Sentences with phrase «experienced declining rates»

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At various points in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, new stock market records and historically low unemployment rates were used as a synonym for a booming economy, or after the financial crisis, to signal that the economy was recovering — even though many workers and households experienced stagnating or steadily declining incomes for years or even decades.

Any increase in TFWs in Southwestern Ontario should be seen as a surprise, as the labour market has been in decline in the region over the last decade, with London, Windsor and Hamilton experiencing significant declines in their full - time employment rates:

These were the same communities that experienced the sharpest declines in their full - time employment rates.

Therefore, if rates rise, investors in the bond funds and ETFs will experience price declines commensurate with the funds» durations.

As a result, what is now considered a neutral policy rate for a central bank — one that neither stimulates nor restrains growth — has experienced a likely medium - term decline in the United States and other major economies.

The European Union is experiencing a cyclical recovery and the unemployment rate has been steadily declining over the past two years.

Also, it's worth noting that even under this more than doubling of rates from their current levels, these losses are a fraction of the 50 % declines that investors have experienced in stocks over the past two decades.

The sector has experienced eight consecutive months of declining sales — with only February showing positive sales growth — and traffic growth has trended down at an increasing rate since the beginning of 2015, according to TDn2K, which measures data based on weekly sales from nearly 26,000 restaurant units and 130 - plus brands representing $ 65 billion in annual revenue.

The paper industry as a whole has been experiencing declines in sales at a rate of 3 % to 5 % a year and Domtar is no exception.

The gains in employment over the past year have occurred in all states, and those states with the highest unemployment rates in the three months to October 2002 have experienced the strongest growth and the largest declines in the unemployment rate (Table 11).

According to the Federal Reserve's weekly observations of the national average, five - year CD rates experienced rapid decline ever since 2009, from a high of 2.30 % APY to around 0.80 %, where it has remained since 2013.

To create its list, the company «relied on two factors: the overall home price growth rate since 1991 (our growth factor) and the average odds that a homeowner in a particular market would have experienced significant price declines within the decade after buying a home (our stability factor).»

After consistent declines in the unemployment rate and notable gains in consumer attitudes through 2014, recent months have experienced a leveling off.

While breastfeeding rates are no longer declining at the global level, with many countries experiencing significant increases in the last decade, only 39 per cent of children less than six months of age in the developing world are exclusively breastfed and just 58 per cent of 20 - 23 month olds benefit from the practice of continued breastfeeding.

Additionally, the proposal to reduce the tax rate for corporate manufacturers will help an industry that has experienced a steep decline in employment.

The analysis uncovered major changes in population growth; with the exception of wolves, all species experienced a drop in population growth rates immediately following the collapse, and three species — wild boar, moose, and brown bears — exhibited significant reductions in population growth throughout the decade following the collapse, with declines evident in 85 % or more of the study regions.

Still, smaller orangutan populations in deforested areas of Borneo — due to logging or conversion to farm land — experienced the severest rates of decline, up to a 75 percent drop in one region.

Industrialized societies are experiencing a decline in fertility rates that exceeds the drop in mortality rates.

... the fact that smoking rates for individuals receiving mental health care have not experienced the same rates of decline as the general population suggests limited adoption of integrated treatments and ongoing barriers to cessation treatment in mental health care settings.»

Blueback herring have been declining at particularly concerning rates, but both species have experienced dramatic declines, the study found.

Women experience rheumatoid arthritis at a rate three times greater than men, and also have more severe decline and increased disability, yet the sex - based differences in the condition remain poorly understood.

Today, new investigators must compete on even terms against more experienced scientists, and success rates are declining rapidly.

The researchers found that the addition of vitamin D3 to ciclesonide did not significantly reduce the rate of first treatment failure (a composite outcome of decline in lung function and increases in use of beta - agonists, systemic steroids, and health care utilization) compared with placebo; 28 percent and 29 percent of participants in each group, respectively, experienced at least 1 treatment failure during 28 weeks.

«Addiction does not discriminate» is a soundbite that ignores the reality that overdose rates are highest in economically distressed communities, particularly places that have experienced declines in job opportunities for people without a college degree.

Both men and women experience a declining metabolic rate, or the number of calories the body needs to function normally.

A longitudinal study using PET scans to measure CMRglu in people ages fifty to eighty showed that people with the lowest CMRglu at baseline experienced the quickest development of overt AD.24 At baseline, hippocampal glucose metabolism in people who progressed from normal to AD was 26 percent below that of people who did not develop AD, and the annual rate of decline averaged 4.4 percent.

Throughout my many years in the eLearning industry, I've encountered a variety of eLearning courses that experienced a dramatic decline in learner retention rates.

Across all ages and years of experience, it assumes the withdrawal rate starts high and declines gradually over time.

Only Queen Anne's County, one of the smallest districts represented by Harris, experienced something of a decline in out - of - school suspensions; one or more suspensions were meted out to 2.2 percent of its students in 2013 - 2014, only a slight drop over the 2.4 percent rate in 2011 - 2012.

Despite the decrease, the 2015 suspension rate for blacks remained much higher than for other ethnic groups; the other groups, also experienced declining suspension rates.

Another 45 percent of schools rated B in 2013 - 2014 experienced year - to - year declines in math proficiency for Latino kids in their care.

In addition to mirroring the overall statewide graduation rate uptick, Valley schools experienced a statewide decline in dropout rates.

Across all ages and experience levels, Alabama expects withdrawal rates (for non-retirement purposes) to decline the longer a teacher remains in the profession.

I'm curious to see what the future holds for dealers and manufacturers as far as retaining quality experienced techs, I see little incentive for top guys to stick around unless they are paid an exorbitant hourly rate to compensate for declining hours.

The decline shows how the mortgage market is experiencing its largest shift in more than a decade as an era of generally falling interest rates that began in 2000 appears to have run its course... and the marginal potential refinancer has hit their limit.

In the MFO rating system, DSDEV indicates the typical percentage decline below its average excess return a fund has experienced in a year's time.

According to the Federal Reserve's weekly observations of the national average, five - year CD rates experienced rapid decline ever since 2009, from a high of 2.30 % APY to around 0.80 %, where it has remained since 2013.

But when rates rise, long duration bond strategies can experience sharp price declines.

«As underwriting standards have tightened in 2007 and rates of home price appreciation slowed or declined, indebted homeowners who experience financial trouble may have fewer refinancing options and may find it difficult to avoid going into foreclosure,» S&P said.

When interest rates rise, mortgage REITs experience fewer prepayments, but their book values decline with the drop in values for mortgage - backed securities.

The risk factor «There Is Risk That Our Auction Rate Securities Will Not Settle At Auction And We May Experience Additional Other Than Temporary Declines In Value, Which Could Cause Additional Charges To Be Realized On Our Statement Of Operations» has been revised to include first half fiscal 2009 financial information.

We believe that the $ 0.2 million decline in value that we have experienced in the remaining auction rate securities as of October 31, 2008, is a temporary event and has been accounted for as an unrealized loss in accumulated other comprehensive loss.

Similarly, fixed - income markets experienced losses for the quarter, as the yield on the 10 - Year Treasury soared nearly 20 % to a high of 2.95 % in late February.E Spreads widened and interest - rate - sensitive exposures declined in value.

But the risk of a significant price decline has now increased substantially: We could (abruptly) experience rising inflation / rates, changing Russian macro / micro fundamentals, and / or a general reversal in market sentiment or risk appetite.

Latest figures from Cats Protection show that around two - thirds of the charity's adoption centres are still experiencing a decline in their cat adoption rates during these tough economic times.

A global trend of increasing atmospheric CO2 means that all local regions are also seeing the same increasing trend; A decline in CO2 locally weakens the well - established claim that global CO2 is increasing significantly; Students may assume that since the atmosphere covers the Earth, CO2 levels in one location would experience the same rate of change and levels of CO2 as in other geographic locations.»

All coastal engineering communities support intense metabolic processes, including high primary production, respiration and calcification rates, thereby affecting CO2, CO3 −, and alkalinity concentrations and surface water pH. However, many metabolically intense coastal habitats are experiencing global declines in their abundance at rates in excess of 1 % per year (Duarte et al. 2008; Ermgassen et al. 2013).

Because of the widespread publicity that firearm accidents receive in the media, it can sometimes seem like this isn't the case; however, the rate of fatal firearm accidents over the last 25 years has experienced the greatest decline among principal types and classes of accidental deaths.

As anyone with any experience billing out a legal aid file knows, providing legal services for a rate that my apprentice plumber would politely decline is a tough way to build a practice at the best of times.

The scientists note that younger adults between ages 35 and 45 years old experienced the steepest declines in cancer death rates.