Sentences with phrase «growth during the year»

The weakness in consumer spending in 1996 partly reflected a slowing in growth of disposable income which, in turn, was related to slower employment growth during the year.

The Anglo - Dutch consumer - products group said Tuesday that competition in developed markets and uncertainty in emerging economies would hold back growth during the year ahead.

At 1851, for example, there is a dark fleck of discoloration and a particularly narrow ring, a sign of poor growth during that year.

The results for elementary and middle schools are based on students» performance on the Measures of Academic Progress tests that are given to students in third through eighth grade, and administered in the fall and spring of each school year to measure a student's growth during the year.

The authors urge U.S. policy makers to reduce the amount of testing in schools and to measure student growth during the year rather than arbitrary proficiency thresholds at year's end.

High oil prices were one of 2011's main economic party poopers, prompting many observers to pare their initially high expectations for growth during the year.

The growth during the year was primarily driven by strong releases of new games, such as Cities: Skylines and Pillars of Eternity, and successful expansions of existing games, such as Europa Universalis IV and Crusader Kings II.

Your Businesses Potential Growth: When comparing multiple small business insurance policy quotes, always factor in the probability that the business may experience unexpected growth during the year.

Going into 2015, Hays found nearly three - quarters (71 %) of IT respondents anticipated business growths during the year.

Heading into 2015, Hays found nearly three - quarters (72 %) of construction respondents anticipated business growth during the year however, one - third reported losses likely due to the general unsteady state of Canada's economy.

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«We typically don't go into this level of detail but I think it's important this quarter to give you additional color, and maybe the two most important messages are that we believe iPhone revenue will grow double - digits as compared to last year during the March quarter and also and, importantly, that iPhone sell - through growth on a year - over-year basis will be actually accelerating during the March quarter as compared to the December,» chief financial officer Luca Maestri said.

The company's international growth is even more impressive, with 2.87 million new overseas customers signing on during the same six - month period, compared to 1.63 million a year ago.

«The early 2010s could well turn out to mark the end of China's years of miraculous growth, with trend growth halving during this decade.»

The researchers deliberately chose topics that were polarizing — the «surge» strategy of sending more U.S. troops into Iraq, and job growth during Obama's first year in office.

What I have learned from many years of working with tech - enabled growth companies; on both sides of mergers and acquisitions; and angel, private equity and venture capital investments, is that accretion of IP value is the key element to supporting overall enterprise value — representing scalability in phases of rapid growth and supporting attractive multiples during the fundraising and exit phases.

Zynq platform revenue increased more than 60 % during the year with growth driven largely by applications in Advanced Driver Assist (ADAS), Industrial, Aerospace and Defense, Communications, and Consumer.

The Advanced Products category continues to deliver strong revenue growth during fiscal year 2018, posting an increase of 28 % from the previous year and constituting approximately 54 % of total sales.

The government forecasts the economy will grow 4.5 - 5.5 percent this year, although expectations are for the figure to come at the low end of the range, in danger of its slowest growth since 2009, during the Global Financial Crisis, when the economy contracted.

The government forecasts growth of 4.5 - 5.5 percent this year, although expectations are for the figure to come at the low end of the range, putting Malaysia in danger of its slowest growth since 2009, during the Global Financial Crisis, when the economy contracted.

He worked as chief information officer for retail giant the Body Shop and was there during its fast - growth years.

Indeed, as labour economist Jim Stanford recently pointed out, our GDP growth fell behind six of the G7 in the second and third quarters of last year, beating only Italy with an average advance of 1.7 % during the six - month period.

The company was recently named to Inc.'s «The Build 100» list, a ranking of midmarket companies that sustain growth year - over-year even during hard economic times.

Already the most diversified food franchisor in the country, MTY has quickened its pace of growth in the past three years, during which it almost doubled its number of outlets.

Our sense is that in light of the oil shock and weak economic growth recorded in Canada this past year, the SEPH is likely telling the more accurate story, meaning we could see employment as measured by the LFS slow significantly during the first half of 2016.»

The slowing of China's growth and manufacturing sector during the past year has hit investor sentiment towards the world's second - largest economy, causing volatility in its capital flows, putting pressure on its yuan currency and forcing the central bank to intervene in currency markets.

Russ Lombardo, a sales consultant based in Cary, North Carolina, was working with a company about a decade ago (during the dot - com bubble) when the company's CEO made an announcement to his employees: «He said there was no reason we couldn't do 70 percent growth for the next two years,» Lombardo recalls.

«Apple with slowing traction for its flagship iPhone 6S during last year saw its double - digit negative growth being somewhat offset by relatively healthy demand for the newer flagship iPhone 7 series in Q4 2016,» the research said.

During the past 15 years, Marriott's prime growth engine has been select - service hotels in North America — led by Courtyard, Fairfield, and extended - stay entry Residence Inn.

The brand saw triple - digit growth during its first year.

And the company forecast year - over-year growth of 10 percent to 29 percent in the current quarter, which is not a big jump from the 26 percent growth rate it hit during the first three months of the year (some of that can be blamed on foreign exchange rates).

That father - daughter agreement helped Frank step back from the company's daily operations, and enabled Linda to move into the role of CEO in 2002 and build on the sales growth she'd already engineered during her five years as COO.

Journalists often treat GDP as a way to keep score; Canadian newspapers trumpeted the OECD's interim economic outlook in April, for instance, which predicted Canada's growth would be the best in the G7 during the first half of this year.

As a stagnant global economy has hit Unilever's growth during the past two years, Deboo says, some investors have begun to question whether the strategy should trump other factors.

Supporters of the Reagan tax cuts point to the stronger economic growth that followed after years of stagnation during the previous administration.

In addition to my personal and professional growth, during my time with the 132º I also earned my callsign, «Pinna» (Italian for «Fin»), which I've carried for several years now.

Vacationers seeking out bargain hotel deals during lean economic years have propelled Priceline's recent growth.

Consumer - powered social - review site Yelp exceed analyst expectations this week, posting a net revenue of $ 55 million during the second quarter — almost 70 percent year - over-year growth compared to the same period in 2012.

Fears of seeming «political» during a presidential election year, sluggish growth in the Eurozone and a slowdown of the Chinese economic juggernaut will also keep Janet Yellen and the rest of the Federal Open Markets Committee from pulling the trigger more often; their vacillation will be one of the year's longest - running (and least loved) dramas.

Comcast added 350,000 high - speed internet customers during the quarter, slightly less than a year earlier, but still the largest source of sales growth for the company.

Clark will remain a director of the bank, which he has led for 12 years during a period of significant growth at home and in the United States.

FAST food chain Nando's has achieved total WA sales growth of more than 80 per cent per annum during the past four years, says national marketing manager James Tomlinson.

Cook went on to say that, in China, «growth in iPhone activations has actually accelerated over the past few weeks, and we have had the best performance of the year for the App Store in China during the last 2 weeks.»

During the Class Period, Barclays» dark pool catapulted into the financial stratosphere, with market share growth of 33 % per year, as Barclay falsely promised investors that it would police the pool to «protect [clients] from predatory trading.»

Medium - term risks are still elevated as financial vulnerabilities, which have built up during the years of accommodative policies, could mean a bumpy road ahead and put growth at risk.

We expect the US stock market will climb slowly during the next few years in line with earnings growth, ending 2017 at 2200 and 2018 at 2300 (see Exhibit 1).

The industry's growth rates slowed during each of the past three years.

So, the statistics are unanimous: Not only was the Clinton presidency after the bill's passage a time of vigorous economic growth, but that growth was also demonstrably more robust than what occurred during the first two and a half years of the recovery.

Television advertising growth has slowed across the industry during the last year.

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The postwar trade partnership, which worked so well during the «miracle» years of Japanese growth, has been in decline since the collapse of Japan's «bubble...