Sentences with phrase «growth in the first quarter»

And a rebound in company stockpiling, further gains in housing and more business spending also likely drove faster growth in the first quarter.

The Bank of Canada said that, «very strong» growth in the first quarter was partly the result of «robust» consumer spending.

On Wall Street, Apple disappointed the skeptics and naysayers once again, posting solid 16 % revenue growth in the first quarter (its fiscal Q2) to $ 61.1 billion, which included a 14 % gain in iPhone sales revenue.

The outspoken CEO told Cramer that competitors like Verizon have been stuck in a perpetual game of catch - up with his company, which he said took an estimated 250 percent of all of the industry's post-paid phone growth in the first quarter.

The 0.3 % growth in the first quarter marks the slowest growth since the beginning of 2016, the ONS said.

PARIS, April 12 - L'Oreal posted better - than - expected sales growth in the first quarter on Thursday, driven by luxury cosmetics like Lancome and demand in Asia, though the French beauty giant is still struggling to kickstart its weaker mass market division.

As I explained last week, one way to avoid a statutory recession is for past data to be revised to show growth in the first quarter of 2015 (and this could still happen in future GDP releases, so the issue of a statutory recession has not been fully settled).

Karim Hajjar says that his company has delivered nearly 9 percent organic growth in the first quarter.

Exports have been picking up here too recently, and were the main contributor to economic growth in the first quarter of this year.

A wobbly equity market, expectations for higher interest rates and weaker economic growth in the first quarter have inspired some pundits to claim that bear - market risk for stocks...

The US economy returned to growth in the fourth quarter of 2001 and posted strong growth in the first quarter of this year.

Growth in the first quarter was just a 0.8 % annual rate, the slowest in two years.

Growth in the first quarter of 2016 appears to be in line with the Bank's April projection, although business investment and intentions remain disappointing.

At the time, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, estimated higher oil prices had chopped 0.5 percentage points from growth in the first quarter.

Inflation remains unthreatening, real GDP growth in the first quarter is likely to come in at < 1 %, and — the subject of this post — the typical (median) worker is only now getting a... Read more

The uncertain state of the eurozone economy may become clearer on Wednesday when the European Union statistics office releases an estimate of its economic growth in the first quarter.

In terms of moderating growth in the first quarter, it's worth noting that economic growth can often be complicated by seasonality adjustment issues.

Facebook appears to be bulletproof after stellar earnings report Opinion: Zuckerberg and Co. still face potential backlash in future quarters, but so far seem indestructibleEven as a mature company facing public backlash, Facebook managed to increase its revenue and user growth in the first quarter, an amazing feat.

Additionally, our digital platforms showed continued strong growth in the first quarter.»

Active Daily Orders Come Up Short For Grubhub In Q1 Growth from markets that do not include major cities fueled Grubhub's revenue growth in the first quarter of 2018, an increase that beat analyst expectations.

Bitcoin, subscriptions and services all played a part in Square's 45 percent year - over-year total revenue growth in the first quarter of 2018...

A wobbly equity market, expectations for higher interest rates and weaker economic growth in the first quarter have inspired some pundits to claim that bear - market risk for stocks has spiked higher in recent weeks.

China recorded 7 % annual growth in the first quarter of 2015 and again in the second, which was slightly better than analysts» forecasts, while measures of monthly activity showed bank lending increasing in June and a rebound in factory orders.

Declining U.S. growth and rising European growth in the first quarter looks less like divergence and more like...

As to the GDP report, issued at 8:30 (EDT) this morning, we see that growth in the first quarter came to 2.3 %.

The Canadian economy declined by 0.4 percent at an annualized rate in the second quarter, down from a revised rate of 3.6 % growth in the first quarter.

And I «m afraid the laggards are your more defensive sectors, utility and consumers people are likely to produce less stellar growth in this first quarter.

Shire's focus on rare diseases paid off with growth in the first quarter driven by product sales in haematology and immunology

The FOMC also noted the weakness in growth in the first quarter, removing a reference in the March statement that the economic outlook had «strengthened in recent months.»

Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley reported large earnings beats that contributed substantially to the S&P 500's earnings growth in the first quarter, according to FactSet.

Economic growth in the first quarter retreated due to what we feel were transitory issues, including headwinds from a rising dollar, work stoppages at West Coast ports and harsh winter weather, leading to a 0.7 % drop in the US gross domestic product during first - quarter 2015.1 We still maintain, however, that the two main pillars of the US economy — consumer spending and corporate earnings — will continue to be supported by moderate economic growth.

This points to weaker expansion in services business activity, another indication of weaker eurozone growth in the first quarter of 2018.

Danone reported sales growth in the first quarter of 2013 as demand for baby food in Asia boosted profits, despite continued weakness in Europe.

Management delivered 53 % quarter over quarter growth in the first quarter of 2016 as focus on the high value, high margin packaged functional food products in the fastest growing market segments in the US food industry: natural, organic and functional foods.1

And so, currently, if you do the calculation based on 4.9 per cent growth in the first quarter of this year and you take the debt as a percentage of GDP, the debt has come down from 72 per cent to 63 per cent.

Speaking about the results, Match Group CEO & Chairman Greg Blatt said: «Match Group posted very strong revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth in the first quarter, driven by exceptional growth at Tinder, solid performance of Meetic and Match, and the PlentyOfFish acquisition.

Honda has registered 6.6 % increase in growth in the first quarter of 2013 helped by the sales of Accord and CR - V in the US but it's the other way around in China.

Asus» new Transformer lineup launched in mid-February, leading to less - than - expected growth in the first quarter.

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.

Psychological effects of book value growth Many mortgage REITs posted a return to positive book value growth in the first quarter of 2014 after declines throughout 2013 and investors were throwing away their shares in mortgage REITs in panic mode.

Overall, growth in the first quarter was helped by exports, which were up 1.7 per cent following a drop of 0.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015.

In its April monetary policy report, the Bank of Canada had expected growth in the first quarter to come in at an annual rate of 2.8 per cent.

The segment registered a 22 percent growth in the first quarter of 2013.

Investor sentiment toward mortgage REITs has been improving lately as other companies in the sector also posted a return to positive book value growth in the first quarter of 2014.

Slower economic growth in the first quarter primarily reflects weakness in two areas.

Vanguard's deal with Nexon represents is the first indication that it is striving for quality titles following poor growth in its first quarter results.

The so - called «blue chip» cryptocurrencies - those with a market cap greater than $ 30m - saw aggressive growth in the first quarter, as bitcoin's waning dominance set the stage for new players to assert themselves.

Fintech, a subset of IoT and itself an umbrella term for technology - empowered financial innovation with blockchain tech a front - seat driver, experienced more than 60 percent growth in the first quarter of this year with global investment rising to $ 5.3 billion.

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