Sentences with phrase «decade low of»

The rate had plunged to a five - decade low of 62.9 percent in the second quarter.

GD.AT in Athens opened for trading on 8/4/2015 and the index crashed to a new decade low of 615 and was down 22.93 % at the opening of trade after a five week break till the close of the trading hours.

Most economists do expect paychecks to start rising faster for most workers this year but for a different reason: The unemployment rate is projected to fall further and could reach a five - decade low of 3.5 %.

That's still below the pre-recession sales of 17 million, but a far cry of 2009's almost three - decade low of 10 million.

The aftermath of the vote was swift and brutal: Prime Minister David Cameron resigned, global financial markets sold off sharply with a massive flight to quality, and the British pound dropped sharply to touch a three - decade low of $ 1.3229.

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People who understand these numbers understand that lower rates of business formation are an economic disaster that will have repercussions for decades to come.

Both parties are losing, even though Republicans have managed to win a lot of elections this decade despite having lower levels of public support.

With the loonie at lows not seen in a decade, and the U.S. recovery finally building steam, conditions seem ideal for a revival of Canada's manufacturing exports.

And that may be the crux: a decade of low interest rates has fuelled habitual credit reliance by consumers.

A commitment to offer premium - quality work boots to a marketplace crowded with low - end, cheap and uncomfortable footwear was the driving force behind the creation of theSteel Blue brand more than two decades ago.

When the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation announced earlier this week that mortgage delinquency rates had fallen to the lowest level in decades during the fourth quarter, there was a rash of stories patting Canadians on the back for their financial prudence.

According to the Bank, corporate Canada's overall debt - to - equity ratio — under 0.9, down from 1.5 in the mid-1990s — is at a historic low, the result of two decades of private - sector deleveraging.

But it's notable since it's the first such drop noted in more than two decades, and Americans» life expectancy is already lower than that of other developed nations like Canada, France, and Germany.

Fortune ran numbers to calculate how much extra revenue the U.S. would need to raise, over the next decade, if it lowered the rate of growth in Social Security by one percentage point, reduced increases in Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care spending by a proportional amount, and held discretionary spending below growth in GDP (albeit from the higher base established by the new laws).

At the end of the year, several urgent fiscal issues will converge, including the expiration of lowered individual income tax rates enacted a decade ago under President George W. Bush.

Although a March 23 analysis of amendments added to the bill lowered predicted savings to $ 150 billion, the big savings would come in future decades.

Over the past decade, domestic consumption's share of the economy has plunged from around half to a miniscule 35 %, the lowest of any significant economy ever, according to Michael Pettis, a finance professor at Peking University whose online writings have become must - reads for those eager to divine what's really going on in China.

Hyundai and Kia both increased their shares of the U.S. new - vehicle market in the past decade, particularly during the economic downturn of 2008 to 2010 when consumers sought out fuel - efficient and relatively low - priced vehicles.

In fact, of those eight films, five of them have made less at the box office than Crash, which is currently the fifth - lowest grossing film of the past four decades (in terms of sales adjusted for inflation).

His thesis is that the primary drivers of the banks» growth over the past two decades (lower corporate taxes, a favourable regulatory environment allowing consolidation in the sector) will no longer be as significant, and a number of challenges — including new regulations — will slow their growth.

The problem, he warned, is that Canada's workforce is rapidly aging, while its companies are stuck in a low productivity gear, putting the country on track to generate only half of the annual growth in the next few decades that Canadians have come to expect over the past 50 years.

ETFs, which typically have lower fees than mutual funds, have enjoyed several-fold growth in assets over the past decade as investors have sought to reduce the overall cost of their investments.

Further, with government approval at an all time low and an upcoming election with two of the most disliked candidates in decades, we may simply be no longer able to rely on the actions of our elected officials to regulate social goods.

Sirius stock is enjoying its best run in more than a decade: It's up about about 45 % from its low of a year ago, and on Thursday it briefly hit $ 5.00 for the first time since 2006 before settling just under that mark.

He believes about 20 % of the listings rapidly accumulating on the island arise from Americans who bought a decade ago when prices in Canada were much lower and the loonie was worth 65 cents in U.S. dollar terms.

Sales of vacation homes slumped nearly 22 percent in 2016 to the lowest level in three years, even as overall home sales hit their highest level in a decade, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

«Gas prices are currently at the lowest levels in more than a decade, thanks to a glut of supplies around the world,» said Julie Hall, AAA spokeswoman.

Between 1976 and 2000, Canada's average retirement age fell from 65 to an all - time low of 61.5, where it hovered for a decade.

But it was also a business that over the last decade had suffered from competition with low - cost providers, a massive change in how hardware and software was sold, and a series of management miscues.

The percentage of Cooley partners who were female was in the low 20s, and the figures for this critical career milestone hadn't grown significantly for about a decade.

Meanwhile, U.S. net imports of crude oil fell last week by 1.6 million bpd to 4.98 million bpd, the lowest level since the EIA started recording the data in 2001, reflecting further erosion in a market OPEC has been relying on for decades.

This wasn't unexpected, since the market was rising in just the right mix of conditions: Volatility as measured by the Cboe's index was at historic lows, the GOP was set to pass the most comprehensive corporate - tax reform in decades, and economies around the world were in growth mode.

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

However this will be a gradual process and prices are likely to remain in the lower end of the range in place over the past decade.

The company's basic idea of selling goods at a low price with great service has remained constant for two decades but it keeps investing in new technology and improving operations to stay ahead of rivals.

Thus far, The Artist has grossed more than US$ 30 million in theatres, making it the second - lowest grossing best picture winner of the past three decades.

In 2017, Venezuela's crude sales to the U.S. slipped below 600,000 — the lowest level of sales to America in almost three decades, according to Reuters.

While at the beginning of 2011 trading in euro - dollar futures was still foreseeing a return to typical interest rates over the next few years, that view has given way to expectations that rates will remain low for a decade to come.

There is no evidence that lower corporate taxes or repatriation of profits lead to higher non-residential investment, unless the state underwrites commercial risks whilst trickle - down economics has been discredited decades ago.»

And corporations have spent the last decade issuing longer - term bonds to take advantage of low interest rates.

At the same time, however, these figures are lower than average U.S. - Mexico trade imbalances for most of the past decade.

It's operating from a position of strength and in 2016 saw operating return on equity of 13.3 %, consistent with its performance over the decade despite historically low interest rates.

«While the strategic rationale for launching the (low - cost carrier) unit as a defensive move against further penetration by other low - cost leisure carriers such as Sunwing Vacations, Transat and WestJet make sense, we remain skeptical of the magnitude of earnings impact until additional scale is obtained later this decade with additions to the mainline fleet.»

But Subway's decade of growth was also the result of sticking to its winning concept: The footprint for a Subway can be as little as 600 square feet, initial costs can be as low as $ 84,000, and a lack of griddles, fryers and drive - thrus means franchisees can open their restaurants almost anywhere.

Mobile Vaani estimates that roughly 65 percent of the poorly - literate / low - income population in India is unlikely to have access to the internet in the next decade, but 40 percent of those already have access to mobile phones.

Here are the five lowest - grossing Best Picture winners of the past four decades.

Perhaps it's due to the experience over the last decade of low inflation.

Second, the average time to maturity on U.S. debt is six years, meaning that most of the low - yielding bonds now on the books will be exchanged for more expensive debt over the next decade.

Brazil's World Cup is a fiscal fiasco: Brazil has enjoyed a certain swagger over the past decade, as rising incomes and low unemployment fuelled a sustained burst of growth.

It makes sense that the rule's rise to popularity was a happy accident when you consider that the first decade after the model was created was an exceptional time of low inflation and high corporate earnings in the U.S.