Sentences with phrase «despite meager»

«Despite meager inflation growth, the Federal Reserve decided to raise rates 0.25 percent, which is likely attributed to future inflation concerns over: a tightening labor market; limited labor productivity growth; and the Congressional Budget Office projecting large deficits due to the Republican tax plan,» said Joseph Kirchner, senior economist at realtor.com ®, in a statement.

Young's project, as well as the other three, emphasized architectural place as a touchstone for cultural memory; stressed community involvement in the construction and reception of the work; and reflected upon how a historically black neighborhood has consistently and creatively attended to its own needs despite meager resources and the continued trauma of structured inequality.

Despite meager rewards on outside purchases, gamers and techies can definitely fuel their hobbies with the Sony PlayStation credit card.

Despite the meager difference in cubic inches, the horsepower rating varies greatly between the two, with the 3.0 - liter producing only 265 - hp and the 3.6 - liter 318 - hp.

Despite the meager statistics about female directors, women won 3 of the 11 D.G.A. categories on Saturday: Beth McCarthy - Miller of Veep for comedy directing; Reed Morano of The Handmaid's Tale for drama directing; and Niki Caro of Anne with an E for children's - program directing.

Despite the meager conditions many families lived in during the Depression, some people still found money to spend on gambling and horse races.

It closed just three weeks later, having grossed only $ 2.5 million domestic and much less overseas, far short of profitability despite the meager budget.

Despite the meager assistance from NASA, Cash has gotten by with help from Northrop Grumman.

Mr. Lyeo stressed that despite its meager resources, the South Korean embassy was still committed to helping address the numerous developmental problems in the SADA zone.

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The hope was that antisense oligos for everything from cancer to HIV would roll off the pharmaceutical assembly line — but despite a generation of valiant effort, the successes on this front have been meager.

Despite improving profitability, upcoming product releases (detailed below) and strong economic trends, HAS» current valuation implies meager profit growth, as we'll show below.

But Mississippi State has had back - to - back top - 20 seasons despite spending a meager amount, relative to its competition.

Despite the large amount of possession, Mexico only finished with a meager tally of three shots on target and no goals.

The Start - Up New York program, which Cuomo said would «supercharge» the upstate economy by creating tax - free zones for businesses locating near college campuses, has been widely criticised for meager job creation despite heavy state spending to promote it.

Despite her enthusiasm, Sclafani offered only a few funded programs, all with (by Washington standards) meager funding.

Despite Tuskegee's meager facilities and resources, Carver created a lab from makeshift equipment and inspired skeptical students.

«Despite strong performances from leads Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, «The Dark Tower» is too meager to feel grandiose, and too haphazard to feel grounded,» Collider's Matt Goldberg wrote.

Despite the film's meager box office takings ($ 10 million domestically, i.e. less than a quarter of the budget), Fox has treated Pathfinder to a fairly solid disc.

Despite operating with meager increases in funding from the state formula, Lake Central implemented a teacher mentor program at the beginning of the 2015 - 16 school year.

Likewise, despite concerns from some of my fellow editors that the normally aspirated Focus engine is a bit meager for this application, I felt its output was very well balanced with the character of the car.

Despite the Crosstrek's meager 3,300 - pound curb weight, the naturally aspirated engine wheezes its way through the CVT's seven artificial ratios.

Despite the bigger screen, the iPad Mini has a meager 1024 x 768 resolution.

I was more than capable of following the couple of DC movies I've watched, despite having never viewed more than a meager handful of JL episodes.

But despite the high price, according to data source CoinMarketCap, BTC has only gained a meager 0.70 percent in value in the last 24 hours, a slight move that contrasts with a stellar performance for alternative currencies.

Despite its size, the Theater One 2.1 weighs a relatively meager 27 pounds.

The city lies along the shores of the Susquehanna River, and despite its relatively meager population, still offers a plethora of attractions to its residents and passersby.

Overall, GDP has made strides this year, despite inflation lolling under 2 percent — the Fed's target — and wages growing at a meager pace.