Sentences with phrase «interest against a backdrop»

The findings are of great interest against a backdrop of increasing knowledge on coffee as a possible protective agent in other liver diseases.

Here, toning greens are used to add depth and interest against a backdrop of soft grey, while red provides an accent.

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Overall, Treasury yields, which influence the interest rates that borrowers pay on mortgages and other loans, have been «remarkably stable» given the Fed could raise rates against the backdrop of ongoing turmoil in global markets, said Kathy Jones, chief fixed income strategist at Schwab.

Against this backdrop of increasing demand, with severe cost constraints in an inefficient sector with strong vested interests in a politically charged atmosphere, there will be plenty of winners and losers in healthcare - related stocks.

Against this global backdrop, demand for higher yields is strong which will keep US interest rates from rising too fast.

Against this backdrop, Governing Council decided to leave our key policy interest rate unchanged, as we judged that the balance of risks at present are still within the zone for which the current policy setting remains appropriate.

Let's take a look at some of the key fundamentals that have kept gold prices on a tight leash during the last few years against the backdrop of a sharp correction in the equities markets, rising inflation, geopolitical unrest and the likely end of an era of low interest rates.

Against this backdrop, the Federal Reserve has continued the process of normalising interest rates, lifting the federal funds rate by 25 basis points at each of its last six meetings, to 2.5 per cent in February.

Against the backdrop of a tightening labor market and perking inflation, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates later on Wednesday.

These conversations occurred against a backdrop of daily #MeToo stories and allegations of sexual harassment against executives in numerous industries, making for a lot of interesting conversations that we plan to publish more of over the next several weeks.

-- Financial institutions have actively extended loans at low interest rates, particularly to «middle - risk firms» against the backdrop of the effects of intensified lending competition under chronic stress and monetary easing.

«While Pensions overall continued to have solid returns against a backdrop of challenging macroeconomic factors, the decline in long - term interest rates has likely increased plan liabilities,» said Scott MacDonald, managing director, Pensions, RBC Investor & Treasury Services.

«While linked to contractual arrangements, the ACCC is interested in the timing and notice of the cuts, the period in which farmers have been given to consider their options and all of this against the backdrop of supply arrangements that place a lot of risk on farmers.»

Among the interesting topics covered in Pathways are: the changing role of the patient in the total health equation and the ways in which decentralized information is affecting their expectations and demands; the dearth of pipeline products among international pharmaceutical companies against a backdrop of increased research and development spending; the dynamics of emerging markets and their rising demand for therapies in chronic disease; the value of drugs and biotechnology solutions within the context of global economic realities.

Against this backdrop, Ball provides an interesting twist on Werner Heisenberg's failure to realise a Nazi atomic bomb.

Others include taking a prop or setting the picture against a backdrop that reflects your hobbies or interests.

I would, however, recommend Passion Play to anyone that's interested in seeing Megan Fox struggle, Bill Murray do someone a favor, or Mickey Rourke being... burly and rumpled — all against a bizarre, sometimes - confusing backdrop of weird, dreamy imagery.

While I love his big budget Hollywood movies, I also love his smaller films, where he can explore interesting characters against the backdrop of something unusual.

«Working on Watch Dogs was enormously interesting to me because its world offers the convergence of cyberpunk and the edgy tech reality of our times; it all plays out with action and energy against the inner city backdrop that I thrive in» said John Shirley.

We expect interest rates to gradually rise against a backdrop of sustained economic expansion, and high - yielding dividend stocks typically suffer more when rates rise than dividend growers, our analysis shows.

It is against this backdrop that the activities of a few brokerages this past week offered an interesting cross section of where online brokerage generated content happens to be and which online brokerages are creating their own content for DIY investors.

Against a backdrop of delinquencies and double - digit unemployment, banks raised interest rates on new credit card offers to 12.99 percent, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.

Large groupers getting cleaned against a backdrop of pillar coral make especially interesting subjects for wide - angle photography.

Against this backdrop, having left Japan and moved to Germany where she continued developing her practice, Kashihara acquired an interest in the «distance» between the internal and the external.

Organized by Rhizome's Artistic Director, Michael Connor, Brushes convenes artists Laura Brothers and Andrej Ujhazy, art historian Alex Bacon, and others to explore digital painting as a practice for screen - based display and online circulation, against the backdrop of a current surge of interest in digital painting for the gallery.

The exhibition at CCS Bard includes more than forty works, and establishes Collier's interest in photographing images that are propagated in popular culture — record - album sleeves, magazines, coffee - table books, Hollywood film stills, and pictorial calendars — set against neutral studio backdrops.

I'm interested in negotiations and then negotiations are things that have to happen in the moment, in real - time with real people, you know against the backdrop of real events and so it's the way in which you meditate on a thing is, to me it should always be informed by the moment in which you live, and the history that got us here.

Against the backdrop of Pumhösl's interest in early Latin - American woven patterns and their reception by modernist artists, for instance, a discursive field opens up combining extra-European influences, the importance of design, and seriality in art.

It will be interesting to see if this continues through the bonus season against a backdrop of more uncertainty regarding Brexit, European elections and maybe a UK general election.

Although three months of 2014 remain, it is interesting to see the timing of 2014's drop against the backdrop of the Supreme Court's consideration of Alice v. CLS Bank, which was decided in June (Figure 4).

Against this backdrop, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's comments about Trump's presidential campaign present an interesting case study.

In its recent commentary, our central bank acknowledged that aggressive interest - rate hikes could stifle our momentum, especially against today's backdrop of global economic uncertainty.

A piece of modern art, set against a white backdrop, creates an element of interest.