Sentences with phrase «decade lows»

That expectation has pushed the euro down to near - decade lows against the dollar.

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.

The country's second - largest milk processor Fonterra followed suit and cut its farm-gate milk price, sparking discussion about how many dairy farmers will be able to survive with prices at decade lows.

The association also notes the supply of homes for sale continues at, or near, decade lows in most B.C. regions but it says 60,000 new homes are now under construction, well above the 2008 high of 45,000 units.

Over the past decade lower volatility stocks in the S&P 500 have outperformed the index as a whole.

Over the past decade lower volatility stocks in the S&P 500 have outperformed the index as a whole.

After years of trading near decade lows, the greenback rocketed 25 % against major world currencies.

According to a new Brookings Institution study, entrepreneurship has reached at least a three - decade low across virtually all of the country.

With valuations for oil and gas stocks approaching decade lows, BMO Capital Markets analyst Randy Ollenberger believes opportunities are emerging.

With fixed income investments like bonds and CD's returning decade lows, some investors have turned to dividend stocks as a way to receive predictable income at regular intervals.

While the difference between two - and 10 - year Treasury notes has climbed over the past week to 51 basis points, the gap isn't far off decade lows.

Canada Elderly wife, husband both die in bitter cold in Exeter, Ont., Toronto Star Canada's jobless rate hits four - decade low as hiring surges, Globe and Mail

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.

While active listings are near all - time highes, sales are at decade lows.

Oil production has fallen to around 1.5 million barrels a day, which represents a nearly three - decade low (barring the 2002 — 03 strike).

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 unemployment rate fell to a three - decade low of 3.9 percent the following year, in April 2000.

The drop in the unemployment rate was primarily due to a drop in the labor force participation rate, which fell to a 2016 low of 62.6 percent, a level near a four - decade low.

With theater attendance at a two - decade low and profits dwindling, the kind of disruption that hit music, publishing, and other industries is already...

Labor market reforms have expanded the workforce in Japan, helping explain why wage growth remains limited even with the country's unemployment rate at three - decade lows.

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 %.

The net income deficit narrowed significantly in the March quarter to stand at a near - decade low of 2.8 per cent of GDP.

A similar scenario in 2012 sent gas prices to decade lows.

Also notable was a stark drop in abortions in developed countries including the United States, Canada and parts of Europe, where they have reached three - decade lows.

Wheat prices have slipped about 30 per cent in the past year to a decade low.

Swelling global grain production pushed wheat prices to decade lows this year and left many east coast growers uncompetitive against Russian and Ukraine producers, who benefited from more efficient supply chains and lower freight costs.

According to the Ipsos MORI Issues Index, our concern over crime is at a two decade low.

Fracking has been so successful that the US now has too much gas, causing prices to tumble to a decade low.

An effectively segregated school system where more than 75 % of public schools students are children of color yet the employment of teachers of color has declined since 2001 to a two - decade low.

Meanwhile, four years ago, when stocks were at a decade low, no one wanted to have anything to do with them.

The Federal Reserve's campaign to cut interest rates to a four - decade low of 1 percent in 2003 pushed the 10 - year yield to a cycle low of about 3.08 percent.

As it is, those companies have been taken through the shredder, and trade near their 52 - week lows, if not their decade lows.

In truth, the spread between key Treasury bond rates sits at a decade low.

Canadian earnings have held up reasonably well, pulling valuations versus U.S. and global equity markets to three - decade lows.

Second, overall demand growth in the power sector reached a decade low but is expected to resume.

«The willingness of financial institutions to lend is at a decade low,» says Moore.

In fact business confidence is an at an all time three decade low.

The strongest quarterly sales pace in a decade lowered inventory levels and caused price growth to accelerate during the first three months of 2017.

That pushed the percentage of adults in the labor force down to 62.8 percent, near a four - decade low.

In January, we saw 151,000 jobs created and the unemployment level is now falling near - decade lows.

The report found vacancy rates sit at three - decade lows, with millennial and senior households opting into the rental market instead of purchasing homes.

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

Substantially fewer loan delinquencies — almost 25 percent below the prior year's level — and a nearly - decade low level of underemployment have all eased Americans financial pain in the last quarter.