Sentences with phrase «far this year against»

The yuan is up 6.5 percent so far this year against the greenback, and holding onto its erasure of last year's losses.

The Pens will be fortunate to play the Metro this playoffs, as the Pens have owned the Metro going 15 -6-1 so far this year against the Met while going 12 - 8 against the Atlantic.

Not exact matches

The dollar clawed back some ground against the buoyant euro and traders bet on further U.S. rate hikes this year.

Once again, Major is going against the grain to say yields will fall even further, though the Fed has maintained that it could raise short - term interest rates this year.

In its last assessment, S&P said that Portugal's outlook was stable, «balancing our expectation of further budgetary consolidation and likely receding banking sector risks over the next two years against the risks of a weakening external growth environment and vulnerabilities related to high private - and public - sector debt.»

As Fortune's David Z. Morris puts it, the report is «one of the most concrete indications yet that this year's stirring backlash against sexual harassment could have far - reaching impacts in the workplace.»

As a result, the value of the Russian currency, the ruble, has deteriorated by 30 % against the dollar so far this year, routinely hitting new record lows along the way.

But the figures are further illustration of how even an ultra-loose monetary policy from the European Central Bank, which has driven the euro to a 12 - year low against the dollar this year, still hasn't created a self - sustaining recovery in the region.

SINGAPORE, May 3 - The dollar traded below a four - month high against a basket of currencies on Thursday, with the focus shifting to economic data after the Federal Reserve did little to alter market expectations for further interest rate rises this year.

Apart from slowing global demand, export growth is seen crimped by a strong dollar, which so far this year has strengthened by about 4 percent against the currencies of the country's main trading partners.

One of the key drivers has been the dollar, which has lost 3.2 % against a basket of major currencies so far this year, a decline that was exacerbated last week when U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested President Donald Trump's administration favored a weaker currency.

With more than 250,000 drug - and alcohol - related deaths a year nationwide, our society's battle against substance abuse is far from over.

As I said, the greenback's been on the decline for most of the year so far, but it slumped to a 13 - month low against the euro last week following European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi's remark that «monetary accommodation» would continue in the European Union (EU) until at least the end of the year.

Yet Facebook, despite undergoing its own grilling by Congress and despite vowing to undertake a self - reckoning in response to its unwitting influence over the past two years of geopolitics, did not take further action against CA until this past Friday, when it reported to the New York Times that it had suspended CA's Facebook account, along with CA's original researchers, Kogan and Wylie.

Apart from slowing global demand, exports are seen crimped by a strong dollar, which so far this year has strengthened by about 4 percent against the currencies of the country's main trading partners.

The euro, which had already been near its lowest level in 11 years on expectations of action by the central bank, weakened further against the dollar, falling about 1 percent to around $ 1.14, a move that could help European exporters.

Based on the U.S. Dollar Index, the greenback has slid so far this year by 9.4 % against rival currencies.

When measured against the American and European markets, Asian stocks, excluding Japan, have been the top performers of 2017 so far, returning more than 30 percent year - to - date.

«The fall in the euro has definitely had an effect,» she added as the euro fell further towards a 12 - year low against the dollar.

Against a backdrop of deflation around the world, China's producer price index and purchase price index have been dropping for several years, and the latter is lower than the producer price index, further indicating that China shouldered the external deflationary pressure.

The Bank of Canada has cut its policy rate by a cumulative 75 basis points so far this year (in three moves) to 2 per cent, against a background of weak GDP growth and subdued inflation.

-LRB-...) Italy's political chaos, which inflamed the euro - zone crisis two years ago, could be the biggest test so far of Europe's defenses against a revival of the financial panic that has afflicted the region in recent years.

Further measures are likely during the year as the authorities grapple with slowing growth, adverse balance of payments flows, and the desire to maintain a stable currency against a basket.

«Even though the economy will be slowing, we still think the unemployment rate is likely to fall further next year — and that means we're going to be pushing up against the lowest unemployment rates in decades in this country,» Porter added.

There could be a further fall of about 5 % in the renminbi against the dollar in the year ahead, it says.

@garbagemouth... A little inspired clarification for you.As far as Jesus telling His disciples «this generation shall not pass away» He meant the generation of humanity from the Flood to the Second Coming.There will be three judgements against sin and its author, Satan.The first was the Flood, the second at the war of Armageddon, and finally at the end of the Thousand years when the evil one is released for a short season... I pity the unbelievers who doubt the Word when the books of judgement are opened.

And yet, rolling around on the floor with my baby yesterday, his nose pressed against mine as he squealed with laughter, I was reminded once again that 2016 was, by far, the best year of my life.

Meanwhile, reports show the number of restrictions adopted throughout the country against abortion during the year are far more than in any previous year.

everything in the universe evolves, not only life forms but also memes, Religion is a meme so it also change in conformity to its era or time of its conception as faith.Because in pre scientific times thousands of years ago, the scientific method of approach or philosophy has not existed yet, myth or merely story telling is considered facts, The first religion called animism more than 10,000 years ago believed that spirits or god exists in trees, rivers, mountains, boulders or in any places people at that time considered holy.hundreds of them, then when the Greeks and Romans came, it was reduced to 12, they called it polytheism, when the Jews arrived, it was further reduced to 1, monotheism.its derivatives, Christianity And Islam and later hundreds of denominations that includes Mormonism and Protestants flourished up to today.So in short this religions evolved in accordance to the scientific knowledge of the age or era they existed.If you graph the growth of knowledge, it shows a sharp increase in the last 500 years, forcing the dominant religions at that time to reinterprete their dogmas, today this traditional religions are becoming obsolete and has to evolve to survive.But first they have to unify against atheism.in the dialectical process of change, Theism in one hand and the opposing force atheism in the other, will resolve into a result or synthesis.The process shall be highlighted in the internet in the near future.

I had nothing against mud and coveted other kids» rubber boots for years, but Mom had loathed them far too heartily ever to buy any for me.

Although no further action was taken against the bishop, he could have faced up to two years in prison if convicted of inciting hatred.

After nearly four hundred years of the kingship the Judean people still refused to be regarded as pawns in the game of power politics; they had far - reaching rights — even against their kings — which they would not surrender.

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who locks up many more journalists than does Mr. Putin, who kills his own people when they demonstrate against him, and who has described democracy as a tram which you ride as far as you can get on it before getting off, has for many years enjoyed the warm endorsement of the West.

He spoke humbly, as if it were the desire of his own heart, he spoke briefly, as it becomes him to do, but he will never forget that thou hadst need of a hundred years to obtain a son of old age against expectation, that thou didst have to draw the knife before retaining Isaac; he will never forget that in a hundred and thirty years thou didst not get further than to faith.

First of all, that human life in our span of years and so far as man's history is concerned is, like the created world itself, derivative from a realm of heavenly existence which abides eternal over against the transient, mortal, and uncertain span of our years.

According to a Pew Research Center report released last year, 40 percent of American women oppose abortion in all or most circumstances, and white evangelical Protestants are far more likely than any other religious group to side against it.

His supporters might point out that the 9/11 attacks hurt the economy; that the recession that hit in March of 2001, his first year, probably really began earlier; and that the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and against terrorism have further weakened the economy.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which successfully pursued Coles in 2014, says while it can not confirm exact complaint numbers, it is seeing «far fewer supplier complaints against the supermarkets than a couple of years ago».

The 17 - year - old has clearly impressed the German manager after making his debut against Guatemala earlier this year, and has made nine Bundesliga appearances so far this season, scoring two goals.

In Game 5, they had the lead, might have extended it further if not for the kind of send at third base that haunts a fan base for years, left the bases loaded late, and then had their best hitter this year, Daniel Murphy, weakly pop up in the ninth against Kershaw, who was working on a day of rest.

The likes of Ozil and Ramsay are regularly slated by fans and the media when the real problem lies further back.Wenger has failed to address this weakness during the past 5/6 years and as a consequence Arsenal have become a laughing stock, a team which rarely keeps a clean sheet against even against mediocre teams with respect to Watford, Stoke etc..

Miami doesn't want to play junk ball, but it has had to do so; junk ball isn't going to work against the Florida State team we've seen so far this year.

They have a memorable Playoff W against Team Kornblatt and the true building blocks of a group that can get even further a year from now..

Breaking his duck against Dortmund this season after a whole year without a goal for the young striker was certainly a highlight in a season of lows for the Gunners so far.

As much as we are all hoping for Arsenal to go further than we have in years by beating Europe and as much as we would prefer winning the Champions League to any other trophy, the chances of Arsenal managing to do it this year against cluns likr Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are pretty slim.

Whilst we like to beat up on OG his goals / game ratio in PL over the last 3 years is pretty similar to Benzeman — who plays in a team that creates far more chances against arguably weaker opposition week in week out.

The 28 - year - old has only managed three goals so far for the Red Devils, and has been linked with the likes of Juventus and AS Roma after being dropped by van Gaal for last weekend's game against Southampton.

The 22 - year - old has started just four games in La Liga so far this season, and though he only managed to get 63 minutes under his belt against PSG, Napoli scouts are said to have remained impressed.

it looks like no one is arguing for AW to stay anymore here on Justarsenal or anywhere else, the only people who want AW to stay are retired opposition players turned pundits or guests on TV, no one can say we are not loyal because we had him for 21 years and worshiped him for at least 17 of those years and tolerated a further one or two more years but now its turning biter into him against supporters and he should stay loyal to his club which made him a fortune and world famous and like i said worshiped, if he is to be remembered in a fond way he should kick the shi7 out of the board and leave

the obvious fact is that the club began to stagnate in football terms a decade ago after the CL semi against man utd and has been in outright retreat over the last 3 years... some fans were calling for wenger to leave in 2011 - 12 as it was clear he could not cope with a more competitive environment others have been more tolerant, hanging on to fa cup glory and hoping that he would somehow self correct his weak and erratic management style but most now realise that is not possible and that the club will deteriorate further under his management so also want him gone, that has left a hard core of wenger loyalists who are either fixated with the past (selecting episodic good and bad times to justify wengers decade long failure) or too frightened of the future to contemplate a change (with selective reference to failed managerial changes by way of justification) or both, to conclude, through a mixture of panglossian fatalism and corporate philosophising, how lucky we are to have such an honourable and educated man in charge... along with their confused references to club loyalty and addiction to computer games these are troubled souls who need our sympathy and concerned medical advice... SO JUST F OFF STOCK UP ON CANNED SOUP AND GO SUPPORT ASTON VILLA ON FIFA!