Sentences with phrase «creeping upward»

But vacancy rates are now so low they are likely to remain historically low in 2017, even after creeping upward.

In fact, since 2013, transport emissions have been creeping upward again.

Global temperature averages are creeping upward, seas are warming, rising and becoming more acidic, and extreme weather events such as droughts, wildfires, floods and powerful storms are more commonplace.

The «sweet spot» for screen size is creeping upward, with consumers wanting bigger TVs every year.

Going used is generally a good idea but you may want to think twice about the decision because prices are creeping upward.

The average age at which both men and women first marry has been creeping upward, to 27 for women and 29 for men.

Participation in the program is steadily creeping upward.

Her hair, they discovered, had been accumulating the toxin as early as 1939, with the level creeping upward over the next two decades.

They expect rates to continue creeping upward in 2018 as well.

Ultimately, anyone with a bank account or recent loan has noticed that interest rates are creeping upward.

Cash registries for a home or other big - ticket purchases like a car, home renovations or a honeymoon, are becoming more popular as the average ages for brides and grooms creep upward.

«But that length of time will start to creep upward as sellers push the envelope as to what their homes can be sold at.»

Another study estimated, based on U.S. Census Bureau data, that the number of people with Alzheimer's will nearly triple by 2050 — and the percentage of seniors with dementia will creep upward.

In the U.S., its incidence has crept upward by about 0.5 percent annually for more than a decade.

And no one knows exactly how clouds will respond as global temperatures creep upward.

School spending on instructional materials and construction has risen over the past year, as public funding for K - 12 continues to creep upward from the darkness of the Great Recession, a new analysis finds.

Class sizes in the MMSD have crept upward the past few years.

Since 2010, sales have gradually crept upward with 2014 expected to be no different.

Perhaps the Yukon XL's fuel economy would creep upward from the 13.5 mpg we observed.

Even though base prices have crept upward, Miata still represents an excellent value in its class.

However, as 2016 progressed and the presidential election approached, volatility crept upward.

The 10 - year Treasury yield, which had reached a new low just above 1.6 % in late April had started to creep upward in early May and on May 22 it shot above 2 %.

Rising oil prices, now over $ 60 per barrel, are another sign that inflation could creep upward and encourage investors to seek higher interest rates.

However, this number continued to creep upward as I filled in other sections like interest and dividend income.

Twin Cities area median home prices continue their creep upward, increasing 4.9 percent compared with October of last year.

Inflation, which is starting to creep upward, is another threat.

There tends to be a creep upward in the body size of many breeds.

Why, even the treeline has crept upward in the Alps, and it's of course impossible to adapt to such drastic change.

In many big cities the deficit creeps upward to 20 or 25 percent.

But much of the damage already has been done; seasonally adjusted concentrations of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere have risen dramatically in the past half century and continue to creep upward.

Cut Auto Insurance in Half Auto insurance bills seem to creep upward all of the time.

Age may do great things to wine but all it does to investment properties is cause the operating costs to creep upward which makes rent increases a necessity.

Additional home - price gains are expected, and the Mortgage Bankers Association expects mortgage rates to creep upward as well.

The industry group expects the average rate for a 30 - year mortgage loan to creep upward over the coming months, perhaps reaching 4.3 % by the end of 2017.

However, as 2016 progressed and the presidential election approached, volatility crept upward.

Home prices have crept upward for the second month in a row, according to a recent S&P / Case - Shiller home price index.

Not exact matches

With oil prices creeping back upward, brave investors are re-examining energy stocks.

Otherwise, it's onward and upward — with a creep, a roll, a scoot, or a hurry - up - and - toddle!

Overall, the number of GCSE grades raised after appeal jumped by 50 % compared with 2016, as nearly 74,000 entries received higher grades despite Ofqual's reforms designed to halt an upward creep in re-marking.

At press time, the Bank of Canada's five - year fixed mortgage rate had risen above five per cent for the first time in four years — and some experts expect interest rates to continue their upward creep.

Credit card interest rates in 2018 are on a slow - moving escalator, creeping ever upward.

Chances are your interest rate has crept or skyrocketed upward, a monthly fee has been tacked on or your rewards point redemption rates have been diluted.

This activity has caused the Keeling Curve to creep ever upward since 1958: The lows get a little higher each year, as do the highs.

But we noted pointedly that the recent upward creep in emissions demonstrates the limits to the province's modest tax rate and, hence, the need to resume raising the tax rate annually.

This is perceived as «sinking» or as «sea level rise,» but the upward creep of the waters is due to island soil being washed away.

(a) Dramatic Increase to Fines for Corporations: As OHS counsel to employers and management we have been regularly advising on the upward creep in corporate penalties.