Sentences with phrase «despite persistent»

Despite persistent fears that the domestic housing market was in a dangerous bubble bound to burst in a disruptive fashion, data from the Toronto Real Estate Board suggests otherwise.

«The good news is,» observes Yun, «that sales are still running slightly above last year's pace despite these persistent market challenges.»

«Despite persistent inventory shortages, the housing market has made great strides this year, backed by an increasing share of pent — up sellers realizing the increased equity they've gained from rising home prices and using it towards trading up or moving into a smaller home,» says Yun.

By using contingent work as a screening method, health systems can find more qualified candidates despite the persistent skills gap in the industry.

While it's highly unlikely that Android and Chrome will ever merge into a single OS (despite the persistent rumors), Google opened up the Play Store to Chromebooks last year and has slowly been rolling out Android app support with newer models.

Despite persistent rumors to the contrary, 97 percent will not / do not plan to terminate any customer relationships to reduce CRS compliance obligations.

Likewise, despite the persistent cries of death to the billable hour, few predict its demise.

Yohe and colleagues from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Industrial Economics Inc say that they are highly confident that impacts caused by hydrologic drought — on agriculture and water availability, for example — will be increasingly negative and widespread over time, despite persistent uncertainty about projected precipitation patterns.

The mechanisms such interests use are many — influencing election outcomes by injecting huge sums of money into them (see the NYT editorial on the KOch Brothers and AB32, for example), installing fossil fuel employees in government bureaucracies (BP's ex-chief scientist is currently Head of Science at the DOE, one Steve Koonin, also of Caltech — welcome to the fossil fuel - academic complex), and distorting science to fit their agenda (witness the endless fraudulent claims about zero - emission combustion, despite the persistent absence of any stand - alone prototypes.)

U.S. clean energy investment is rising despite persistent fears that the collapse in crude oil prices will hamper spending on higher - cost alternatives.

Given that year - to - year variability, it is predictable that whenever the annual result is above trend, it often gets cherry - picked to suggest that climate change is not happening (despite the persistent long - term trend).

Despite persistent doubts about the financial capacities of predominantly black boards, the Studio Museum has succeeded in raising 70 percent of the money for its building project, cementing the institution's stature as a model of how to develop racially diverse trustees, staff members and audiences.

In an interview with The Penny Arcade Report, Jean - Max Morris, creative director of the game, said some publishers claimed that a game with a female lead wouldn't sell, despite the persistent and regular success of such series as Metroid and Tomb Raider, as well as one - offs like Mirror's Edge.

Despite the persistent global interest in property, the process of buying across international borders is, at times, quite difficult.

The city is notoriously expensive, and despite persistent talk of a bubble set to burst, Vancouver real estate is still going strong.

CEO Tim Hockey said, «Investors remained broadly engaged, with strong trading volumes despite persistent low market volatility.»

The average rate of improvement in the New Orleans public schools stood at three to four times the statewide rate, despite persistent poor performance by several schools.

Despite persistent rumors, it appears Disney doesn't have any plans to produce a live - action «Star Wars» television series.

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Despite the persistent belief that weight gain is all about calories, without insulin it is impossible to gain weight and become fat, no matter how many calories someone takes in.

We show that primates infected with the same genotypic strain of B. burgdorferi generate widely variable antibody responses that change significantly over time despite persistent infection.

Molecular mechanisms that enhance synapse stability despite persistent disruption of the spectrin / ankyrin / microtubule cytoskeleton.

And despite his persistent cough, he was holding up well, possibly because he'd already had two doses of DTaP, the childhood vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.

Columbus Day Celebrated in Morris Park by David Greene Despite a persistent drizzle that could not dampen spirits of Italian - Americans, hundreds turned out to enjoy the 41st Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade down Morris Park Avenue.

Despite persistent pleas from both parties, the Indies do not nominate at open conventions and apparently have no intention of doing so in the foreseeable future.

Atiku said despite the persistent insecurity in some parts of Nigeria, the military had done credibly well in reducing the strengths of Boko Haram terrorists.

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In June, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, the wage board's chairman and a longtime Cuomo ally, said he and his fellow members clearly believed «a substantial» increase was needed to bring fast food workers up the economic ladder — despite persistent opposition from the business community, which often found itself drowned out at public hearings that served more or less as labor rallies.

Former Attorney - General Martin Amidu has clarified that he has nothing personal against the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government or President John Mahama despite his persistent criticism.

The Conservatives are desperately trying to promote their «Get Britain Working» agenda despite persistent questions over the Lisbon treaty.

But Rangel refused, and now he is again seeking re-election, facing multiple primary challengers — including Sen. Adriano Espaillat — and insisting he intends to serve out a full two - year term if the voters return him to D.C., despite persistent speculation that he will retire mid-term in hopes of controlling the selection of his successor.

It is important to note that, in this my first year of office, two separate bi-partisan probes in Parliament have been established to inquire into allegations of corruption, as against zero in the Mahama years, despite the persistent calls by the then Minority.

They must own up to this and refrain from the revisionist politicking about our debt despite persistent corrections from the managers of the economy under the NDC.

Paris Saint - Germain superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed that he is open to a move to Qatar, despite persistent rumours linking him with a move to the Premier League.

Despite persistent rumours of Lewis «doing a Rosberg» and retiring from F1 early it doesn't seem like that's going to happen.

No tactical approach, always making a same for same sub and always playing Ozil despite his persistent inability to influence the game.

Despite a persistent degree of consumer caution and a competitive retail environment, Australia's economic outlook over the coming 12 months will experience modest improvements due to lift in global trade, China's demand for commodities, tourism and growth in Australian household wealth.

Equity market volatility is historically low despite persistent political uncertainty.

Recall, for example, that stocks collapsed in 2000 - 2002 and 2007 - 2009 despite persistent and aggressive Fed easing.

In general, despite persistent macroeconomic challenges, the environment for corporate profitability has been reasonable, allowing business profitability to move forward, albeit at a less than robust pace.

The Great British Pound is showing some relative strength finally, as the bullish Employment Report helped the currency, despite the persistent Brexit worries and the recent weakness in economic numbers.

The primary effect of the Federal Reserve's policy of quantitative easing in recent years was to disrupt that sequence by intentionally encouraging continued yield - seeking speculation despite persistent overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions.

Despite persistent external headwinds, as indicated by still contracting new export orders, the financial organization expects China's GDP to rebound to 8.6 percent in 2013, underpinned by China's continued policy support.

In short, despite persistent inflation pressures, the Fed can't easily raise rates further because that might add to the instability in the housing sector.

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Despite the setbacks early in his career, though, Grant was persistent and committed to improve his teaching skills.

Despite the big - effort, these corporate programs will likely do very little toward making a dent in the country's persistent unemployment problems.

«We need to be persistent and patient and prudent, because we're not there yet,» Draghi said, referring to the fact that EU inflation and wage growth have been disappointingly slow, despite the bloc's economic recovery since the financial crisis.

That's despite economic advantages and a single, widowed mother who, by available reports, was a devoted parent, if overwhelmed by her son's persistent and increasingly alarming behavioral problems.

And despite recent gains in employment, subdued growth in wages and hours worked continues to reflect persistent economic slack in Canada, in contrast to the United States.