Sentences with phrase «high average level»

It also has quite a high average level of education.

Private equity returns remained strong but were lower than the prior year quarter, while income from our fixed income investment portfolio increased due to a higher average level of fixed maturity investments and higher short - term interest rates.

This would imply a higher average level of interest rates and thereby give monetary policy more room to maneuver (Williams 2009; Blanchard, Dell» Ariccia, and Mauro 2010; Ball 2014).

If producers use the recent higher average level of the exchange rate to help restore those margins, then falls in prices at the retail level may not occur to the extent that would usually be expected.

Counter-intuitively, the transition out of active funds and into passive funds makes the market more efficient in its relative pricing of shares, because it preferentially removes lower - skilled players from the active segment of the market, leaving a higher average level of skill in the remaining pool of market participants to set prices.

Despite a small decline in May, consumer confidence for the first five months of 2015 has been at a higher average level than at any time since May 2004.2 A relatively low unemployment rate and moderate inflation have helped maintain consumers» upbeat mood.

Extra standing time was also associated with 0.06 mmol / L higher average levels of the «good» type of cholesterol, HDL, and a 6 % lower average total / HDL cholesterol ratio, which indicates an improvement in the total amount of HDL cholesterol in relation to «bad» LDL cholesterol.

In addition, the research team found that grassmilk has the highest average level of CLA — 0.043 g / 100 g of milk, compared to 0.019 g / 100 g in conventional milk and 0.023 g / 100 g in organic.

Proficiency rates on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) among charter students are not only consistently higher than those of students in their respective district sectors, but many of these rates compare favorably to the states with the highest average levels of performance.

Preliminary results indicate that children who experienced either event had higher behavior problem scores than children in stable, single - partner families, and children who had experienced both events had the highest average levels of behavior problems.

Girls will demonstrate higher average levels of depressive symptoms than adolescent boys will during adolescence.

People who reported higher average levels of self - esteem scored high on admiration and low on rivalry.

Men and women in higher - status occupations have higher average levels of work - to - home conflict than those in low - status occupations, which may be due to higher demands and involvement with work after hours, known as «the stress of higher status» (Schieman et al. 2006).

The failure of women to exhibit higher average levels of shame, nevertheless, stood in clear contrast to previous findings in the West (Tangney & Dearing, 2002).

Not exact matches

Pay for these positions varies based on level of education: high school co-op students make an average of $ 16.41 an hour, while those enrolled in a master's program make an average of $ 23.33 hourly.

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is at its lowest level in four years, giving U.S. consumers billions more to spend this holiday season, but that extra money is being offset by higher food costs, which account for a bigger chunk of most consumers» budgets.

The average Canadian senior's shaky financial status is another key factor: many have high levels of debt without the savings or pensions they need to maintain adequate lifestyles.

These positions are public sector and governments at all levels are facing budget pressures, but even so average salaries are close to $ 100,000 and some go considerably higher.

The S&P 500 also closed down more than 7 percent from an all - time high set last month and broke below its 50 - day moving average, a key technical level.

A pilot at Lufthansa earns on average 180,000 euros ($ 190,000) a year before tax, though a captain on the highest pay level can earn as much as 22,000 euros a month before tax.

An August Trans - Union report revealed that Canadians hold, on average, $ 26,221 in non-mortgage debt, the highest debt levels the credit - rating firm has ever recorded.

His comments come after the IMF in October said that Canada's high debt levels, and higher - than - average pressure on Canadian households» ability to pay down that debt in the private non-financial sector, leaves its economy more sensitive to tighter financial conditions and weaker economic activity.

Entry - level salaries on average increased 3 percent to $ 49,785 a year ago, marking the highest amount of the average base pay for college graduates in a decade.The analysis was conducted by Korn / Ferry International, an executive - search firm in Los Angeles.

But, if the palladium - to - gold ratio keeps hovering around its average levels, palladium prices would probably follow gold higher.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($ 453,100 or less) increased to its highest level since April 2014, 4.50 percent, from 4.41 percent, with points increasing to 0.57 from 0.56 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

The global average for anxiety was 71 %, although some regions polled significantly higher than others in terms of overall anxiety levels.

Today, the average home - price - to - rent ratio is at its highest level on record, which means renting may actually be more affordable than paying a mortgage.

Solar power currently employs more than twice as many people as the coal industry, and entry - level jobs pay a much higher wage than average.

Refinancing may have fallen as the average contract interest rate for 30 - year fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances increased to its highest level since September 2013.

«This positive relationship suggests that, on average, speeches preceding the meeting that carry a more hawkish sentiment are associated with a higher projected level for the policy rate in the medium term.»

Apr 23, 2018 Pennsylvania's marketed natural gas production averaged a record 15 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf / d) in 2017, 3 % higher than the 2016 level.

All of the characteristics of the «Above Average» person require them to affirmatively do something — to delay gratification, to reach a higher level of awareness, etc..

Through the first eight months of the year, full - time equivalent employees (FTEs) averaged 424,200 — the highest level since 2004 and a 12 percent gain from 2010.

Unfortunately, as fund fees have declined the average management fee at the advisor level has remained relatively high.

See Graph 1 in this report: Average transaction sizes in U.S. Treasuries are up to around peak pre-crisis levels, and price impacts are not much higher than they were in 2006 - 2007.

The review looks at 2013 compensation levels for Canada's highest paid 100 CEOs and finds they pocketed an average $ 9.2 million — compared to the average Canadian income of $ 47,358.

Economists surveyed last week predict inflation will average 2.3 per cent in the second quarter and 2.4 per cent in the third — the highest levels since 2011.

As we projected in our report «Hurricanes May Revitalize Stumbling Hotels,» storm - related demand help to push annual average occupancy and RevPAR to new record - highs, topping the levels set in 2016.

$ 1305 — 200 - day moving average $ 1304 — 5/2 low $ 1303 — 3/1 low $ 1302 — double bottom - 1/1, 5/1 lows $ 1301 — 50 % retracement of up move from 12/12/17 $ 1236 low to 1/25/18 $ 1366 high $ 1300 — psychological level, options $ 1294 — 12/29 low $ 1287 — 12/28 low $ 1281 — 12/27 low

An average of the results from the major surveys shows conditions were moderating in the second half of last year, after a strong first half, but they were still at a high level at the end of the year (Graph 12).

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that an average of 800,000 barrels per day in production were taken offline last month, contributing greatly to May's having the highest monthly level of unplanned global oil supply disruptions since the agency began tracking such data in 2011.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 1,000 - its highest levels in nearly a decade - and it was on the precipice of saying sayonara to a 16 - year bear market.

If the severity of the downturns is reduced and the economy operates with a smaller output gap, then the level of income over time is, on average, higher.

Benchmark crude prices slipped back to average about $ 45 / bbl in August, as Russia and Saudi Arabia continued to produce at record - high levels.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; delays in the completion of project sales; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

The faith in the effectiveness of interest rate cuts has driven the percentage of bearish investment advisors to a dangerously low 25.5 %, while the average equity allocation of Wall Street strategists is now above 70 %, the highest level in this market cycle and quite probably a record.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 20, 2016.

Given the high allocation to Attractive - or - better rated stocks, and equal allocation to Unattractive - or - worse rated stocks relative to the benchmark XLF, KIE appears well positioned to capture upside potential while taking on an average level of downside risk.

The latest valuations — according to Moodys / REAL Commercial Property Price Index — show prices for U.S. retail, industrial, apartment and office buildings have fallen on average by half from their mid-2007 high and are back at 2001 levels.

$ 1321 - 23 — quadruple bottom, 3/29, 4/5, 4/6 and 4/23 lows $ 1319 — 100 - day moving average $ 1313 - 15 — quadruple bottom, lows 3/2, 3/9, 3/12, 3/13 $ 1307 - 10 — quadruple bottom — 3/16, 3/19, 3/20, and 3/21 lows $ 1303 — 3/1 low $ 1303 — 200 - day moving average $ 1302 — 1/1 low $ 1301 — 50 % retracement of up move from 12/12/17 $ 1236 low to 1/25/18 $ 1366 high $ 1300 — psychological level, options $ 1294 — 12/29 low $ 1287 — 12/28 low $ 1281 — 12/27 low