Sentences with phrase «increase over the few years»

This can lead to a decrease in pay, or at minimum a slower rate of pay increase over the few years.

Not exact matches

Similarly, California and New York recently passed legislation that would increase their minimum wage levels to $ 15 in phases over the next few years.

That last line is key: «Increased bank reserves held at the Fed don't necessarily translate into more money or cash in circulation, and, indeed, broad measures of the supply of money have not grown especially quickly, on balance, over the past few years.»

So buyers need to be comfortable knowing their houses might not increase in value over the next few years — and also that they could be worth much less.

Increased bank reserves held at the Fed don't necessarily translate into more money or cash in circulation, and, indeed, broad measures of the supply of money have not grown especially quickly, on balance, over the past few years.

Yet fewer than half of employers (47 %) plan to pay holiday bonuses this season, according to the same poll, a slight increase over last year's 45 %.

Critics have worried that the Fed has missed opportunities to normalize policy, but Yellen said «the risk of falling behind the curve in the near future appears limited, and gradual increases in the federal funds rate will likely be sufficient to get to a neutral policy stance over the next few years.»

Over the last few years, the amount of people telecommuting has dramatically increased.

It's still a new industry and while the general awareness has increased dramatically over the last few years, it's not quite a household thing yet.

For all the reasons mentioned above, font sizes have increased over the last few years to the point that many view 14 px as the very minimum font size, and many sites go even bigger with 18 px as a minimum, especially when a lot of reading is involved.

If there are two things marketers and advertising people have heard and talked about ad nauseam over the last few years, it's the importance of social media engagement and the increasing value of live sports on TV.

Just one additional hour of sleep a week increased wages by 1.5 percent over the course of a season and 4.9 percent over the course of a few years.

Those families who have benefited the least from the big increase in stock prices over the last few years have the most to gain, proportionately, from the drop in oil and gas prices.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Over the next few years, though overall P2P spend will remain constant, a shift to mobile payments across the board and increased spending power from the digital - savvy younger generation will cause the mobile P2P industry to skyrocket.

However, Delta claims steep increase in the number of animals on flights over the last few years reflects an abuse of the policy.

InteraXon says the headset brought in $ 3.5 million in revenue during the few months after its release and projects a 63 % increase in annual sales this year over 2015.

According to the Direct Sellers Association of Canada, the number of direct sellers is up 17.8 % over the past few years, while global direct sales have increased 20.8 %.

Drawing interest domestically and abroad, the NBA has seen its popularity and revenue streams rapidly increase over the past few years.

Over the past few years, allegations ranging from verbal harassment to rape have rocked the careers of these men against a backdrop of increasing awareness about harassment.

At the point the growth began to slow, the multiple would contract, meaning that even if its earnings do grow 600 % in the next few years, if it becomes subject to the law of big numbers - that ever increasing amounts eventually forge their own anchor - the result would be a market capitalization substantially similar to today, leading to no increase in the stock price over a long period of time.

Rents can change drastically over the course of just a few years, and there's the ever - looming threat of eviction if a rent increase proves too much for you to afford.

House hacking's popularity has increased over the past few years.

The Senate Special Committee on Aging has had quite a few questions for price - hiking pharmas over the last year; in April, the committee grilled Valeant's then - CEO J. Michael Pearson for at least 9 hours in advance of a public hearing on price increases.

This is because international trade has increased rapidly over the past few decades as the world economy has become more developed and globalized — notwithstanding the flattening of the global trade - to - GDP ratio over the past few years.

«A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2 per cent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records of its March 20 - 21 meeting.

Every tech company has increased political spending over the last few years, and the amount of tech money circulating in D.C. will skyrocket now that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been hauled before Congress to answer questions about the myriad ways in which his company is harming America and the world.

If you are using Google AdWords to generate leads and drive sales, you've probably noticed increasing competition for many of your keywords over the last few years.

Indeed, service exports have made a noticeable contribution to GDP growth over the past few years, with tourism, education and business services exports all increasing.

For turnover in FX derivatives, several things stand out (Graph 4): (i) activity has generally risen over the past decade even when scaled by a measure of cross-border transactions; (ii) developed Asian markets stand out as having a high degree of turnover; (iii) there was a particularly strong increase in turnover in these markets between 2013 and 2016; and (iv) FX derivatives turnover in emerging Asian economies has also increased significantly in the past few years, but remains a small part of the global market.

Over the past few years, wages have increased by 2.5 percent to 3 percent annually; projections for the year to come are for increases of more than 3 percent.

In early September, New York State approved a measure to increase the minimum wage for employees of fast - food chain restaurants in the state to $ 15 an hour over the next few years.

My partners and I have noticed an interesting trend over the past few years: an increase in the number of entrepreneurs who prefer to pitch us without the use of a presentation deck.

The overall supply - and - demand situation in Dallas has been relatively flat over the last few years, but inventory increased a bit during 2017.

In fact, McDonald's will be making aggressive moves to increase food quality over the next few years while improving the in - store ordering experience dramatically.

While these data are only for one month, we have not seen so many increases in default rates in a year or more, and more recent data on both consumer confidence and the economy in general are good reasons to watch these data over the next few months.

Increasing our savings rate from 50 % to 60 % happened gradually over a few years.

We expect prices to remain stable in these locations over the next year, but we do not expect any price increases for at least the next few years.

Each dollar in additional savings is invested to generate passive income which helps to gradually increase the savings rate as well (over the last few years, our active income has been more or less stable).

«A strong appetite for jumbo loans and a highly competitive market has led to increased availability and lower pricing of jumbo loans over the past few years.»

Production of livestock - based products should increase steadily over the next few years, underpinning a gradual expansion in exports of these goods.

The implied increase in overall resources production over the next three years, if realised, would facilitate resource export growth over the next few years at about the same pace as seen in the 1980s and 1990s.

Notably, liquidity, compared to short - term liabilities, has increased over the past few years and is at multiyear highs for households and businesses, suggesting that investors have enough cash on the sidelines to buy when the market dips.

He believes the Fed will continue to lower its long term interest rate outlook, and he does not see big increases in interest rates over the next few years.

Notably, international affiliate fee revenues are expected to increase at a low - double - digit percentage rate over the next few years.

«A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2 percent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records of its March 20 - 21 meeting.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it could leave as many as 13 million fewer insured over the next 10 years, and increase premiums by an average 10 percent over the next decade.

The growth in consumption over the last few years have been driven by the «wealth effect» created by people feeling richer as the value of their property has increased (have a look at my blog post from June 19th last year).

With the increased popularity of digital currencies over the past few years, a «sub-industry» involving projects raising money to create digital currency wallets arose.

Pan American Silver's earnings over the next few years are expected to increase by 20.94 %, indicating a highly optimistic future ahead.