Sentences with phrase «high increase since»

Despite the Npp's professed emphasis on job creation during the 2016 campaign, unemployment rate has registered high increase since the Akufo Addo government began its term in January 2016.

The UK's hotel sector recorded an encouraging start to 2014 with hotels in London and the provinces seeing an average rise in profitability of 10 % in the first quarter of trading, the highest increase since the downturn.

«This marks the highest increase since the housing bubble burst.

The average value of Canadian farmland increased 2.5 per cent during the last six months of 2006, Canada's highest increase since 2002, reports Farm...

The average value of Canadian farmland increased 2.5 per cent during the last six months of 2006, Canada's highest increase since 2002, reports Farm Credit Canada (FCC).

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Many companies have since announced plans to increase capital spending and employees» pay — factors that should drive inflation higher.

«Increased commodity prices, coupled with a focus on operating efficiently and strengthening our portfolio, resulted in higher earnings and the highest quarterly cash flow from operations and asset sales since 2014,» Darren Woods, chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement.

The Fed's four rate increases since December enabled B of A to raise rates on its loans, and a continuation of a rising rate environment should keep pushing NII higher.

«The total volume of small - business financing increased by 18 % over the same period last year, and reached the highest level since Feb. 2008, its latest data show».

Since enrollees would need to cover almost all the price increases, they'd likely be more inclined to shop for cheaper, high - deductible policies, and spend their own money on routine procedures.

With news of Google banning cryptocurrency - related ads and the International Monetary Fund advising increased regulation on the asset, the price of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple continued their slide Thursday, wiping out about $ 499.2 billion of the market value of over 1,500 cryptocurrencies since their collective all - time high in early January.

Cohen is also at the center of a huge debate unfolding right now about raising the minimum wage, and the low pay of service workers in the restaurant industry, where employment has increased 72 percent since 1992, compared to job growth of 22 percent in higher - paying private sector employment over the same time period.

Most of this research backs what happiness gurus have been telling us since before R. H. Tawney wrote about The Acquisitive Society a century ago: that the constant pursuit of more and better stuff — higher salaries, privilege and the baubles that accompany success — doesn't result in increased happiness.

Since EI helps you better understand yourself — and others — a high EQ increases your chances for successfully achieving goals.

This represents the first federal increase to the highest income tax bracket since the federal income tax system was reformed in 1988.

That's a 16 percent increase from 2015, and the highest amount recorded since the firm began tracking such fraud in 2004.

Gasoline prices accounted for about two - thirds of the increase in the CPI and also jumped at the highest rate since February.

The second - quarter results mark the third consecutive quarterly increase in optimism about the U.S. economy, reaching one of the highest levels since the Great Recession, the survey says.

Since 1997, the workforce participation rate for Canadians aged 55 and over has increased 12 percentage points to 34 % and is now higher than it was in 1976.

For all of 2017, retail sales increased 6.7 per cent to reach $ 588 billion, the highest annual growth rate since 1997.

A reluctance to visit high - density areas and attractions among consumers has increased since the bombing of the Manchester Arena at an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, and following a rampage carried out by three men in London Bridge and Borough Market on June 3.

The company can't easily take on new work since it lacks what Bathe, using a sports term, calls «bench strength» — high - quality backup performers whom it can enlist at times of increased demand.

And it is encouraging to see the economy respond: more housing, increased investments, higher sales, more stability, increased growth, even a 4 percent rise in the Dow since March 1.

Alibaba faces the challenge of living up to the high expectations of investors and analysts after its IPO in September, but its shares have increased by more than 20 % since then, and its $ 285 billion market cap exceeds that of Walmart by about $ 30 billion.

The publication had previously given the electric car its highest rating ever, but has since found «an emerging trend of increased troubles» with it.

In turn, the 30 highest salaries have increased in value by about 42 % since the first post-lockout season.

«We've seen some of our highest trading days ever in the last few days,» Hirji says, noting that the volume of activity on Coinbase's exchanges has increased eight-fold since June.

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.

Industrial morale increased to 111 points - the highest figure seen since before the financial crisis.

The rate of triplets and higher order multiple births (like quintuplets), while rarer overall, has also increased dramatically since 1980 — it's more than quadrupled.

For 2015, premiums increased at somewhat higher rates than they had in 2014, though at much lower rate than they have overall since 2010.

A lot of market strategists were pointing to bank stocks as the sector that would benefit the most from interest rate increases, since higher interest rates would boost lending profits.

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.

In fact, when pressed on the issue, Verheul speculated that perhaps costs would not increase since Canadians already pays higher prices for pharmaceutical drugs than consumers in European countries such as the UK, France or Germany.

Furthermore, flipping activity in 2016 was the third highest since 2000 and the jump between 2015 and 2016 was the second largest increase since that year.

The January year - over-year wage increase originally was reported as 2.9 %, the best since 2009, and an uptick that fueled fears of higher inflation.

A one percentage point increase in the growth rate of productivity has been associated with between two - thirds and one percentage point higher growth in median worker compensation in the period since 1973, and with between 0.4 and 0.7 percentage points higher growth in production / nonsupervisory worker compensation.

Mortgage applications increase and mortgage rates are the highest since March 2012.

Companies anticipate average per - employee health costs to increase by 4.3 percent in 2018, the highest rate since 2011.

In terms of bang per buck, or increased giving per dollar of revenue cost, it ranks very high, since the incentive for the most part only loses revenues when there are additional gifts.

Emerging economies have demonstrated a much higher growth potential, notably in China and India, and their share of global GDP has increased consistently since 2009.

All told, global gross domestic product (GDP) is on track to increase an estimated 3.8 % next year, the strongest showing since 2011, and a few ticks higher than the long - term average of 3.5 %.

Although that is an increase of 250,000 bpd over the 3rd quarter, it represents a 530,000 bpd decrease compared with the second quarter, the highest level of over-supply since the price collapse began in mid-2014.

Median earnings growth expectations and median household income growth expectations increased to their highest levels since the inception of the survey in June 2013.

Since the financial crisis, regulators have intensely focused on capital and now require higher levels for all financial institutions; increasing our capital and capital distribution is a tangible sign of our financial strength.

Whole Foods Market is seeing an increase in brick - and - mortar foot traffic and higher grocery sales since it was acquired by Amazon, despite...

Since the price of gold fell from its highs in 2011, producers have needed more capital to cover increasing costs.

Since bonds are generally considered to be less risky, and a higher interest rate generally increases demand for bonds, that may hurt demand for stocks.

Western allies press Trump to maintain nuclear deal with Iran: Reuters US intelligence monitors Iranian cargo shipments into Syria: CNN A trade war is a major risk for China's debt - ridden economy: CNBC Federal judge orders gov» t must accept new DACA immigration applications: WaPo Unification of Koreas still unlikely as leaders prepare to meet: Reuters US Consumer Confidence Index rebounded in April after March decline: CB New home sales in US increased to 4 - month high in March: MarketWatch Richmond Fed Mfg Index turns negative for first time since 2016: Bond Buyer S&P Case - Shiller Home Price Index surged in Feb, up 6.3 % y - o - y: CNBC Federal Housing Finance Agency: US house prices continued to rise in Feb: HW Corp bonds with lowest investment - grade rating look vulnerable: Bloomberg 10 - year Treasury yield reaches 3.0 % for first time since 2014: CNN Money

Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.