Sentences with phrase «economic index factors»

(Footnote: The OECD socio - economic index factors in not only income, but also parental education, educational resources at home and other family possessions.

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As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

The researchers took account for other factors that can affect asthma including age, sex, smoking habits, body mass index, socio - economic class and exposure to cleaning chemicals.

Variables were also accounted for which could have impacted the association between common mental illness and exercise, which included demographic and socio - economic factors, body mass index, substance use, perceived social support and new onset physical illness.

The Opportunity Index focuses on the conditions present in different communities and is designed to connect economic, academic, civic and other factors together to help identify concrete solutions to lagging conditions for opportunity and economic mobility.

After the initial fixed period, the new, adjustable rate, which changes annually, is tied to an interest rate index that moves based on a variety of economic and financial market factors.

In response, I included a special piece in this month's Briefly Noted section about the factors that contributed to the drop and the index's usefulness as an economic indicator.

Commodity - linked derivative instruments may involve additional costs and risks such as changes in commodity index volatility or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments.

While it is not a problem right now (although the consumer price index did just rise the most in 10 months), there are several strong economic factors emerging that typically lead to higher prices to the consumer and thus higher mortgage interest rates down the road.

The rise in Vancouver's average housing prices compared with the growth in average wages, rents and other economic factors make it the most likely to experience a sudden downward correction compared with 17 other large cities around the globe, according to the UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index released this week.

Factors that may influence the market value of the ETNs include prevailing market prices of the U.S. stock or U.S. Treasury markets, the index components included in the underlying index, and prevailing market prices of options on such index or any other financial instruments related to such index; and supply and demand for the ETNs, including economic, financial, political, regulatory, geographical or judicial events that affect the level of such index or other financial instruments related to such index.

The Global Competitiveness Index, published annually by the World Economic Forum, ranks around 140 countries by several factors deemed responsible for the long - term competitiveness of nations.

Gore did not realize that the economic loss data he was looking at had not been adjusted («normalized») to take into account changes in socio - economic factors — notably population, wealth, and the consumer price index — that massively affect how much damage a particular weather event inflicts.

The index is unique in the breadth of economic factors and financial instruments that are analyzed and its reliance on quantitative, not qualitative, data.

Second, we sought to determine whether the frequency of S allele carriers predicts cultural individualism and collectivism by conducting a multiple regression analysis with individualism — collectivism as the criterion variable and frequency of S allele carriers, as well as four other economic and health factors previously associated with individualism — collectivism including GDP per capita, inequity in the distribution of wealth (Gini index) as well as historical and contemporary pathogen prevalence as predictor variables (Fincher et al. 2008).

3 THE EXTENT AND CHARACTER OF HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN THE EARLY YEARS 3.1 Key findings about health inequalities in the first four years 3.2 Introduction 3.3 Pregnancy, birth and the first three months 3.3.1 Risk factors and health outcomes in the early years 3.3.2 Inequalities in the early stages 3.4 Health measures in the first four years of life 3.5 Overview of health outcomes 3.5.1 Physical health 3.5.2 Problems reported by parents 3.5.3 Psychosocial health 3.5.4 Body mass index 3.6 Inequalities in health outcomes 3.6.1 Area deprivation 3.6.2 Household income 3.6.3 Socio - economic classification (NS - SEC) 3.6.4 Conclusion 3.7 Exposure to risk factors likely to have an adverse impact on health 3.8 Inequalities in exposure to risk factors for poor health outcomes 3.8.1 Area deprivation 3.8.2 Houshold income 3.8.3 Socio - economic classification (NS - SEC) 3.8.4 Conclusion 3.9 Summary measure of negative outcomes

Confidence in housing sagged in July in the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index ® (HPSI), with optimism weakening for both homebuyers and sellers due to limiting economic factors and unaffordability.

The monthly index measures several different economic factors, including goods - producing employment, personal and commercial bankruptcies, building permits, startup activity, unemployment insurance claims, labor force participation, and -LSB-...]

March 6, 2014 CoreNet Global Economic Index Q1 2014 Corporate real estate executives at Fortune 1000 companies are optimistic about a range of economic factors — including increases in jobs, corporate expansions, and the overall global economy — for the first quarter of 2014, according to a survey conducted by CoreNetEconomic Index Q1 2014 Corporate real estate executives at Fortune 1000 companies are optimistic about a range of economic factors — including increases in jobs, corporate expansions, and the overall global economy — for the first quarter of 2014, according to a survey conducted by CoreNeteconomic factors — including increases in jobs, corporate expansions, and the overall global economy — for the first quarter of 2014, according to a survey conducted by CoreNet Global.

Methodology: GOBankingRates surveyed all 50 states, analyzing eight data points that served as determining factors in the ranking: (1) median household income, sourced from the Census Bureau in 2015 dollars; (2) median home listing price as of June 2017, sourced from Zillow; (3) food spending, using the grocery index sourced from Missouri Economic Research and Information Center and multiplying it against the average amount spent on food from the BLS consumer spending survey from July 2015 - July 2016; (4) employee health insurance premium contribution, sourced from the Commonwealth Fund; (5) annual child care costs for an infant and a 4 - year - old, sourced from Child Care Aware of America; (6) whether the state offers paid time - off for family leave; (7) whether the state has expanded the earned - income Tax Credit at the state level; (8) whether the state expanded Medicaid coverage as part of the Affordable Care Act.