Sentences with phrase «in federal surveys»

The best data now reside inside school districts and state agencies, rather than in federal surveys.

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By comparison, just 18 percent of all Americans in a recent U.S. Federal Reserve survey reported encountering a financial emergency.

More than half of those surveyed say that Jones, a former federal prosecutor, has higher standards of personal moral conduct than Moore, who is facing multiple allegations that he made inappropriate sexual advances toward teenage girls while he was in his 30s.

A recent survey commissioned by the federal government found one in three Canadians said they now download or stream films online and 12 per cent said they do it either daily or at least once a week.

The companies surveyed provided employment to more than 1.1 million people, and comprised nearly 20 % of all federal corporate tax collected on business profit in the country.

This alone, however, does not explain why almost half of the 30 positions that existed in Richmond five years ago have disappeared, or why, according to various surveys, SBA employees have just about the lowest morale in the federal bureaucracy.

The Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances reports that in 2010, just 52 percent of families surveyed indicated that they had saved money in the previous year.

The President boosted the number of federal regulations affecting small businesses by 13 percent during his first term in office, leading governmental regulation and red tape to overtake sales, taxes and the cost / availability of insurance as small business's biggest problem, respondents to the National Federation of Independent Business small business survey explain.

The number of small business loans, defined as loans of $ 1 million or less, declined 4.7 % in 2011, according to the Federal Reserve Board of New York in its most recent survey of 544 small business owners.

Small business owners are more satisfied with the federal government than they have been in recent years, but a new survey has found there are still a lot of changes the sector would like to see implemented to help run their businesses efficiently.

In a federal government survey in 2010, four out of five small businesses said they had no need to raise moneIn a federal government survey in 2010, four out of five small businesses said they had no need to raise monein 2010, four out of five small businesses said they had no need to raise money.

The median net worth of the nation's homeowners in 2013 was $ 195,400, compared with $ 5,400 for those who don't own, according to a Federal Reserve Board survey.

To see how credit access is shaping up, small - business owners might want to note when the Federal Reserve releases the results of its quarterly survey of senior loan officers in January, April, July and October.

MORE than $ 5 million worth of laptops have disappeared from Federal Government offices in the past 18 months, many of them with classified information, according to a recent survey.

The survey found that 64 percent of Republican voters in Iowa, 67 percent in New Hampshire, and 66 percent in South Carolina support states that want to carry out their own marijuana laws without fear of federal law.

The U.S. economy probably added 185,000 jobs in March while wage gains accelerated, a survey of economists showed, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's case for continuing to increase interest rates gradually to keep inflation from overheating while keeping unemployment low.

[3] While the Federal Reserve also collects income data in its triennial Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), [4] the SCF is more valuable as the best source of survey data on wSurvey of Consumer Finances (SCF), [4] the SCF is more valuable as the best source of survey data on wsurvey data on wealth.

[4] Jesse Bricker et al., «Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2013 to 2016: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances,» Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol.

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters)- U.S. small businesses stepped up hiring in October, despite uncertainty brought by a partial shutdown of the federal government, a survey showed on Wednesday.

Stronger manufacturing activity data from the U.S. Thursday, in the form of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's regional business survey, allowed investors to add long positions in the greenback, which has fallen more than 1.4 % this week in the wake of President Donald Trump's decision to fire his FBI Director, James Comey, and revelations that his campaign team may have had extensive contacts with Russian officials - despite his repeated denials - in the run up to last year's elections.

Dec 14, 2015: In a November poll of academic and business economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal, 92 % said they expected the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December, the first such hike in more than nine yearIn a November poll of academic and business economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal, 92 % said they expected the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December, the first such hike in more than nine yearin December, the first such hike in more than nine yearin more than nine years.

Our survey shows that a large majority of Canadians support or would accept allocating funding in the 2017 federal budget to a range of clean energy priorities, including:

According to opinion surveys, no institution save the Internal Revenue Service is held in lower regard than the Federal Reserve.

The unemployment rate was last below 8 % in January 2009, at 7.7 %, and economists don't expect it to drop below 8 % again till 2013, according to the latest survey of 43 forecasters conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Findings in this report are based on the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), which is sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Department of Treasury.

Atlantic Sand Assessment Project — To help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy, promote resilient coastal systems, and help build a national offshore sand inventory, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) sponsored offshore surveys to identify new sources of sand in federal waters from Miami, Florida to Massachusetts in 2015 and several site specific surveys in 2016 and 2017.

More than one - half of our survey respondents, for instance, didn't realize interest accrues on their federal unsubsidized loans while they're in school.

To date, the Federal Reserve has increased the Federal funds rate by 175 basis points in this tightening phase, and recent evidence from the Federal Reserve's survey of senior loan officers suggests that lenders are also becoming somewhat more cautious about extending credit to businesses.

Activity in the region's service sector expanded modestly, according to firms responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's March 2018 Business Leaders Survey.

Some regions of the U.S. are confronting labor shortages in construction and other high - skill fields, according to the Federal Reserve's «beige book» survey of economic conditions.

In a survey conducted by Bloomberg earlier this month, 38 of 47 economists said that the Federal Reserve's recent policy shift would cause 30 - year mortgage rates to rise next year.

Texas service sector activity «continued to increase in April, albeit at a slower pace than last month,» according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas» Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index decreased to 14.7 from 20.0.

Using data from the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances, we've broken down the median and the average by age, income and gender, so you can see how you fare compared to Americans in recent history.

The US Federal Reserve today released its triennial examination of incomes and net worth of American households in the Survey of Consumer Finances. It shows the crushing effects on net worth of a housing and financial bust unparalleled since the great depression.

The survey showed the Wildrose Party in second place in Calgary with 21 % and the NDP in second place in Edmonton with 21 % (which matches a growing narrative on the federal political scene).

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In the United States, the Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Survey is a good forward - looking survey of credit condiSurvey is a good forward - looking survey of credit condisurvey of credit conditions.

Finally, according to the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances, between 2010 and 2013, 90 % of US families have gained nothing in terms of income or wealth — a sad result for a recovery that was five years old at the time.

[2] The ratio of mean home - equity wealth to mean net worth for homeowners was 20.4 % in 2013 and 19.1 % in 2016; see «Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2013 to 2016: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances,» Federal Reserve Bulletin, September 2017 (Vol.

Statistics Canada developed the new voluntary survey after the federal government cancelled the mandatory long - form census in 2010.

The current, full - year forecast, released Nov. 13, 2017, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Survey of Professional Forecasters, is for real GDP growth of 2.2 % in 2017.

In a recent survey by The Federal Reserve, «46 percent of Americans said they did not have enough money to cover a $ 400 emergency expense.

Their conservative leanings are part of a broader trend increasingly documented in freshman surveys, federal statistics, and public opinion polls, which have found declining rates of approval for casual sex and legal abortion among the young and a rise in the percentage of teenagers who say they are virgins.

In Germany 60 % of the Muslims are secular (according to a survey of the German Federal Minister of Interior from 2007, called «Muslime in Deutschland»In Germany 60 % of the Muslims are secular (according to a survey of the German Federal Minister of Interior from 2007, called «Muslime in Deutschland»in Deutschland»).

A healthy diet is important for people, according to 92 % of respondents in a nutrition survey by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

Fifty - nine percent of food - insecure households in the survey reported that in the previous month they had participated in one or more of the three largest Federal food and nutrition assistance programs: SNAP, WIC, and school lunch.

According to the survey, a whopping «75 percent of school leaders encourage an increase in federal funding for school districts to comply with the new standards,» while 15 % fewer of those surveyed support the «flexibility» (SNA's favorite buzzword for: «gutting of regulations») which the SNA is now doggedly pursuing on Capitol Hill via its high - powered lobbyists.

According to the latest survey compiled by Bell Federal Savings & Loan Association, 530 new housing units have been built this year in Tinley Park, a number exceeded in Chicago «s suburbs only by Carol Stream, Naperville, Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights and Streamwood.

Generally, most experts discourage people from flushing drugs down the toilet, as federal and local surveys have found trace pharmaceuticals in drinking water in 30 states and Chicago.

Most reported cases have been ascribed to the use of contaminated well water for preparation of infant formula.1 — 3 Fifteen million families in the United States obtain their drinking water from unregulated wells.4 In a survey of 5500 private water supplies from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problemin the United States obtain their drinking water from unregulated wells.4 In a survey of 5500 private water supplies from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problemIn a survey of 5500 private water supplies from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problemin homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problemIn urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problem.7