Sentences with phrase «highest month this year»

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Prices on the London Metal Exchange soared by a third, lifting the metal to its highest in nearly seven years, after the United States imposed sanctions this month against billionaire Oleg Deripaska and his company Rusal, the world's No. 2 aluminium producer.

NEW YORK, April 23 - The U.S. dollar rallied to a four - month high on Monday as the 10 - year Treasury yield's climb toward the psychologically important 3 percent level spurred buying of the greenback, leaving the euro and yen lower.

«Price gains over the past two years could trigger substantially more inventory in the months ahead, and that could support higher sales and tame home price appreciation.»

Elsewhere, the dollar held at a three - month high against a basket of currencies, after having received a boost from U.S. 10 - year Treasury yields holding near the key 3 percent level.

More than two in five employees expect a pay raise in the next 12 months, a nearly 2 - year high.

The complaints from media outlets have been coming for the past several months, with some reports of sudden traffic declines as high as 40 % compared with last year.

Canada's economy has been unambiguously strong for about a year, according to the high - frequency data Statistics Canada collects every month.

Then, in his senior year of high school, he lost 70 pounds in six months: «I was fortunate enough to learn about nutrition,» he says.

Several months ago, I stayed in an expensive hotel for my 40 - year high school reunion.

It was by far the warmest year in recent millennia, with 10 of 12 months setting all - time record highs.

Investors and traders were with the bookies, as the pound rose to the a five - month high on the eve of the vote and European stock markets posted their largest three - day gain in almost a year.

Perth's CBD office market recorded $ 740 million worth of major transactions in the 12 months to March 2018, more than three times higher than it was this time last year, according to research undertaken by Savills Australia.

The London Metal Exchange three - month aluminum price hit a seven - year high of $ 2,718 per tonne on April 19 but is now trading back down around the $ 2,250 level.

Volkswagen shares hit a 10 - month high after the company posted better - than - expected profits for the third quarter and raised its guidance for the year.

The stock has gained 22 per cent so far this year and hit an all - time high earlier this month.

French firm Bouygues jumped 5.17 percent after reporting higher sales and profits in the first nine months of the year.

Nonetheless, Fossil shares are back to where they were about a year ago at $ 15.33 after precipitous drops in the last 12 months, but just a fraction of their $ 131.98 all - time highs only six years ago.

British inflation stood at 2.3 percent in annual terms in the month of March, unchanged from the near four - year high seen in the February reading.

March marked the third consecutive double - digit decline compared with the same month last year, when prices in the Greater Toronto Area soared to record highs.

The consumer price index (CPI), released on Friday, showed the cost of living in America rising only 1.6 percent compared to the same month last year, significantly down from the most recent high of 2.8 percent in February and below the Fed's target of 2 percent.

PARIS, April 26 (Reuters)- Record output and high oil prices helped French oil and gas major Total report a consensus - beating rise in net adjusted profit during the first three months of the year, with Total adding it would surpass its production target for 2018.

Their declining currencies against the dollar (8 - 9 percent over the past 12 months), falling stock market values since the beginning of the year and high (India) and rising (Brazil) bond yields are reflecting their funding difficulties.

Sales of high rise dwellings have dropped over 30 % year over year from an eight - month period between January and August 2013, in comparison to the same time frame in 2012.

But even if the housing bubble continues to inflate for months or years to come, it's high time to recalculate the ownership premium we are willing to pay.

Though tourism numbers were (again) at record highs, up 23 % for the first nine months of 2013, further violence would certainly jeopardize bookings for the rest of the year and in 2014.

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.

The governor announced last week that 57.4 million visitors came to the state during the first six months of the year, the highest number ever, according to the report.

The numbers, as reported last month, back it up — this year's second quarter saw 48 home sales priced at $ 5 million or higher, the most activity in almost a year and a half, according to a report by Miller Samuel Inc. and Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

China's consumer inflation rate grew at its fastest pace in six months in October as food prices rose, while producer prices accelerated to a near - five year high, exceeding expectations.

Other analysts, like economist Nouriel Roubini, argued that cheap oil would last just a year or 18 months before producers like Saudi Arabia had successfully flushed out higher - cost competitors like shale producers here in the U.S.

Apple, hard to characterise as an out and out manufacturer or pure technology play, currently trades at 13.5 times its estimated earnings for the next twelve months, higher than its five - year average of close to 13.

U.S. refining margins rallied to the highest in nearly two years early this month.

Yields on the securities have climbed to their highest levels in six years, and total returns were negative 2.6 percent for the first two months of 2018, making for the worst start of a year for the asset class since 1981.

His comments followed less - than - stellar data on U.S. consumer spending that showed that even as confidence hit its highest level in more than 16 years last month, Americans are still holding their wallets tightly.

SINGAPORE, May 3 - The dollar traded below a four - month high against a basket of currencies on Thursday, with the focus shifting to economic data after the Federal Reserve did little to alter market expectations for further interest rate rises this year.

Not only did an entire delegation from the Turkish government, including high - profile diplomats, travel to the U.S. Small Business Administration's National Small Business Week event in Washington, D.C., last year; tech giant Dell chose to host its Women's Entrepreneur Network event in the nation's most populous city, Istanbul, this month.

Lee notes that while the company has a YouTube icon on its home page, the account hasn't been updated in a year, and while Vimeo is a great video site with high standards of quality, YouTube is a better fit for the fitness market with more than 1 billion unique visitors a month compared to Vimeo's 70 million, and a huge selection of fitness videos with millions of views.

In private industry, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wages and salaries rose at 2.6 % for the 12 months ended September 2017 — 20 basis points above the rate the prior year and notably higher than what we saw in the first half of the decade.

Western Australia has recorded its highest number of insolvencies for a month in nearly two years, with 841 companies entering external administration across the country in July.

The emergence of experts qualified to find and vet high - impact projects with good financial returns is the trend to watch in the coming months and years.

At the same time, the vacancy rate last month — 2.5 percent — was the highest seen for July in the last nine years, according to the report.

Mincor Resources says it expects to exceed its full - year nickel production guidance as the price of the base metal hit a 14 - month high overnight.

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.

This month, the EU approved the first new GM crop for use in 12 years — a high - quality starch potato for industrial use, not consumption.

That sounds damningly high, but it adds up to just 35,000 jobs per year, or a seventh of the number of jobs the U.S. economy has gained on average per month this year.

Though the TSA and the hotel group have been in talks for more than a year, the conversation kicked into high gear about four months ago, according to Susan Peckenschneider, director of global partnerships for Carlson.

In December, U.S. small - business confidence in the economy climbed to 105.8, its highest point in 12 years, up 7.4 points from the previous month, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.

For retailers and small and medium sized business (SMB) owners, the winter holiday months are the last lap in a long race to finish out the year on a high note.

Last month, Woods» second - place finish in the Valspar Championship led to the PGA Tour's highest ratings in five years, according to the Associated Press.