Sentences with phrase «historically low use»

One initiative is known to have a real effect on teen substance abuse — multi-pronged and aggressive public campaigns aimed at teens, such as the ones that have led to historically low use of tobacco and alcohol, Volkow said.

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At various points in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, new stock market records and historically low unemployment rates were used as a synonym for a booming economy, or after the financial crisis, to signal that the economy was recovering — even though many workers and households experienced stagnating or steadily declining incomes for years or even decades.

Still, the temptation now to use historically low - interest money from mortgages, personal credit lines and 401 (k) plans to invest in the stock market is great, especially as the Dow is reaching historic heights at more than 26,000 — a milestone unfathomable in 2009, during the Great Recession.

Similar concerns have also lowered spending on mergers and acquisitions — historically one of the top uses for corporate cash — and led businesses to cut back on investing in R&D and expansion.

Finally, investors should consider diversifying using factor strategies, which historically have had relatively low correlations with each other, and lower than sectors and single stocks have with each other.

The government accused the holders of using the provision as an excuse to pass losses caused by historically low electricity prices on to the taxpayer, and announced that it was seeking a court order to declare the «change in law» provision void.

Bratton echoed the new administration's call for keeping crime at its historically low levels while repairing damage done in minority neighborhoods by the heavy use of stop - and - frisk policing.

Scientists have traditionally used Sanger sequencing to validate these constructs, as the relatively low cost and quick turn - around time of Sanger sequencing have historically matched the needs of most molecular biology labs.

Devil's claw root has been used historically to relieve the pain, and reduce the inflammation of arthritis, gout, rheumatism, lower back, headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, lumbago, knee, and hip pain, with no harmful side effects.

Parts of foods that historically were disposed of, used for composting and considered waste or at best reserved for lower quality, utilitarian applications (like lamp oil) have suddenly become «food» through the alchemy of fossil fuel powered extraction and processing.

Portfolios are designed to consistently reflect an investor's risk requirements in all markets and to outperform their benchmarks by protecting capital in two ways: first, under normal market conditions, with volatility within historical averages, diversification is used to control risk; second, when volatility is historically high or low, PŮR uses a proprietary SmartRisk ™ strategy.

The last big program the Fed has been using to help the economy recover is a historically low Fed Funds rate.

Many veterans are using their VA loans refinance in order to take advantage of today's historically low interest rates.

We have historically found that veterans enjoy lower monthly payments and can afford more home using their NJ Veterans Mortgage Loan.

Third, just because yields are lower than they have been historically, it doesn't necessarily mean that they'll get back to where used to be anytime soon.

Historically, the return rate for adoptions has been one of the factors used to judge shelter performance — a low return rate was considered good and a high return rate was bad.

Right track / wrong track poll numbers may be historically underwater, but one bright spot for American Direction is our status as the world leader in both production of oil and natural gas and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions like carbon, which are near 20 - year lows due largely to use of clean - burning natural gas.

Historically, the LERB reviewed decisions of chiefs and presiding officers after initial investigations on a standard of review of correctness, using a de novo hearing — the appeal court refers to the lower tribunal's record to determine the facts, but will rule on the evidence and questions of law without deference (respectful submission to the judgment) to the lower tribunal's findings.

«It seems the markets are awakening to cryptocurrency as an asset class to be reckoned with, and due to its historically low correlation of returns, are using it as a «disaster hedge» in times of capital market turmoil.»

I find it ironic that the «lower - tech» claim is used against Samsung when Apple has historically had «lower - tech» compared to even mid-range Android devices.

Insurers historically used these guidelines to calculate premiums for a variety of properties with a high risk of sustaining flood damage, particularly rates for buildings where the lowest floor elevation is below the Base Flood Elevation (BFE).

These are essentially 100 % financed as I picked them up using a HELOC and are cash flowing with 12 % repairs + cap ex, 4 % vacancy (possibly low for the new acquisitions but historically accurate for me), placement fees (since I'm not local), PITI and annual HVAC servicing all factored in.