate.

This pattern appears broadly consistent with information on office rents and vacancy rates, which suggest that demand for office space is stronger in New South Wales than elsewhere.

The higher rate for lesbians is consistent with data showing that women initiate most of the heteros.exual divorces in Denmark.

Winter argues that in order for a ratings system to work, «that system must be accurate, consistent, transparent and ultimately accountable to the public.

Therefore, the only action which is consistent with free expression, no matter how much some individuals may dislike the content of the videocassette, is to require that videos intended for adults (R - rated, X-rated and unrated) not be displayed prominently in storefronts and not sold or rented to persons under l7 years of age.

In the UK the drinks industry needs to lobby for a consistent approach to recycling across the board by all local authorities, without that despite published «collection rates» a minimum of 35 % of all materials collected for recycling will still end up in landfill.

Consistent with Tourism Improvement District best practices surveyed for Visit California, the Temecula T.I.D. assessment calculation is a simple 4 % levy of hotel room rates paid by lodging guests.

Both systems appeared be consistent with the Australian Dietary Guidelines for dairy products, with lower - fat products rating higher.

His accomplishments include two wines listed in the Gambero Rosso Guide — Chiarlo's Barolo Cerequio received a «3 Glasses» rating for 5 consecutive years, a more consistent record of excellence than any other Barolo — as well as accolades as a top - 10 Italian wine in Wine Spectator's «Readers Choice Awards.»

For example, his rebounding and block rates rates stayed remarkably consistent, including through those first four seasons.

three C rate CFs do not add up to an A, you need an A CF to win this league, for a decade we have had very good defenses and very adequate mid fields, we simply have lacked a consistent scorer for 10 yrs... you need 20 + goals per season in the middle to win this league, take pressure off the rest of the pitch.

Ronaldo carried Real Madrid to the champions league final plus Di Maria got no goals or assists in the knockout rounds or final so you obviously have no clue how good or consistent he is and rate his highly coz he plays for Madrid.

Dier created 14 chances for his teammates last season, offering a pass success rate of 87 %, which is consistent with United's standards, also offering an average of six defensive actions per match last season, committing two defensive errors in total.

There are still a lot of question marks over the decision of the coaching staff to shift emphasis, but if they aim to remain consistent to the formula they have used this season so far, then it may very well be the case that the club need to look for a clinical finisher who can capitalise and utilise the movement and work rate of Luis Suarez as well as take some of the burden off him to score goals if the midfield aren't going to be able to contribute more.

Consistent with previous studies, football accounted for more than half of all concussions and a concussion rate nearly double the rate for girls» soccer, the sport with the next highest rate.

The low emergency caesarean section rate and assisted vaginal birth rate in our study were consistent with the low rate of caesarean section (2.8 %) recorded in the Birthplace in England Study for women who planned a homebirth, 43 and in a South Australian study (9.2 % for planned homebirths v 27.1 % for hospital births).13 A low rate of caesarean section is also consistent with studies of homebirth in the US.36

The results were consistent regardless of liberal or more restrictive criteria to define low risk, and whether or not the analysis involved simple standardisation of rates or extensive adjustment for all potential risk variables collected.22

Indeed, the average C - section rate for countries with low maternal and neonatal mortality is 22 %, although rates as high as 32 % or higher are consistent with low rates of maternal and neonatal mortality.

We defined optimal levels as breastfeeding for at least 1 year after each birth, consistent with medical recommendations.1, 2 Current breastfeeding rates were taken from final monthly data from the National Immunization Survey (see Appendix 1, available online at http://links.lww.com/AOG/A398).

In general, the results suggest that after adjustment for confounding, there were small but consistent tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with increased IQ, increased performance on standardized tests, higher teacher ratings of classroom performance, and better high school achievement.