Sentences with phrase «higher than in the recent past»

Some of this appears to be seasonal, but it does look like current levels are higher than in recent past.

Not exact matches

Oil volumes of 65,800 bbl / d were 2 percent higher than the most recent quarter and 69 percent higher vs. the same period a year ago, led by a 149 percent increase in the Delaware Basin over the past 12 months.

Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have all but erased losses that began June 8, with each rallying at least 5 percent in the past two days, even as broader measures of tech shares remain more than 2 percent from recent highs.

Recent movements in the exchange rate have also been reflected in indexes of trade prices; the export price index rose by more than 16 per cent over the past year, with higher prices for base metals, chemicals, and petroleum aided by higher world prices and increased demand.

While, in trend terms, the prices of these services tend to increase more quickly than the overall CPI, the recent outcomes partly reflect the relatively high wage increases in these sectors over the past year.

Recent SWIFT data show that Chinese renminbi customer payments, which are a good proxy for trade settlement, grew by 163 % in Europe over the past 12 months, much higher than the 109 % increase in Asia (excluding China and Hong Kong) in the same period.

As it stands, this squad is fairly well positioned to compete for the Wenger Cup and make a deep run in the Europa, if and only if we play first stringers in Europe and use the bench for the League and FA Cups... that being said, and based on the fragility of the manager and the team in recent campaigns, it's more likely that Wenger will focus on a top 4 finish and the FA Cup... while the reasons for such an approach may appear logical, it would confirm a rather disturbing trend and appear counter intuitive for any team which claims to have higher aspirations... I feel that Wenger simply can't afford to put all his eggs in the Europa basket because if he fails the potential backlash could cripple any top 4 chances due to the aforementioned fragile psyche that tends to rear it's ugly head like our own personal groundhog day each and every February... furthermore, can you even imagine Wenger bringing in the necessary recruits to adequately supply top quality lineups in a Thursday / Sunday dominated schedule; based on everything I've seen in recent years, I can't see that happening... in fact, mark my words, it's more likely that we see Lacazette playing out wide in Alexis's position with Giroud at striker, than we see Wenger make the necessary moves to right this ship... god, I hope I'm wrong but is it really that far - fetched considering what we've witnessed for past several years

I'd rather our team than a Man U who have spent loads and expect miracles, or a City who have bought loads in the recent past but are now faltering, or a Spurs who can not seem to find that high level they think they deserve, or a Chelsea who everyone expects to win the title... no pressure for them eh?

I looked up the COLA for the past decade and found that on average the reimbursement rate for free has gone up 7 cents a year since the 2000 - 01 school year; in recent years it was higher than average (up 11 cents from 08 - 09 to 09 - 10, up 10 cents the year before that) but it was lower in other years (up 5 cents each year from 01 - 02 to 04 - 05).

Comparing data from the 2001 - 2002 and 2012 - 2013 NESARC waves, the researchers found that the prevalence of drinking at levels two and three times or more the standard binge thresholds in the past year was significantly higher in the most recent NESARC wave, suggesting that more adults are engaging in extreme binge drinking now than a decade earlier.

«Because of some recent studies suggesting that the benefit is not very large, and because aspirin can also have risks (intestinal bleeding or hemorrhagic stroke), the January 2010 recommendations will recommend it mostly for higher - risk people than was the case in the past, when it was recommended for people with more moderate levels of risk and above,» says M. Sue Kirkman, MD, the vice president of clinical affairs for the ADA.

Those who reported a recent history with eczema (within the past 12 months) had 44 percent higher odds of all injuries, and the odds more than doubled in participants ages 30 to 49 and 50 to 69.

, the title to their article suggested by the recent pronouncement in a new book by Yu Xie of the University of Michigan that «American high school students are doing more coursework and performing better in mathematics and science than in the past.»

Customers seem increasingly willing to pay more for these items, exhibiting a higher price tolerance than in the recent past, Gadd continues.

Our high assessed confidence that the recent warming is mostly human - driven, and that the costs will become large if the warming becomes large, do not primarily rest on how much warmer or colder today is than some particular time in the past, or even on how fast the recent changes are relative to those in the past.

«People often say: «Earth was warmer in the past with carbon dioxide levels higher than today» Yes, there is a recent movie called Jurassic World.

As has been shown repeatedly, first in the Hockey Stick, and subsequently in any published science on Global Warming, if it appears in the recent past warming was higher than today, or warming rates were higher than the CO2 age, it's merely a matter of finding the right science that proves it is wrong.

Arctic ice melt is accelerating even faster than the most recent projections — temperatures over the past six years are the highest since measurements began in 1880.

The most recent NALP Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms identified 1/3 of 1 percent of law firm associates and partners as having a disability, a number while low, is much higher than reported in the past.

The most significant recent development in punitive damages awards in the context of employment law is the willingness of judges and juries to award significantly higher damage awards than in the past.

Single Women Buyers on the Mend, Age of First - Time Buyers on the Rise As in years past, married couples once again made up the largest share of buyers (66 percent) and had the highest income ($ 99,200), according to the survey; however, single women made up more of the buyer pie than in recent years.

Canadian housing markets have boomed in recent years with extremely high levels of starts, sales and price gains, but the report's authors say «the country's real estate markets have generally lacked the degree of speculation that dominated past boom - bust cycles and the excesses have been far less than those evident in the U.S.»