Sentences with phrase «higher than the increase»

«Let me say that again; the spending increase in New York was higher than the increase in the wages of the people of the state of New York.»

The penalties you would pay to withdraw early and reinvest would likely be higher than the increase you might get with a slightly higher rate.

Usually, the increase in cholesterol is higher than the increase in triglycerides.

The rate of growth in the total amount of mortgage debt outstanding is also speeding up: The in the second quarter was 1 percent higher than the increase in the first quarter.

Not exact matches

Every rollout has issues, but planning can mitigate the risk of costly problems, so prepare to solve issues immediately, such as increasing supply if demand is higher than expected.

Cornell's decisiveness, along with a better - than - expected holiday - season increase in sales at the website and stores open for at least a year, has revived Target's stock: The shares have jumped 30 % under the new CEO, to all - time highs.

That's better than not surpassing the high, but many stories failed to mention the drastic increase in the cost of healthcare and education that's occurred over the past 18 years.

As they won wage increases higher than the current rate of inflation they would, for a short time, gain real wage increases.

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.

«These efforts may prove more expensive than we currently anticipate, and we may not succeed in increasing our revenue sufficiently, or at all, to offset these higher expenses,» the filing read.

In terms of data, retail sales numbers in the U.K. came in higher - than - expected, showing an increase of 0.3 percent month - on - month in October.

Oil prices were steady on Thursday following a larger - than - expected increase in U.S. crude inventories: U.S. crude futures were higher by 0.04 percent at $ 67.96 per barrel and Brent crude futures for July delivery were flat at $ 73.36.

«(With an alternative lender), the interest rates are higher, the qualifying rate is higher than if you were going with a traditional bank and they are going to charge one per cent of the mortgage amount (as a lender's fee) for closing, so that means your closing costs increase.»

Moreover, the rate of growth in the fraction of non-employers (28.2 percent) run by women has been higher than the rate of increase in their share of non-employers (23 percent) over the past five years.

Breaking down the annual figures from trade body WindEurope, onshore capacity increased by 12.5 GW and offshore grew by 3.1 GW, while new wind farm installations were 20 percent higher than in 2016.

That's exactly what sparked the stock market correction last month: a higher - than - expected average hourly earnings number in January's jobs report ignited fears that inflation might finally be coming to life, and in response the Federal Reserve may look to hike rates more aggressively than the three projected increases for this year.

We prefer owning — even though, at $ 366,000, the average Canadian home today costs more than twice as much as its U.S. equivalent; even though a small increase in the lending rates will push scores of over-leveraged homeowners into crisis; even though Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is practically guaranteeing that those higher rates are coming.

But now increasing numbers of businesses and entrepreneurs are realizing the benefits of setting wages higher than the national $ 7.25 an hour.

U.S. jobs data lit the fire at the end of last week, with higher - than - expected wage increases prompting inflationary concerns.

In January 2016, for instance, a year before Trump took office, BLS announced real average hourly earnings for employees increased.4 %, and real average weekly earnings had increased.7 %, higher figures than those from June 2017.

Still, the massive price increase means that Mulesoft left money on the table when it offered because it could have set its IPO price higher than $ 17, potentially raising more money from investors.

«Self - assessed time crunch has increased more for lower - income families than for higher - income families between 1992 and 2005,» the authors wrote.

After calculating ROI in respect to media value on this campaign, they saw a 29 percent increase, which is higher than a similar campaign using one big celebrity.

Account holders in the lowest checking account quintile (those with average balances of less than $ 536) increased their post-refund healthcare spending by a twentyfold factor larger than those with accounts in the highest quintile (balances over $ 3,577).

Tesla did report higher - than - expected revenues of $ 3.29 billion in the fourth quarter, a nearly 10 % increase from the previous quarter of $ 2.98 billion.

Increasing your average order value will lead to higher margins, all else staying the same, because the cost of revenue for one customer who spends $ 100 is lower than the cost of revenue for five customers who spend $ 20 each.

Mylan, one of the 10 most heavily weighted stocks in the ETF, traded more than 1.5 percent higher despite recent political pressure over the stark price increases of its life - saving EpiPen device.

The CPI rose 0.5 percent, or 2.1 percent year over year, higher than the 0.3 percent increase expected.

SAP had been slow to move into the cloud, said Reuner, but after making the shift with acquisitions such as procurement software company Ariba in 2012, the first quarter of 2017 saw it sell more subscriptions than expected, with new cloud bookings increasing by 49 percent to 215 million euros ($ 244.9 million) and shares hitting a record high.

U.S. filings for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week to the highest in almost three months amid holidays that may have played a role in the increase, Labor Department figures showed Thursday.

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.

In fact, this kind of negotiated tax increase might be a far preferable outcome for the world's savers, investors and high - income earners than the increasingly likely alternative: persistent uncertainty over the global financial system or the consummation of that uncertainty in an asset - value - destroying economic downturn.

Tyson has tried to increase profits by selling more value - added items such as pre-seasoned products and heat - and - serve meals, which command higher margins than basic meats.

Over the past two years, a growing number of U.S. banks has capped their directors» earnings, but the ceilings are so high that they primarily serve to fend off potential shareholder litigation rather than control the pace of pay increases.

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.

After all, inflation (and even medical inflation, which tends to be higher than regular inflation) is well below 9.9 %, meaning a year - to - year 7 % or 8 % increase on major drugs isn't necessarily justified by market dynamics.

The increase follows a rash of high - profile data breaches suffered by brands like Target, Home Depot and J.P. Morgan; the infamous «Backoff» malware package that compromised tens of millions of Target shoppers» credit cards in late 2013 also affected the in - store payment systems of more than 1,000 American businesses, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The once fast - growing smartphone market has slowed this year, especially at the high end, with worldwide shipments forecast to increase less than 2 %, according to IDC.

Maaden shares soared almost 3 percent in early trade after it said its first - quarter net profit had more than doubled on higher sales and increased average realised prices of products.

President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner are unlikely to reverse several scheduled tax increases, including the 0.9 percentage point increase in the Medicare tax rate on wages and salaries of more than $ 200,000 for single filers ($ 250,000 for married filers); a 3.8 percent Medicare tax on unearned income of higher income filers; and an increase in the capital gains tax rate.

That would require the center to increase the number of staff per student but also would permit charging higher fees than the current weekly rate of $ 115 per full - day child and $ 78 for after - schoolers.

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.

To be fair, medical inflation is higher than general inflation, and biopharma companies have the unenviable task of explaining that a gross list price increase isn't the same thing as the net they'll take away from that increase after haggling with insurers and pharmacy benefits managers.

The new budget relies primarily on higher property taxes to increase school funding, raising more than $ 7 billion over four years and, the legislature hopes, finally complying with the Supreme Court order.

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

It's hard to believe that print marketing is more widely used than social media marketing and online advertising, but the percentage of businesses who intend to increase social media usage is fairly high, which is great!

The worst case scenario is likely wage growth higher than expected (0.3 percent or higher month over month, 2.9 percent to 3 percent annual), with upward revisions from February, and job growth much higher, all of which would increase the chances for a Fed rate hike.

Allergan chief Brent Saunders and Danish diabetes giant Novo Nordisk have both already volunteered to limit their price increases on drugs to less than 10 % (note: a 9 % price hike on a drug is still pretty high relative to inflation).

Netflix has been offering ultra high - definition 4K — so - called for the screens» horizontal resolution of 4,000 pixels, about four times greater than full HD — for the past few months, but the company only recently sneaked in a quiet price increase.

In this respect, it is worth noting that the sharp decline in trading costs over the last four decades has not been associated with higher returns to investors, but rather to a more than proportionate increase in trading volume.