Sentences with phrase «first year the survey»

This is up from 56 percent of U.S. households in 1988, the first year the survey was conducted.

It is also the first year the survey shows in - house lawyers packing up and moving to Ontario from Alberta.

Not exact matches

Options Group's forecasts are based on public and proprietary data about revenue for the year's first nine months, and bonus expectations from a survey of about 3,000 Wall Street workers.

While hiring was down by 0.1 percent in March, the survey found that nearly 9 in 10, or 87 percent of small businesses, expect the first quarter to be the same or better than a year ago.

A City of Vancouver survey of 2,500 residents this year indicated that, for the first time, fewer than 50 % of trips within the city were made by car.

Businesses surveyed said they had put 7 percent into marketing their first year; they should have put in 28 percent, they said.

A survey of 34 executives from leading US fashion companies last year found that, for the first time, fewer US brands were looking to China for products, even though the country remains the top sourcing destination for the industry worldwide.

For this first - of - a-kind study, Pew surveyed adults who use prepaid cards at least once a month and found that 59 percent currently have a checking account and 45 percent had used a credit card in the past year.

The East coast chain broke records to become the first convenience store to be voted the best sandwich shop in the US in Market Force Information's annual survey of nearly 11,500 consumers - beating major players such as Jersey Mike's and Firehouse Subs, last year's winner.

This year, our first comprehensive reputational survey ranks Rotman the No. 1 MBA in Canada, followed by the Queen's School of Business and the Ivey Business School at Western University.

Winners are found this way: First, the Product of the Year Canada jury carefully selects the finalists — that is, products that meet or exceed innovation standards — which are then categorized and judged by an online survey, on behalf of Rogers Insights and conducted by TNS, of thousands of regular Canadian shoppers.

Survey results also indicate that Gen Z teens aim to own their first home by age 28 — three years earlier than the median age of first - time homeowners, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Female - owned firms in the survey are 10 percent less likely to hire their first employee, even after seven years, than male - led firms, according to Fairlie and Miranda.

Female - owned firms in the survey are 10 percent less likely to hire their first employee, even after seven years, than male - led firms, according to

The survey showed cash accounted for 47.6 percent of German transactions by volume last year, down from 53.2 percent three years earlier and below the half mark for the first time since polling started in 2008.

Put aside that the «new high» isn't all that significant since the survey has only been tracking sentiment since the first quarter of last year.

According to a new survey, more Canadians are planning to buy what will likely be their most significant investment in their lives this year: their first home.

Many businesses initially opposed the first state paid sick days law in Connecticut, yet within a few years a survey showed... that an overwhelming majority of businesses reported only small or no effects on their bottom line, and three - quarters now report being supportive of the new policy.

An average of the results from the major surveys shows conditions were moderating in the second half of last year, after a strong first half, but they were still at a high level at the end of the year (Graph 12).

Most economists surveyed by Bloomberg project the Fed will announce its first rate increase in nine years in September.

Dec 14, 2015: In a November poll of academic and business economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal, 92 % said they expected the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December, the first such hike in more than nine years.

That stat marks a 25 percent increase from the same survey last year, when 44 percent of online shoppers said they turned to Amazon first.

Last week, new government data showed the economy ground to a near halt in the first half of the year, and on Monday, a factory activity survey showed U.S. manufacturing expanded at its slowest pace in two years in July.

A group of traders recently surveyed by Bloomberg revealed they are the most bullish on gold since the end of 2015, soon before it rallied in its best first half of the year since 1974.

When I survey the more than 20 years since that first issue, a lot has changed in DRIP (Dividend ReInvestment Plans) investing, much for the better.

The first surprise when analyzing the survey is that Millennials (18 — 35 years old) seem to be sophisticated investors who actually have a leg up on the older generations, the Gen - Xers (36 — 52) and Baby Boomers (53 — 71).

The first time Mr. Salem surveyed his group, in the fall of 2007, one person wanted 22 %, a return that, over 50 years, would turn $ 100,000 into $ 2.1 billion.

It was also the year New York outpaced Silicon Valley in digital health funding for the first time ever, according to a recent CB Insights survey.

Activity in the U.K.'s dominant services sector fell for the first time in two years in December, a closely watched monthly survey showed on Friday, a sign the economy may have contracted in the final quarter of the year.

Data provided show housing prices in the surveyed cities rose 1.75 % on average in February from a year earlier, accelerating from the 0.63 % increase in January from a year earlier, the first increase of its kind since February last year.

For the first time in a year, the ACCI - Westpac survey of manufacturing firms reported that more firms expect to increase rather than decrease prices in the coming quarter, and for the second consecutive quarter, the ABS Business Expectations survey reports a pick - up in expected price growth.

The US capital has dropped off the list of foreign investors» top 5 US cities for the first time in the 25 - year history of the real estate association's annual survey.

-- China's gross domestic product rose 6.8 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, matching the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey.

Manufacturing sector surveys, such as the ACCI - Westpac, Colonial State Bank and Australian Chamber of Manufacturers» surveys, suggest there were sharp increases in input costs in the first half of this year, and point to further pressures in the September quarter.

The payrolls measure of employment rose in September for the first time in eight months, while the alternative household survey measure of employment is slightly higher than a year ago.

After declining to low levels in 1997, consumers» inflation expectations, as surveyed by the Melbourne Institute, increased slightly in the first half of this year, most probably in anticipation of the impact of the lower Australian dollar on prices.

To date, investment has been concentrated in the manufacturing sector, although in the September quarter Tankan survey, firms in non-manufacturing industries expressed positive investment intentions for the first time in five years.

According to Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the first week of January 2018, the average mortgage rate dipped in the U.S. Treasury yields fell from a week ago, helping to drive mortgage rates down to start the year.

During the first week of January 2017, the average rate for a 30 - year fixed home loan was 4.20 %, according to the Freddie Mac survey.

According to national pollster Gallup, 64 % of respondents in its Oct. 2017 survey favored the idea of legalizing marijuana in the United States, which compares to just 25 % who felt the same way in 1995, the year before California became the first state to legalize medical cannabis for compassionate - use patients.

Women and people of color were picked for a majority of open S&P 500 board seats this year for the first time, according to a survey from recruiting firm Spencer Stuart.

The first survey of American Catholic attitudes on their church and pope was conducted in 1966, the year after the closing of the Second Vatican Council, by Louis Harris and Associates on behalf of Newsweek.

With the financial help of Columbia University's interdepartmental seminar on religion and health, this writer conducted a survey of the 324 clergymen who had attended the Yale Summer School of Alcohol Studies during the first seven years of its existence (1943 - 1949).

A few years ago I conducted a survey of 350 people with sex and porn addiction as part of my research for my first book, Understanding and Treating Sex Addiction (Routledge).

In March, the Pew Forum for Religion and Public Life saw a first in its ten years of polling: the largest group of voters in its survey, 38 %, said that politicians are talking about religion «too much» right now.

The first year might be spent in an overview of eco-social history and cultural - intellectual history to show how we have come to our present situation, along with a survey of the problems we face.

A survey of 16 - year - olds reveals that just one in five (22 %) has no friends from the other main tradition compared to one in three (33 %) in 2003, when the annual study first got under way.

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In 2016, bottle closure supplier Dynapack Asia undertook the Ecovadis survey for the first time and then completed it again in the same year.

National Diet and Nutrition Survey: UK food consumption and nutrient intakes from the first year of the rolling programme and comparisons with previous surveys