Sentences with phrase «increase on a percentage basis»

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«And I think you're beginning to see that get recognized, based on the increasing percentage of use.»

While the bank isn't seeking to hit a specific target at the moment, it is hoping to increase its percentage of LGBT employees, which it plans to track on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

On a per square foot basis, inventory decreased 3 %, better than our guidance for a percentage increase in the low single - digit range.

The increasing bullish momentum in the financial ETF we mentioned last Friday can be easily seen on the percentage change chart below, which compares the performance of S&P Select Financial SPDR ($ XLF) against the S&P 500 SPDR ($ SPY), a popular ETF proxy that tracks the performance of the broad - based S&P 500 Index:

Morgan Stanley U.S. chief economist Ellen Zentner estimates that a 20 % broad - based tariff increase could, after four quarters, result in a 1 percentage point drag on real U.S. GDP growth.

Restaurant expenses in the quarter were essentially flat to last year on a percentage of sales basis as lower credit card expenses were offset with increased preopening expense related to 9 net units opens in the quarter and additional openings in early fiscal 2013.

Fourth quarter same — fourth quarter restaurant labor expenses were 50 basis points lower than last year on a percentage of sales basis due to increased productivity and lower restaurant manager incentive compensation expense.

Selling, general and administrative expenses and depreciation expense are expected to be higher on a percentage of sales basis due to increases in media expense associated with media inflation and an increase in TRPs, particularly at LongHorn Steakhouse and the increase in total units and remodels.

Based on recent corporate leverage, this decline in the cost of debt would increase the typical company's return on equity by more than four percentage points.

This value is based on percentage increases in previous years» values dating back to 1997 when MAV was first used.

(1) employment growth, sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Economic Summaries in August 2016, with the percentage representing the employment change from June 2015 to June 2016 in each city; (2) population growth, based on and sourced from the 2014 and 2015 Census, with the percentage representing the change in population from 2014 to 2015; (3) increase in home values, based on Zillow Home Value, with the percentage representing the change in median home values for single - family homes from June 2015 to June 2016, sourced August 2016; (4) years to pay off property, which was based using the median home value for July 2016 and the median rent for a single - family residence for July 2016, both sourced from Zillow; median rent was multiplied by 12 to obtain yearly rent and then home value was divided by yearly rent to determine how many years it would take for the home to be paid off from rental income using current home values and rent prices for each city.

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Judging is based on measured results which include advertising equivalent value of the campaign, percentage of the target audience captured in ticket sales, and return on investment for the event by increased revenue.

For sanctuaries / teams showing the greatest percentage increase in fundraising dollars from 2008 to 2009 (the percentage increase is based on the actual results from 2008 and the totals reported on the 2009 Bird - a-thon Final Financial Report form).

For sanctuaries / teams showing the greatest percentage increase in fundraising from 2005 to 2006 (the percentage increase is based on the actual results from 2005 and the totals reported on the 2006 BAT Financial Report form).

The program should be improved basing the real property tax credit on improved value of property and giving Empire State Development flexibility to increase the percentage credit and provide a longer duration of credits, compared with current law.

In Syracuse's model, an additional 20 percent of the evaluation is based on increasing the percentage of children who improve on the same tests.

The report lists 30 cities that face increased health risks from heat waves worsened by global warming, based on a combination of four factors: average number of summer days with «oppressive» summer heat, the percentage of households without central air conditioning, ground - level ozone levels, and the percentage of households below the poverty line.

This sustained increase in suicide among women was larger, on a percentage basis, than for men in 2011.

A: The SWOLE System is an all - inclusive training packet that focuses on a percentage based scientific approach to training and easy to follow diet guide, that lead to fast and efficient results such as increased size, strength, endurance, and a lean athletic physique.

Since protein requirements are based on body weight, you'd actually need to increase the percentage of protein in your diet if you restricted your total caloric intake (as one might if attempting to lose weight).

Based on the current SMR study and previous static stretching studies (6 — 8,16,29), ROM appears to increase by a similar percentage after SMR and static stretching.

«We also intend to meaningfully increase the percentage of ad inventory on our other brands sold on a direct basis, which currently is below 2 % of total ad inventory sold.

Between 1992 and 2014, the percentage of teachers with more than a bachelor's degree increased from 46 percent to 56 percent, based on data from the Current Population Survey.

Our estimates suggest that an increase of 20 percentage points in the likelihood that a teacher places on a student completing college leads to an increase in the eventual college attainment of about 3 percentage points, increasing the attainment rate to 48 percent from the base rate of 45 percent.

Susan Dynarski and her colleagues find that being assigned to a smaller class in the early elementary grades increased college enrollment rates among African Americans by 19 percent (6 percentage points on a base of 31 percent).

An increasing percentage of students say they can get illegal drugs at their schools, according to the 10th annual back - to - school survey conducted by the Columbia University - based National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.

For example, in 2012, Long Beach City College (LBCC) in California was one of the first to develop and pilot an alternative placement algorithm based on high school coursework and grades, which increased the proportion of students placing directly into college - level coursework by 21 percentage points in math and 56 percentage points in English, without significantly lowering the average performance of students in these courses.

With the baseline controls, using the factor model, an SD increase in the teacher factor based on test scores has a predictive effect on college attendance of 0.16 percentage points.

The two new quality indicators are based on how charters performed on state accountability measures, including whether the state increased the percentage of charters receiving top ratings and decreased the percentage of charters receiving bottom ratings.

Percentage increases are based on rounded numbers, and estimated enrollment reflects the state's projected public school enrollment for 2001 - 02, unless otherwise noted.

The highest percentage salary increase would go to a teacher with four years of experience, while veteran teachers with 25 years» experience and on would see no raises at all as their base salaries would be capped at $ 50,000.

Due to the school's focus on evidence - based practices, the percentage of students rating proficient or advanced in mathematics and reading on the Maryland School Assessment has increased in four of the last five years.

Thus, tutoring, technology, improved teacher effectiveness, counseling, and other effective programs can help ensure that funds based on the percentage of students in poverty are going to improve struggling schools, not just increasing test scores.

The department's proposed rule — the one that prompted the lobbyists» letter — affirmed that districts could decide for themselves how to distribute their money among schools, whether based on head counts, student - to - teacher ratios, a percentage increase over the previous year's school budget or anything else.

Based on their analysis, they also found «a voucher offer increased the college - enrollment rate of African American students by 7 percentage points, an increase of 20 percent.

The percentage of charter schools operated by charter management organizations has increased rapidly over the past 15 years, from 12 percent of all charter schools in 2000 to 20 percent in 2010 — 11.62 63 Based on the most recent data, roughly one - fourth of all new charter schools opened are operated by one of the two types of management organizations, the majority of those CMOs.

Incentive spending increased slightly month over month on both an absolute basis and as a percentage of average transaction prices due primarily to the sell - down of older model heavy - duty pickups and large SUVs.

«Many percentage increases that at first glance seem clear winners, on closer inspection only represent a small number of issues downloaded due to the small base.

Sales of tablets based on Google's OS will grow from 17.3 million to 37.9 million, allowing its market share to increase by 3 percentage points to 32 percent, according to Gartner.

Based on research by financial planner Michael Kitces and American College professor of retirement income Wade Pfau, the idea is that instead of reducing your stock exposure during retirement you increase it, starting, say, with 30 % in stocks and gradually boosting your stock percentage until it reaches maybe 60 %.

Sometimes the commission will be based on a percentage of the bond's price, and this percentage may decline as the size of the transaction increases.

Your annual minimum payment is based on your age on January 1st and is calculated as a percentage of your RRIF value at the beginning of each year and increases as you get older.

An increase may seem like a lot on a percentage basis, but in real dollars it's still the most affordable protection you can buy your family.

The annual percentage rates (APRs) on credit cards are directly tied to the federal funds rate, so consumers can expect their rates to increase by 25 basis points, or a quarter point.

On a percentage basis, that increase represents a percentage difference of 16.7 %.

Total You Will Spend on Rent: Based on your current monthly rent, the percentage at which you expect your annual rent will increase over time and the length of time you expect to rent, this is the total amount of money you will expend on rent.

Many brokerages have the ability to schedule buy and sell orders based on predefined criteria, such as a percentage drop (or increase) in your original investment.

The only difference with a LIRA versus an RRSP is you generally can't take withdrawals before 55 (not applicable based on your age, Daniel) and there are maximum annual withdrawals you can take each year (percentages increase as you age).

Your interest rate may increase or decrease, based on LIBOR monthly changes, resulting in an Annual Percentage (APR) range between 3.89 % and 10.39 %.