Sentences with phrase «last year rose»

On health care, Obama defended the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, enacted in 2010, saying premium increases last year rose «slower than any time in the last 50 years.

Last year rose to nearly 19 per cent.

U.S. stock prices last year rose 27.4 % based on the Nasdaq.

The proportion of UK consumers who used Facebook for video in the last year rose from zero to 29 percent, according to new Oliver & Ohlbaum research *...

Cases closed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in the last year rose by 97 from 990 to 1,087, according to its annual report.

And the fact that global carbon dioxide emissions last year rose by a record amount to almost 31 billion tonnes is neither here nor there.»

And that's just what happened in the airline industry: While demand was up 6.5 percent, the number of available seat - miles operated by the world's airlines last year rose only 5.6 percent over 2014.

In 2015, the total amount Americans spent on their pets last year rose by $ 3.4 billion — thanks to a $ 5.4 billion jump in pet food spending — but pet supplies spending was down $ 2.1 billion.

State Senator John Flanagan and Assemblyman Carl Heastie, who last year rose to lead their respective legislative chambers after their predecessors were popped by the feds for being in bed with developers, have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars ahead of the 2016 budget season, with donations from key real estate interests.

Officials say the number of murders that occurred in Rochester last year rose by 19 percent in comparison to 2015.

The number of people joining the army last year rose by 9.2 per cent, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced.

U.S. stock prices last year rose 27.4 % based on the Nasdaq.

Dollar sales for Kraft's macaroni and cheese last year rose more than 1 percent.

Domestic travel spending last year rose 15.9 percent from 2016, with 344 million domestic tourists spending 423.3 billion yuan ($ 61.5 billion), according to China's National Tourism Administration.

The housing market has been experiencing a «healthy recovery» over the past two years, with home sales last year rising to the highest level since 2006, according to the National Association of REALTORS ®» latest housing report.

Not exact matches

LONDON, April 30 - The 10 - year U.S. Treasury yield's rise above 3 percent last week for the first time in over four years may be cause for concern across wide swathes of financial markets, such as equities and emerging markets.

Wages in the U.S. rose 2.5 percent in 2017 from the year before, according to the latest nonfarm payrolls data released last week.

At last year's annual Morningstar investment conference, Bogle answered a question about passive management's rise being a major risk to the market this way:

Nowhere is the climate fight more important than in China, the world's largest spewer of greenhouse gases, which is in the midst of an unprecedented promotion of electric cars: Last year, sales of electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles in China rose 50 % to 507,000, more than three times the U.S. figure.

Rising inventories are partly due to soaring U.S. production , which jumped by a quarter in the last two years to 10.6 million bpd.

The average retirement age has risen steadily for the last 20 years.

«Global levels of debt across all sectors rose by $ 21 trillion last year accounting for more than 80 % of the total $ 25 trillion increase since 2012.»

«Last year, we saw a 28 percent rise in sales volumes for our small business merchants versus the same day in 2009,» said Mary Ann Fitzmaurice Reilly, senior vice president, American Express OPEN.

The $ 665 billion deficit for fiscal year 2017 will rise to about $ 800 billion this year and jump to $ 1.1 trillion in 2019, a result of the last year's tax deal and an early 2018 spending...

According to the Institute of International Finance (IIF), global debt levels rose by a further $ 21 trillion last year (US dollars), leaving total outstanding debt at $ US237 trillion, the highest level on record.

U.S. health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related costs.

The U.S. government's fiscal deficit for 2017 was $ 665 billion and that is expected to rise to about $ 800 billion next year, jumping to $ 1.1 trillion in 2019, a result of last year's tax...

In the last few years I've traveled to lots of countries that understand that the rise of entrepreneurship will be an economic engine for the 21st century.

Rising inflation expectations over the last 20 years meant buy cyclicals, not defensives.

New vehicle sales are on the rise, with new data showing 4.8 per cent more cars were sold in the six months to June 30 than the same six month period last year.

Small business loans at Wells Fargo rose 18 percent last year, says Lisa Stevens, head of small business banking for the San Francisco - based bank.

CASE: The fund came out of our work around Rise of the Rest over the last four years where we've visited 33 cities, completed six different tours, and met a lot of entrepreneurs and regional investors.

WellCare's net income rose more than $ 100 million in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the same time period last year thanks to stellar growth in its Medicare business and much lower - than - expected medical costs for its Medicaid plan holders relative to their premiums.

Last year, the Mexican chain boosted revenues by 26.7 % while profits rose by 52.3 %.

While Bitcoin surged last year along with other cryptocurrencies, much of that more than 20-fold rise was driven by men.

This means we have a billion dollars of investment in our downtown and we have the highest rising home prices in the mid-South last year.

The crown prince, likewise, added that last year's Saudi pledge of $ 200 billion in investments will rise to approximately $ 400 billion and that a 10 - year window to implement the deal was already under way.

The common currency rose to a two - and - half year high against the dollar on doubts over the U.S. currency but also after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi gave two speeches last week with no indications about the bank's next steps for monetary policy.

In all, the pay of the CEOs of the nation's six largest banks — which also includes Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley (ms), and Wells Fargo (wfc)-- rose to $ 123 million last year, with an average of $ 20.5 million for each exec.

BP has defended its stance on boardroom pay, despite the rising ire among investors, who have seen the value of their shares drop by 24 % in the last year.

In the last year, there were three key markets where prices did not rise: London, Milan, and Singapore.

Gross margins for the first quarter are expected to rise to around 23 - 24 percent from 21 percent for last year as a whole and possibly reach 23 - 25 percent in 2018 overall.

And Dimon's pay rose last year, up a hefty 35 % to $ 27 million, despite the fact that the company's shares were up only 6 %.

One fee that has become crucial to YVR's ambitions and a lightning rod for consumer discontent is the Airport Improvement Fee (AIF), which rose from $ 15 to $ 20 last year for passengers travelling outside of B.C. Whereas U.S. airports rely heavily on funding from government for infrastructure, Canadian airports are forced to borrow or raise fees, explains YVR senior vice-president Tony Gugliotta.

Last year the sales numbers came in strong for the fourth quarter, but there was only one problem: as revenues rose, profits plummeted.

Operating income rose almost a quarter to 3.99 billion euros after a 157 million euro Opel loss in the last five months of the year, following the consolidation of the former General Motors business.

AMZN shares have risen by nearly 39 percent over the last year while TSLA has climbed by about 43 percent and XOM has dropped more than 9 percent.

The consumer price index (CPI), released on Friday, showed the cost of living in America rising only 1.6 percent compared to the same month last year, significantly down from the most recent high of 2.8 percent in February and below the Fed's target of 2 percent.

In other corporate earning reports, the Swiss health care firm Roche announced a 5 percent rise in its core operating profit for last year.

Wall Street CEOs saw their pay rise an average of just under 10 % last year.