It was a record for the second quarter of the year, as the summer months are usually slow for Netflix, and the company even bucked normal seasonality trends by posting sequential
growth over the first quarter.
Forward - looking indicators like PMIs — which hit a six - year high for the region as a whole in March — held out the promise of relatively strong
growth over the first quarter.
Not exact matches
First quarter sales of $ 15.2 billion were up 10 percent
over the prior year, including 6 points of organic sales
growth and 3 points of foreign exchange.
The
first significant rebound in U.S. economic activity is finally underway, and
growth is expected to exceed potential
over the next few
quarters.
On its
first quarter earnings call, Oracle's executive triad of Larry Ellison, Safra Catz, and Mark Hurd once again touted strong cloud
growth, noting that total cloud revenue for the
quarter hit $ 969 million, up 59 % year
over year.
Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the
first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge
over decliners, buoyed by
growth in global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.
However in the
first quarter of 2018, DM
growth began to moderate alongside rising worries of protectionist trade policies, renewing concerns
over the near term
growth outlook
Overall, these indicators pointed to the likelihood of a modest slowdown in the contribution to
growth from consumers
over the
first quarter — arguably, a welcome development, given consumers» outsized impact in the final
quarter of 2016.
During the transition of the last
quarter of 2017 and the
first week of January 2018, the cryptocurrencies continued with their pace of
growth that saw a steady $ 603 billion of all digital assets» total market cap grow to
over $ 800 billion in market capitalization.
Revenue in the
first quarter of 2017 climbed just 7 % year
over year, which was in line with management's expectations, but marked the
first time Under Armour had fallen below 10 %
growth in more than 10 years.
 Mr. Poloz himself bent
over backwards in his last Monetary Policy Report to not use that term — even though the Bank's own numbers (projecting negative GDP
growth for both the
first and second
quarters of 2015) suggested a recession was indeed already underway. Instead, public officials are normally sanguine and rose - coloured in their public pronouncements, hoping to incrementally shift consumer confidence with their cheeriness, and thus spark more spending. [A ridiculous extreme of this approach was provided when George Bush blithely encouraged Americans to go shopping in the days after the 9 - 11 terrorist attacks.]
Through the team's relentless execution of our plan in the
first quarter, we grew revenue, expanded EBITDA margins, produced
over 30 %
growth in earnings and free cash flow per share and returned essentially all of our free cash flow to shareholders.
The US economy has continued to recover from the recession in 2001, though the pace of
growth slowed a little in the
first half of the year, with GDP increasing by 2.3 per cent
over the year to the June
quarter (Graph 2, Table 1).
Amid slow
first -
quarter economic
growth and a strong dollar, bottom - up estimates for S&P 500 company earnings have come down 8 %
over the past three months.
If the Fed adheres to their schedule of quantitative tightening, I calculate M2 will grow by the end of the
first quarter — it's currently running around four and a half percent — and the year
over year
growth rate will be down to less than 3 percent.
After moderating in the
first half of 2003, the volume of imports expanded by 3 1/4 per cent in the September
quarter, to be 12 1/2 per cent higher
over the year, which is well above trend rates of
growth.
Corporate profit
growth was robust
over the
first three
quarters of 2003, with profits increasing at an annualised rate of 6 1/2 — 7 per cent.
Sadoun says that Groupe's organic
growth results from the
first quarter were an improvement
over the
first quarter of 2017, which saw negative organic
growth of 1.2 percent.
That represents a 5 % to 9 % increase
over last year, putting the company back in
growth mode after the annual decline in the
first quarter.
Indonesia's economy posted its lowest
growth rate during the
first quarter of 2013 in
over the past two years despite having topped FDI records, exhibiting a mostly declining expansion trend since the last
quarter of 2010.
«We showed a significant improvement in profitability
over the
first quarter of 2017, thanks to organic Shutterfly brand
growth of 10 % and the benefits of last year's platform consolidation.»
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
This
growth is the result of the major advertising campaigns broadcast
over the period, notably towards the end of the
first quarter, and the completion of the migration of the Match.com sites onto the Group's European platform in April 2010.
eHarmony's
first quarter of 2009 saw a 20 percent
growth in users 60 and
over when compared to 2008.
During the
first quarter of 2016, shipments reached 2.04 million units which equated to 9.5 %
growth, year
over year (YoY) during the
first quarter, representing a slowdown from strong double digit
growth of 2014/2015.
On the sales expectations of the company this fiscal, Suri said: «In the
first quarter, we sold
over 1,000 units registering a
growth of 45 per cent
over the same period last year.
GM's
first quarter sales results versus a year ago underscore the company's momentum: Retail deliveries were up 7 percent, with cars up 14 percent and trucks up 8 percent; total sales were equal to a year ago Retail market share was up a full percentage point Commercial deliveries were up 9 percent and have increased year
over year for 29 consecutive months Sales to Government customers were up 23 percent Daily rental sales were down approximately 43,000 units year
over year, or about 36 percent Chevrolet has been the main engine of
growth.
As my colleague Russ Koesterich points out in a recent post, economic data was mixed
over the
first quarter, with sluggish economic
growth, a soft jobs report and weak manufacturing reports leading to diminishing consensus around company earnings.
During the
first quarter, subprime card loans increased 3 %
over the same period last year, compared with 6 %
growth in the prime segment, according to a recent research note from Autonomous Research.
«The very strong
growth of the
first quarter is expected to moderate
over the balance of the year, but remain above potential,» the bank said in a statement.
In its
first quarter, Oracle's overall hardware business was off 24 percent year
over year despite «triple - digit
growth» in engineered systems like Exadata.
Moreover, the fact that the rise in bitcoin prices was concentrated in 2017 fourth
quarter could result in the wealth effect materialising in 2018
first quarter, and if that is the case, we estimate a potential boost to real GDP
growth on an annualised
quarter over quarter basis of up to about 0.3 percentage points
``... the fact that the rise in bitcoin prices was concentrated in 2017 fourth
quarter could result in the wealth effect materializing in 2018
first quarter... we estimate a potential boost to real GDP
growth on an annualized
quarter over quarter basis of up to about 0.3 percentage points.»
This Includes: * Basic of # 24,000 (raising
over year one) with a genuine OTE of between # 40,000 to # 60,000 for successful
first year consultants with this increasing significantly in year two * An industry leading, uncapped commission structure allowing take home of up to 30 % of all billings * Bespoke suits purchased for Junior Consultants once they bill
over # 22,000 in 3 months - which to date, all consultants in the business have achieved * Quarterly Directors Lunch Club for top performing consultants across all levels of the business * Incentives like the Top Biller of the
Quarter being awarded a fully paid dinner for two in a restaurant of their choice * Top Biller across the entire year gaining an All - inclusive Holiday of the consultants choosing * Quarterly Company Holiday Targets including skiing in the winter and Monaco / Vegas etc. in the summer Due to the calibre of consultants they currently have in the business, they are only looking for the most impressive candidates to help their
growth push.
While the second estimate was an improvement
over the initial 0.7 percent, it was far below the average 3.4 percent typical of
first -
quarter GDP
growth over the 1950 - 16 period.
While effective rents grew by 14 %
over 12 months ended June 30, the rate of
growth slowed to less than 1 % in the second
quarter from 3 % in the
first quarter, according to the most recent report from Reis.
General
Growth's same store NOI for the
first quarter of 2007 was only 0.5 percent compared to 8.5 percent in the
first quarter of 2006, due to lease termination fees carried
over from last year, but its occupancy rate, at 92.9 percent, was 1.8 percent higher during the same period last year and its sales per square foot increased more than 3 percent since the
first quarter of 2006 to $ 458.
Housing added 0.7 percentage points to real GDP
growth in the
first quarter of 2014, however the construction component (residential fixed investment) detracted from
growth over the past two
quarters owing to the poor weather conditions seen across the country
over the period.
Tucson's retail market continued its robust
growth with
over 262,000 square feet (sf) of positive net absorption for this
quarter, which exceeded the
first and second
quarter's combined absorption of 256,205 sf.
In comparison, the year
over year rent
growth in the
first quarter of 2010 was 1.6 % for independent living and 1.4 % for assisted living.
The CBD / suburban rent differential which had widened
over the last five years stabilized in the fourth
quarter of 2015 and
first quarter of 2016, as both
growth rates declined to below 1.0 percent for both periods as shown in the above chart.