Sentences with phrase «early months of the year»

The cohesiveness among the member nations of the Eurozone, among the wider membership of the European Union, and among officials of the EU, the European Central Bank (ECB), and the IMF that appeared to be emerging in the early months of this year has not been evident in recent weeks.

Closures have been off to a slow start as large numbers of shutdowns are rare in the early months of the year.

Because G.M.'s market share was stronger in the second half of 1997 than in the early months of the year, executives think this year they will finally reverse the slide in market share that began decades ago.

The Westpac — Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell sharply in the early months of the year reaching a trough in May below its long - run average.

The FTSE 100 saw its total dividend payout uncovered by earnings in the early months of this year.

The latest survey reading, conducted in July when markets were calmer, showed that inflation expectations had dropped back to 3.4 per cent, close to their level throughout the early months of the year (Graph 33).

After increasing strongly during much of 1997, loan approvals for housing appeared to level out in the early months of this year, before showing a strong further rise in June (Graph 15).

Although volatility returned to US equities in the early months of the year, the country's economy remains strong and markets appear well placed to continue their upward trend

Monthly employment figures up to April, and other indicators such as industrial production, confirm the solid pace of growth in the early months of this year.

«What we've seen today is that A&E waits are now at a nine - year high at the early months of this year,» he said.

And the number of people killed in the early months of each year increased by 13 %, from 380 to 430.

Brown remained personally unpopular during the early months of the year but his confidence grew as it became clear that a group of disillusioned MPs, led by Charles Clarke, would not rebel against his leadership.

The early months of the year have a lot in common with the early hours of the day.

As for my life, the early months of the year were consumed by my dedication to directing a musical.

I try to curb my spending in the early months of the year (since it's a time of year that I really don't need many new things, and also the time of year that can be actually painful to take outfit photos in when you live in New England).

It's been said that depression is highest after the holidays, and that's certainly the case at the box office, where the earliest months of the year traditionally serve as a dumping ground for the movies that the major studios didn't have the time or intestinal fortitude to release during the rest of the year.

It holds true that, when it comes to movies, the early months of the year are «spring cleaning» for studios, the summer months are the fun rides at the cineplex and the «important,» Oscar - courting movies open at year's end.

And after a 2011 that turned out to be a pretty decent year for cinema (if not necessarily one for the ages), we're now staring out across a few months that seem fairly barren, as the early months of the year always do.

Second, there's the federal income tax, which is why we spend the early months of each year sweating over Form 1040.

The island gets the most crowded during the early months of the year, when Americans and Europeans travel to Aruba to escape winter.

The winds in the earlier months of the year make Bulabog Beach on the east side of Boracay a great destination for wind surfers and kite boarders, while White Beach offers exceptional snorkeling and diving.

It's unusual because creditors traditionally make some sort of rate adjustments in the early months of a year.

Well, seeing as I spent way too much of the early months of the year grinding away in the Dark Zone for better loot, I think it fits the requirements.

In the early months of the year, I didn't have much of a list building.

The early months of a year barren, other than a few high - profile releases scattered here and there.

The work is best experienced during the early months of the year, when lower daylight levels and daylight saving offer optimum conditions for viewing the striking impact of red neon light illuminating the 17th - Century colonnade.

Although the customer's energy consumption and production (shown in Figure 3) remains the same, the amount they pay the utility increases in the early months of the year.

«Policy uncertainty played a part in limiting asset finance in the early months of this year,» said BNEF's report.

The early months of the year are typically when gamers have time to take a break and decompress from the busy holiday season.

In this environment, it's no surprise that economic releases paint a picture of a weak economy: Retail sales and consumer confidence are sagging as of the early months of this year.

Halifax, where prices had fallen in the early months of this year, had its strongest month - to - month price gain ever, with an increase of 3.1 per cent.

The REIT market as a whole experienced a number of ups and downs, not to mention twists and turns in the early months of the year.

«While there might be pieces of good news in this report, such as some improvement in many annual rates of return, February 2012 data confirms that, broadly - speaking, home prices continued to decline in the early months of the year,» David Blitzer, chairman of S&P Indices» index committee, said in a statement.