Sentences with phrase «higher utility costs»

In Saskatchewan, even with slower house price growth, the province still saw a mild deterioration in affordability as a result of a slowdown in the pace of year over year income growth, higher utility costs and higher mortgage rates, says the report.

Manitoba's housing affordability weakened for a second consecutive quarter as growth in home prices, higher utility costs and higher mortgage rates overwhelmed income growth.

Such a requirement — not part of any current legislation — could result in higher utility costs for home and building owners, analysts say.

CNBC's Top States for Business gave the Ocean State the lowest marks for high taxes, poor infrastructure and high utility costs.

NY still has the highest taxes, worst anti-business regulations, highest Medicaid costs, highest utility costs, and worst job creation rates in the nation (or at least Top 5 in every category).

I never said I was happy with NY residents paying high utility costs.

EIA's winter energy outlook is a timely reminder that American consumers shouldn't have to face high utility costs every time temperatures drop with the upcoming change of seasons.

California unions killed the Democrats» last - minute push to force the state to adopt 100 percent renewable electricity production by 2046, over worries the nation's highest utility costs are killing jobs.

Obviously the higher the utility cost (or more correctly price) the larger this benefit becomes.

Not exact matches

They buy bigger homes with bigger mortgages, bigger utility bills, higher maintenance costs, and higher real estate taxes.

A high - tax state with some of the steepest utility costs in the country, Rhode Island's fiscal woes are persistent, hindering its ability to improve one of the nation's worst infrastructures.

The higher your margin the better, because you need to have enough left over to pay your indirect costs or overhead (things like salaries, rent, advertising, telephone, and utilities) and still make money.

On top of the high startup costs, a traditional office space in New York City costs a minimum of $ 15,000 when rent, taxes, utilities, and other expenses are taken into account.

It will work closely with utilities to identify high - priority, cost - effective opportunities for improved solutions, ensure that the innovation community is addressing the needs of the system, and will support the adoption of standards - based programs like Green Button to drive both domestic and export market opportunities.

This inverter is the lowest cost, highest efficiency and highest power density utility - scale inverter on the market.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

I had a question though — it seems that most Technology startups would have very high fixed costs (wages / rent / utilities / server / internet / etc), but very low variable costs.

The total spent on mortgages, maintenance, utilities, improvements and other building related costs by those groups that have buildings is much higher.

The unemployment rate is on the rise, utility costs are some of the highest in the region and the government has raised business taxes.

Schweppes has raised prices in the route trade by 4 per cent and has cut back the depth of promotions in supermarkets, citing higher costs for aluminium, PET and PVC plastics, utilities and distribution, according to a Citigroup report on Monday.

Many pregnancy pillows often cost too high without focusing on utilities and comfort of the mother.

When she is describing all of the barriers she faces, keep in mind that she is not trying to be a naysayer; the challenges she faces, including the often ridiculous regulations, the criminally low federal reimbursement for subsidized meals, the high cost of food, labor, utilities, and every other expense, are all very real.

Inflation, which remains still high at 19.2 percent in March 2016, is being affected by the increase in utility tariffs, energy sector levies and transportation costs, but core inflation has started to decline in recent months.»

And when the private unions demand higher costs to pay their salaries, just like you advocate the millionaires tax to pay higher salaries, your utility prices will go up even higher.

«Because of our high cost structures here starting with land — let alone utility costs, taxes and everything else — the Town of Southold's agriculture can't afford just to be a raw crop commodity agricultural industry anymore,» Mr. Baiz said.

He says the additional costs could even be compounded by utility ratepayers who also use public transportation, or shop at stores that have to raise their prices due to higher electric rates.

Our economic system is not working for the majority of people, with many paying the high cost of subsidising profits for, amongst others, international utility companies.

It would require utilities to purchase power from nuclear facilities, and those costs would then be passed along to customers, who now pay some of the highest energy costs in the nation.

A publicly owned drug research and production utility, operating at cost for public benefit instead of private profit, would use high revenues from drugs that are taken daily or frequently in order to subsidize research and production of low - revenue drugs like vaccines for Ebola, malaria, and other infectious diseases that are used once.

On the other hand, he just acted in March to extend so - called temporary surcharges on utility bills and high - income individuals that were supposed to expire, which will cost billions of dollars for businesses and the wealthy investors who finance them.

Long Islanders are blasting PSEG Long Island's proposed rate increase plan and say current utility costs are already too high.

He noted that the mess in which Ghana's economy finds herself is evident in the rising cost of living, skyrocketing levels of inflation, high bank lending / interest rates, and hikes in petroleum and utility prices, amongst others, which have left Ghanaians reeling from unprecedented levels of hardships and suffering.

He says the additional costs could even be compounded by utility rate payers who also use public transportation, or shop at stores that have to raise their prices due to higher electric rates.

Some stakeholders are concerned that utility proposals for cost recovery of smart grid investments would lead to significantly higher monthly bills and a shift in the risk of investment from utilities to ratepayers.

At the same time, he added, the government's feed - in tariff, the costs of which are shared by the government and electricity customers, has resulted in «more and more consumers hav [ing] to pay higher electricity charges to utilities.»

Once these higher costs are internalized by industries such as extractives, agriculture, and utility, they will be passed downstream to the manufacturing and service industries, progressively increasing operating costs throughout the economy.

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Oxford White 2015 Ford Explorer XLT FWD 6 - Speed Automatic with Select - Shift 3.5 L 6 - Cylinder SMPI DOHC Explorer XLT, 4D Sport Utility, 3.5 L 6 - Cylinder SMPI DOHC, 6 - Speed Automatic with Select - Shift, FWD, Oxford White, Navigation System.Odometer is 15058 miles below market average!Awards: * 2015 KBB.com 5 - Year Cost to Own Awards * 2015 KBB.com Brand Image AwardsReviews: * Upscale cabin; abundant high - tech features; comfortable ride; fuel - efficient turbocharged four - cylinder engine; strong turbocharged V6.

Ford claims that drivers will be able to recharge the vehicle's 23kWh, high - voltage, lithium ion battery in 3 to 4 hours on 240 - volt power and that, with the help of utility rate - aware charging software developed by Microsoft, a full charge will cost about $ 2 to $ 3, or about 4 cents per mile.

Then consider dinky tray dimensions, and high tyre and fuel costs, and it's plain to see why a commercial van - based utility makes a lot more sense — especially if you don't need to head off - road.

Magnetic Metallic 2016 Ford Explorer XLT AWD 6 - Speed Automatic with Select - Shift 3.5 L 6 - Cylinder SMPI DOHC Explorer XLT, 4D Sport Utility, 3.5 L 6 - Cylinder SMPI DOHC, 6 - Speed Automatic with Select - Shift, AWD, Magnetic Metallic.Odometer is 1957 miles below market average!Awards: * 2016 KBB.com 5 - Year Cost to Own Awards * 2016 KBB.com Best Buy Awards Finalist * 2016 KBB.com Brand Image AwardsReviews: * High - tech features are plentiful and easy to use; cargo space is generous, even behind the third row; turbocharged V6 engine delivers plentiful power; quiet and comfortable on the highway.

But this year, despite high consumer confidence, stable interest rates, a booming stock market and low unemployment, sales of new vehicles are down slightly.The lower sales mean automakers are piling on the rebates, special lease deals and low - cost loans to keep most of the iron rolling, making the summer of 1997 a buyer's market for many family sedans, vans and even a few sport - utilities and trucks.

The low - cost, high - fun OLV concept vehicle presents Hyundai's view of how to put the fun back in sport utility vehicles.

Home ownership is nothing like renting and if you go into the process with this delusion, you won't be prepared for the higher utilities, maintenance costs, and myriad other things that can eat into your savings.

Continuously declining long - term rates created two tailwinds for his portfolio: 1) It continuously reduced borrowing costs for highly leveraged companies; and 2) Drove up values of high yielding stocks (look at what utilities, MLPs and REITs have done over the same time period).

Having a clean credit report and a high credit score can help you in many ways, including lowering the cost of borrowing, obtaining insurance, setting up housing utilities, getting a job offer, and more.

As the cost of higher education continues to rise, it becomes increasingly difficult to manage high monthly loan payments along with everyday expenses like rent, car payments, utilities, and groceries.

I have never charged cable and utilities (which are high costs) but given the 2 new cards I have, maybe I should.

However, investors are now fretting about higher interest rates, since rising debt costs could spell trouble — not least because utilities have borrowed so much money.

The typical breadwinner will spend between 10 % and 30 % of their gross salary (which can represent as much as 50 % of their take - home pay at the high end) on various housing - related costs, either rent and utilities for an apartment, or mortgage P&I, insurance, property taxes, utilities, HOA dues, home maintenance costs, etc for a condo, townhome or SFD.