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The four - cylinder is also the more efficient engine of the pair: on front - wheel drive cars, the turbocharged engine can return a fairly - good - by - class - standards 17mpg in the city and 27mpg on the highway, whereas the six - cylinder can only manage 17mpg in the city and 24mpg on the highway (adding all - wheel drive drops all the economy figures by one miles - per - gallon respectively).

Better still, the penalties for adding manual transmissions and all - wheel drive isn't too steep: in general, swapping out the gearbox and having an extra pair of driven wheels only reduces the city and highway economy figures by one mpg.

Not exact matches

According to The Future of Business survey conducted by Facebook in collaboration with the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 42 percent of businesses polled said that learning from one other is one of the main ways they figure out how to run a business in a mobile - first economy — second only to Googling it.

The latest GDP figures showed retail sales, driven largely by sales of vehicles and parts, remain one of the only bright spots in the Canadian economy.

Today, according to the most recent estimates by McKinsey, the figure is 282 %, the highest among all emerging - market economies.

Spending on autos was a key element of growth for the economy in 2016, with sales reaching record levels, but the latest figures again fell short of market expectations, despite rising inventories leading to heavy discounting by manufacturers.

In spite of lingering concerns about Greece's fate, the European economy would appear to have hit a sweet spot marked by steadily improving growth and inflation figures, along with declining unemployment.

The Reserve Bank of India cut its main repurchase rate by 0.25 percentage point to 7.5 %, citing weakness in parts of the economy as well as favorable inflation figures and structural overhauls included in the government's proposed budget.

GDP increased by 1.2 per cent in the September quarter, and while GDP figures are not yet available for the December quarter, other data for this period are consistent with above - trend growth, and an economy entering 2004 with considerable momentum.

To get some idea of the overriding scope of the government's role in the economy, consider what has happened to taxes: back in 1885, taxes levied by Washington came to $ 1.98 per person; by 1970, the figure was $ 960.07 — 500 times higher.

Russia has gone them one better: By picking a 1990 baseline, before the collapse of the Soviet Union's economy, they figure they can actually continue to increase their emissions and still claim a long - term reduction.

However, much of this romanticizing is actually driven by market economy — the wedding industry, the movie industry, the music industry, TV, advertising, celebrity culture (celebrities are often aspirational figures — we want to be like them, look like them, and have what they have), etc..

With regards to the growth rate, it is important to stress that the Ghana Statistical Service, which is the primary source of data on economic management in Ghana and on whom even development partners rely for information on our economy, are yet to release figures for the last quarter of 2016, hence the figure of 3.6 % quoted by President Akufo Addo can only provisional if not to create mischief for political gain.

Even the figures quoted by the President as the growth rate for 2016, is higher than the West African average especially when note is taken of recessions in the Nigerian and other economies.

In January of this year the IMF announced its revised figures for the Spanish economy predicting an extension of the recession with a 1.7 % fall of GDP in 2012 and of 0.3 % in 2013 (previous estimates had shown GDP growing by 1.1 % this year and 1.8 % in 2013).

Today's GDP figures, published by ONS, show that the UK economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the previous quarter and 1.4 per cent compared to the same quarter a year ago.

The figures in Hammond's budget showed that with the economy on its uppers most people are inevitably more interested in just getting by than digesting the minutiae of manifestos.

The UK economy grew by 0.8 % in the third quarter of 2013, according to officials GDP figures released today.

Today's GDP figures, published by ONS, show that the UK economy has fallen by 0.2 per cent in the final quarter of 2011 following growth of just 0.6 per cent in the previous two quarters.

The subway system's decline has had an appreciable effect on the city's economy — a study by the Independent Budget Office last fall found that the constant delays cost residents about $ 864,000 per day in lost wages, and a study by Comptroller Scott Stringer's office noted that the figure could add up to $ 389 million per year if the transit system is not brought into a state of good repair.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the economy shrank by more than expected, a contraction of 0.2 % between October and December.

David Cameron's attempt to outline an optimistic vision for the British economy was marred by depressing GDP figures today.

The Conservatives have accused Labour of seeking to «talk down the economy» by latching on to the recent youth unemployment figures when the total number out of work in the UK fell by 97,000 to 1.86 million in the three months to December.

On the subject of the economy, which officially entered a double - dip recession when official figures showed it shrank by 0.2 % in the first quarter of the year, Mr Miliband demanded the prime minister not offer another «excuse».

The figure exceeded what the MTA initially expected by $ 40 million, the advocacy group said, because of a recovering economy.

Responding to figures released today that show the UK economy grew by 0.6 % in the three months to June, Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Economyeconomy grew by 0.6 % in the three months to June, Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for EconomyEconomy, said:

David Cameron claimed Labour was «desperate» for a double - dip in the economy, as he was quizzed after figures showed the UK economy grew by 0.5 % in the first three months of the year.

The economy grew by 1.0 %, according to official gross domestic product figures (GDP), which measure the value of everything produced in the country.

Nana Akufo - Addo lamented that the year by year decline of the economy's growth figures over the course of President Mahama's National Democratic Congress (NDC) government is the reason his call for a change in leadership ahead of...

There was more gloomy news for the UK economy today, as figures showed unemployment up by 80,000 in the three months to July.

With HMRC figures indicating that an estimated # 8bn of the potential tax gap is down to tax evasion and the hidden economy, it is important to continue to tackle this sector, to remove some of the unfair competition faced by those who pay their taxes.

The figure reflects a greatly improved performance on the first quarter of the year, when the economy grew by 0.3 %.

Figures released by the Ghana Statistical service indicate that as at June, Ghana's economy minus oil and gas grew by 3.9 %.

Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen has rejected claims that the proposed HS2 rail project could boost the UK economy by # 15bn a year, calling the figures «pie in the sky».

Latest ABI figures show that the number of people covered by Private Medical Insurance (PMI) continued to rise in 2008 despite the UK economy going into recession.

Announcing the GDP figures in Accra, the Government Statistician, Dr. Philomena Nyarko, said the growth in the economy continues to be driven by the services sector which contributed 60.1 percent to the national average.http: / / ghanapoliticsonline.com

Commenting on figures published today showing unemployment in Wales fell by 6,000 in the 3 months to February 2014, Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Economy Minister, said:

The prime minister said Labour was «desperate» for a double dip in the economy, as he was questioned after figures showed the UK economy grew by 0.5 % in the first three months of the year.

YouGov's latest survey for the Sunday Times was conducted following the news that Britain's economy contracted by 0.7 % in the second quarter of this year — a worse figure than most economists had predicted.

Official figures show the UK economy unexpectedly shrank by half of one per cent between October and December.

ONS figures show our economy grew by 2.8 % - even faster than first thought - in 2014.

City forecasts of 0.5 % growth for the last three months have been trimmed back by most economists to around 0.1 % or 0.2 %, and some have even predicted the Office for National Statistics figures could show the economy contracting.

A few days after the news came that Britain's economy had contracted by 0.5 % in the final quarter of 2010 came the figures from... (Comments: 0)

According to figures from the World Bank, the Chinese economy's carbon intensity — the amount of CO2 emissions relative to the size of economic output — has decreased by almost 70 per cent over the past three decades (see «Peak planet: Carbon dioxide intensity «-RRB-, and a further 20 per cent reduction from current levels is promised by 2020.

Perhaps by that distant year China's leaders will have figured out new, respectful ways to value women in society, and can also get the economy back on track.

As the nation's economy booms, that figure could rise to 50 % by 2050.

That figure is projected to increase by 70 % by 2050 — when emerging economies in Latin America and South Asia are likely to have the same nitrogen pollution problems as China.

Energy - related carbon dioxide emissions from developing countries will be 127 percent higher than in the world's most developed economies by 2040, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S.

Based on some given figures from the study «Bioinspiration: And Economic Progress Report» created by Fermanian Business & Economic Institute, the biomimetic Influence in different huge industries is translated in a considerable impact in the Gross Domestic Product, GDP, in U.S.A. and in the global economy in 2030.

When we hear that the cost to the UK economy of physical inactivity is set to hit # 50 billion by 2050 it is very easy to not pay attention because the figure is so vast, and involves so many people and organisations that it escapes reality.