Sentences with phrase «give weak ratings»

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We expect the Fed to raise rates just once this year — likely in December — and to proceed cautiously given the unevenness of the domestic economic recovery, as highlighted by weak retail sales data released last week, and global growth uncertainties.

Currency strategists gave weaker exchange rate forecasts for major emerging countries such as China, Brazil, South Africa and Turkey in the monthly survey, pointing to a sixth straight year of dollar gains against most high - yielding currencies.

Euro - Zone Producer - Price Inflation Slows Euro - zone producer - price inflation slowed to its weakest rate in more than two years in May, pointing to a slowdown in consumer prices that would give the European Central Bank more room to cut its key interest rate.

Given an absence of inflationary pressures and weak economic conditions, the ECB cut its key policy rate by 50 basis points to 2 per cent in June.

One question is whether current policies are imposing too much suffering and hardship, and if given high unemployment rates and weak economies (and, for some countries, low borrowing costs) new short term, Keynesian stimulative measures should be taken to kick start growth.

While the effect of vaccines was not analyzed as part of this study, Rzhetsky notes that the geographic clustering of autism and ID rates is evidence that if vaccines have a role, it's a very weak one as vaccinations are given uniformly across the US.

«R.I.P.D.» has a dismal 11 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes and audiences, which were 53 percent male and 57 percent over 25 years of age, gave it a weak «C +» CinemaScore.

Given weaker economic growth in the first quarter and lingering global economic concerns, the Federal Reserve already seemed unlikely to push aggressive increases in short - term rates this year.

Given the rise in real interest rates, it is not a surprise that investment demand for Gold has been weak.

I agree that our paper did give the impression of weaker warming on the Peninsula, and I agree that the rate of warming there shown by O'Donnell — one of the fastest rates of warming anywhere on the planet — is almost certainly more accurate.

Like Geico, State Farm earned an A + + financial rating from A.M. Best, but its customer service rankings are weaker than most of our other picks: Consumer Reports rated consumers» overall experience as Very Good and gave State Farm an Excellent rating for speedy claims payment, but JD Power only gave State Farm 2 out of 5 for overall satisfaction and 3 out of 5 for claims satisfaction.

Given the weak rationale behind the concerns outlined here and the fact that similar products are not labeled as PUP / PUA — we are lead to believe that the Malwarebytes classification of our products was actually motivated by our recent article that noted the AV - Comparatives test that highlighted poor detection rates for Malwarebytes.

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

Lenders have become increasingly cautious of the property type given the bankruptcy announcements, surge of store closings and weaker tenant credit ratings, especially in the mall sector.

On the flip side, a number of markets nationwide continue to struggle with slower job growth, weaker home value appreciation and higher rates of negative equity, giving buyers more negotiating power.»

«Despite weak economic growth, housing got off to a good start in 2017 because low mortgage rates have given the spring homebuying season a pleasant surprise.

As if young Americans aren't already strained by a weak job market and rising home prices and mortgage rates, climbing tuition costs give them one more reason to put off buying a home.