«Virtually
flat growth in government jobs results in slightly lower overall job growth» for this year, they said.
The current data is consistent with the general trend
of flat growth for the size of typical newly - built homes, a pattern that took hold during 2014.
The Australian retail sector as a whole experienced
very flat growth across 2010 — 14, before picking up, as bookstores did, in 2015.
Flat growth followed by a period of slow gains lie ahead after a period of sustained rises was stopped in its tracks.
Remember that slow or
flat growth in a stable currency is the same as higher returns in a declining currency.
This, after a year
of flatter growth and considerable volatility in the commodity markets, marked by continued discounts on Canadian crude and low gas prices.
During that time, the cap has allowed for
relatively flat growth in levies, with supporters saying it's working to control the nation's highest taxes.
While sales in the Americas were down by 1 % y / y, Europe was up by 5 %, compared
with flat growth in the prior quarter.
The Canadian economy started the fourth quarter of 2015 off on a tepid note, recording essentially
flat growth for the month of October.
Indeed, average hourly earnings for assisted living workers accelerated from
nearly flat growth as recently as late 2013 to 4 % on a year - over-year basis as of the fourth quarter of 2015.
However, IDC pointed out that while North America and Western Europe will
see flat growth in the tablet market this year, emerging markets are still seeing demand.
Last year, sales at Pizza Hut restaurants open at least a year rose 3 per cent
after flat growth in the previous year.
Despite flat growth of its carbonated beverage portfolio for Q417, Coca - Cola said it remains committed to improving the performance of its core soda brands, particularly Diet Coke and Coke Zero Sugar.
The Obama administration talked a lot about an economic recovery last summer, but with high unemployment, rising debt and
virtually flat growth there is no data to support Obama's claims.
School districts, too, are
expecting flat growth in the tax cap after a year in which they were limited to a 1.62 percent cap.
And while that might not seem like a lot, Richards noted that «on average, displaced students have
significantly flatter growth trajectories than their non-displaced peers,» meaning that displaced students» test scores progressed at a slower rate than similar students who didn't experience a closure.
Coming from a period of
flat growth since the summer, tablets enjoyed a surge during the holiday season as lower - cost devices such as the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes and Noble's Nook tablet reached shoppers just in the nick of time.
People like to talk about the average 8 - 12 % return over 5 + decades, but the truth is that stock market indexes do have long periods of negative and / or
flat growth during their historically upward ascent.
If breeds such as the Dobe and Collie, with their relatively
flatter growth rate curve continue to have low incidence of pano in relation to their populations, it still might not be conclusive evidence of cause - and - effect, but may point to a connection.
The company's latest Global Solar Demand Monitor forecasts 6 % annual increase in PV installation growth, with the United States seeing relatively
flat growth at 10.6 GW.
Samsung, too, saw growth in its share of the market via «
sustaining flat growth» while other competitors saw a decrease.
Samsung is expected to
post flat growth for its second - quarter smartphone production volume.
Unlike my favourite baker, in a crowded, over-capacity legal marketplace
with flat growth, we can no longer compete on the quality of our «red bean buns» and hope to have a sustainable business.
For its current fiscal year, Konami is predicting
nearly flat growth, despite upcoming releases, such as Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Saw 2, and PES 2011.
Fast forward to 1Q17 and traditional PCs have returned to growth, albeit
relatively flat growth, for the first time since 1Q12.
Dear Author blogger Jane Litte offers up her 2013 Publishing Predictions, including a move away from Nook and ebooks by B&N, the purchase of Goodreads by either Random House / Penguin or Kobo, and
flat growth for ebooks.
Sure, the volatility we saw in the market has had a psychological effect on investors, but in addition, we've also experienced a decade of
flat growth in stocks, which has many people questioning the long - held assumption that buy - and - hold investing is the best way to produce gains on your money.
The flat growth in the core consumer price index (CPI), which includes oil products but excludes volatile fresh food prices, matched a median market forecast and followed a 0.1 % rise in December, data from the Internal Affairs Ministry showed on Friday.
Yet, while Scotiabank says it voluntarily curtailed its mortgage business, leading to
flat growth in the most recent quarter, it's unlikely to pull back on the reins too hard for fear of losing market share to competitors and leaving money on the table.
Given that sort of longevity, you'd expect Motel 6 to have
flat growth, but the number of U.S. franchises has quadrupled in the past decade, from 197 in 2007 to 801 in 2017.
Some periods of
flatter growth...
SolarCity's Rive said he did not believe that
the flat growth trend was true for SolarCity: «we've got a really aggressive veterans hiring program.»
By median value, house prices rose by 1.4 % in large tier one cities in December, outpacing a gain of 0.3 % for smaller tier two cities and
flat growth in smaller tier three and four cities.
It reflects a second straight profit but
a flat growth.
Combined, the aftermath of the territorial spat with China will shave 0.8 percentage point off Japan gross domestic product growth for the fourth quarter, sending Japan's overall economy slightly downward, instead of the initial forecast for
flat growth, according to J.P. Morgan.
The flat growth in this year's cap on school property taxes is driving districts to rely on overrides and on increasing state aid, an analysis released by Moody's on Monday found.
The state is grappling with a $ 4.4 billion shortfall, which has led to Cuomo proposing $ 1 billion in new taxes and fees to shore up revenue and avoid deep cuts or
flat growth in education spending.
DiNapoli in an interview in August indicated he would keep the contribution rates the same for local governments, which have struggled in recent years to raise revenue amid a cap on property taxes,
the flat growth of aid to municipalities and mandated state spending requirements.
Given
the flat growth in peak - driving residents that is predicted for the lifetime of pavement laid today, a diligent legislator should question the need for all the highway expansions in the current budget.
Again, I'm slightly hesitant on HGIC both because of
the flat growth and because of the weight in my particular portfolio.
Apparel stores posted the worst results, with
flat growth.