Such political pressures might be addressed by establishing alternative examinations or by setting multiple
cut points on one examination.
A drop in proficiency rates on the new tests could mean that students are still getting used to the new test format, or that schools are still adjusting to teaching new material, or it could mean that states set higher
cut points on the new tests than on their old ones.
Not exact matches
In the meantime, muni experts
point out states can renegotiate contracts with servicers, raise fees
on things like drivers license renewals, sell assets and privatize prisons and tolls roads to
cut expenses and raise cash.
Exactly how much taxpayers would save — or how much more they would pay — depends
on many factors, and as Business Insider's Josh Barro
pointed out, tax
cuts for middle - class Americans aren't likely to be as sweeping as Republicans make it sound.
The overlooked larger
point is that Washington's intense focus
on job creation — the new law is called the Tax
Cuts and Jobs Act — makes no sense.
Last week, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi
cut his fiscal - year earnings - per - share estimate for Apple based
on his team's analysis of supply - chain companies that «increasingly
point [ed] to weakness.»
Last week, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi
cut his fiscal - year earnings - per - share estimate for Apple based
on his team's analysis of supply chain companies that «increasingly
point [ed] to weakness.»
Some women shy away from jobs in fields that require long workweeks, knowing they won't have the time: a 10 percent
cut in free time for women reduces their share in high - hour occupations by about 14 percent relative to men, according to the researcher's model.In total, that difference in time spent
on at - home labor results in an 11 percentage
point gender wage gap, their analysis estimates.
The
Cut & Color Room offers clients a range of rewards — from services to free flatirons and blow - dryers — for as few as 100 Perka
points or as many as 10,000, depending
on the retail value of items purchased.
In February, RBC
cut the MER
on a number of its funds between 10 and 15 basis
points.
According to Herold, companies tend to wait four to six months
on average from the
point that management knows they should
cut the cord to the time that they actually let that individual go.
But in a letter to Kerry and other State Department officials, Kristin Delkus, TransCanada's general counsel,
pointed to new policies
on carbon emissions in Canada, specifically a federal rule issued in May to
cut emissions down to 70 percent of their 2005 levels within 15 years.
The key sticking
points remain with the owners wanting concessions
on many issues, most notably an 18 - game regular season, a rookie salary cap, and a pay
cut in the players» share of the overall revenue.
Generally, 1,500 employees is the
cut - off
point for SBA consideration, but even establishments that have between 500 and 1,500 employees may not qualify as small businesses; in such instances the SBA bases its determination
on a size standard for the specific industry in which the business under consideration operates.
The bottom line: The craftsmanship and material were
on point, but the «slim»
cut was still baggy around the legs and hips for me personally.
The slowdown in China
cut around 0.5 percentage
points from year -
on - year world trade growth in the first half of this year, Slater said.
Of course, the main
point of the gigafactory is not to produce
cutting - edge batteries, but to produce existing tech
on a scale that will bring costs down — Tesla hopes to sell an electric sedan for $ 35,000.
I'm angry to the
point where I've
cut back
on travel.
On the monetary front, the PBOC cut the bank reserve ratio by another 0.5 percentage points (to 16.5 %) on March 1 (the sixth such cut since February 2015
On the monetary front, the PBOC
cut the bank reserve ratio by another 0.5 percentage
points (to 16.5 %)
on March 1 (the sixth such cut since February 2015
on March 1 (the sixth such
cut since February 2015).
In Asia, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
cut its key repo rate by 25 basis
points to 7.75 percent
on January 15, more than two weeks before its scheduled meeting, catching markets by surprise.
Working at Apple
on Steve Jobs» revolutionary Macintosh computer, Kare picked a rendition of scissors for the «
cut» command and a
pointing finger for «paste.»
But as the United Steelworkers Wood Council
pointed out in an op - ed article, China is hungry for raw Canadian logs because Russia
cut back
on selling it unprocessed timber.
She noted that with the $ 15 minimum wage (a frequent
point of comparison in the discussion) Safeway chose to absorb the cost of the minimum wage instead of
cutting jobs or passing the costs
on to consumers, but that made Seattle Safeway stores» profit margin half as much as stores in other locations.
On the cost side, the same increase in the policy rate might
cut output by up to 1 per cent and push inflation down by 0.5 percentage
point relative to what it would have been otherwise.
(Much of this impression comes from his very first interest rate decision as Governor in March 2008: a surprise
cut of 50 basis
points in the overnight rate
on the basis of the U.S. outlook.)
This is one of those times, and I would not be surprised to see a surprise half -
point rate
cut on whatever day the market finally opens for trading.
Quick answer: no, as the European Central Bank, which has an inate fear of inflation, felt compelled
on Thursday by the economic crisis in Europe to
cut its benchmark interest rates by 0.25 percentage
points, bringing the refinancing rate to a record low of 0.75 % and the overnight deposit rate to zero.
Many of the individuals «get it» from a technological
point of view and are very focused
on acquiring the right start - ups to keep their business
cutting edge.
They quickly
pointed out the faults in Clark's boasts about her gender equitable government, which
cut essential services women need: child care, family and poverty legal services, education, healthcare, the list goes
on.
Speaking by phone from Montreal
on Wednesday, economist Paul - Andre Pinsonnault predicted Governor Stephen Poloz will
cut the policy rate by a quarter
point to 0.25 percent next month, matching a record low set in 2009 during the global financial crisis.
After inheriting a surplus the government immediately
cut the GST by two
points, and in doing so created a structural deficit and an unsustainable fiscal situation, which then required significant spending
cuts in the 2010, 2011 and 20012 budgets in order to put the federal finances back
on a sustainable path.
Ezra Klein: Also, to just build
on that
point a little bit, every Western European nation and also Canada and also Israel gets about... It's about half of what we pay, it's not as cheap as Singapore, but if we only managed to
cut our costs in half, that would also be a big advance.
Volume / mix decreased 1.7 percentage
points driven by a combination of distribution losses
on Planters in the club channel, lower shipments in natural cheese and service - related losses in cold
cuts.
We expect a 25 - basis -
point cut at the October 30 / 31st FOMC meeting, and another 25 - basis -
point cut on December 11th.
He emphasized JPMorgan's ability in the new climate to earn a return
on tangible equity of 17 percent, two
points higher than the target before corporate tax
cuts were enacted and nearly four
points greater than the company delivered in 2017.
Cutting the interest rate by 10 basis
points to 0.05 % and dropping the deposit rate to minus 0.2 %, in my view, shows the ECB has done everything it can
on interest rates.
Miranda knows her healthcare costs will likely increase during retirement, and that she'd have to
cut back
on her writing work at some
point.
Naspers
on March 22 announced it is
cutting its stake in China's Tencent by as much as 2 percentage
points in a deal that could raise up to $ 10.6 billion for the South African media and e-commerce group.
On average, the Fed has
cut interest rates by 500 basis
points during recessions.
A report by Bloomberg in January rattled markets by suggesting China was considering
cutting back
on the amount of US debt it buys,
pointing to trade tensions as one of the reasons.
That is only a fraction of the income - tax rate that most workers pay —
on top of which is piled the 11 % FICA wage withholding for Social Security and Medicare that all workers have to pay
on their salaries up to the
cut - off
point of about $ 102,000 (This
cut - off frees from this tax the tens of millions of dollars that hedge fund traders pay themselves).
At his press conference, Draghi confirmed a
cut of 10 basis
points (0.10 %) to the already negative deposit rate, taking it to -0.30 %, which is a move that I don't consider material, but merely keeping up the pressure
on banks to lend more.
The narrow
point is: If notable cost - cutter Valeant gets its hands
on Allergan, it will short - sightedly
cut off development of DARPin (it's a drug or something 1) to save $ 350 or $ 400 million, giving up $ 20 billion of potential revenue.
A week later, Moody's
cut its rating
on MF Global to a notch above junk,
pointing to the European debt holdings.
Romney could easily have been better but was still good
on entitlements, the Declaration / Constitution, and the
point of
cutting tax rates.
On this point, then, I look forward to Smith's continued work on articulating a criterion for identifying the secular liturgies that cut against the Gospe
On this
point, then, I look forward to Smith's continued work
on articulating a criterion for identifying the secular liturgies that cut against the Gospe
on articulating a criterion for identifying the secular liturgies that
cut against the Gospel.
Typically, evangelicalism focuses
on Biblicism and salvation as two of its major foundations and regards these as
cutting across denominational boundaries,
pointing to a deeper unity.
When in the 1970s there began to be much discussion about «mediating structures» and voluntarism, when Ronald Reagan urged us to rely
on government less and
on ourselves more, when George Bush talked about a «thousand
points of light,» those of a statist mind - set groused that it was all a scheme to
cut back
on government social services.
Point is then that there is no clear -
cut ruling
on what God supposedly prefers.
The way you repeat the standard Democratic talking
point on «tax
cuts for the wealthy» isn't very helpful, either.