Sentences with phrase «falling voting rate»

The falling voting rate is well known and much discussed.

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«Following the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, the exchange rate has fallen and the outlook for growth in the short to medium term has weakened markedly,» the central bank said in its quarterly Inflation Report.

The move is a vote of confidence in the U.S. economy — a signal that consumers and businesses don't need quite as much help via monetary policy now that the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6 percent, close to what economists call full employment.

A three - day sell - off has taken the Australian sharemarket back to levels last seen in early May, as falling commodity prices and upcoming events such as a US interest rate decision and the «Brexit» vote take their toll on investor confidence.

Last month rival wine producer Australian Vintage reported the unfavourable exchange rate — primarily the fall in Sterling on the back of the Brexit vote — had cost the business AU$ 10.5 million in the first six months of the year, with UK / European sales falling 18 % as a result, despite a rise in branded sales.

After joining the coalition poll ratings for the party fell, [67] particularly following the government's support for raising the cap on tuition fees with Liberal Democrat MPs voting 27 for, 21 against and 8 abstaining.

The Niagara Falls Water Board voted Monday night to raise rates, saying it has turned around an organization that desperately needed change.

Council spending now began to rise again, largely as a result of increases by the GLC, Merseyside and West Midlands councils; whereas Labour votes tended to be poorer and eligible for rate rebates, the burden of higher spending tended to fall on businesses and middle class homeowners.

Instead the Bank's monetary policy committee (MPC) voted to hold interest rates at 5.5 per cent, despite many pundits predicting a fall.

Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN) The Niagara Falls Water Board has chosen to hold off on its vote on a potential 2.5 percent rate hike for a week.

The registration rate is estimated to have fallen from approximately 95 % of the voting age population in the 1950s and 1960s to 82.3 % in 2012.

Anastasia (1997) becomes a stage musical this summer in London and is eyeing the 2016/2017 Broadway season • There are some who are suspicious that this news is not really official but Nicole Kidman is supposedly returning to Broadway this fall with Photograph 51, after its London run • Industry people got really excited about 3D high frame rate footage from Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk at a Future of Cinema Conference • The Academy is STILL trying to explain their new voting rules.

This fall, Chicago public school officials voted on opening a gay - friendly high school to combat the alarming dropout and suicide rate of gay and lesbian students.

He stuck with his guns in 2013 and voted for a market - based interest rate that fell under the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act.

If a Brexit is voted for and uncertainty in the U.K. economy loom, U.K. gilts could benefit further (prices continue to rise and yields fall), as the Bank of England could keep rates low for longer.

You fall into the Republican argument where they left rates go up for a few hours just so they could say they voted for a tax decrease.

The Xbox Live star rating system is an important way of securing publicity for Indie Games, but recently, a mysterious flurry of negative votes has caused deserving titles to fall off of the limelight in favour of other more cynical offerings.

Hawaii regulators voted this fall to end retail rate net metering in the state, shaking the foundation of the state's solar industry.

(TNS)-- Federal Reserve policymakers said Wednesday they were holding a key interest rate steady but signaled a hike could come this fall as their concerns have eased about a slowing job market and the fallout from Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

«Rates fell on concerns that Britain may vote to leave the European Union later this week.