Sentences with phrase «last year the rate»

«What better way to enjoy and learn about wine than on a cruise with Holland America Line,» said Suckling, who last year rated more than 17,000 wines with his team around the world.

Even in the face of the so - called «reform» of the health care system in America, 52 million people have no health insurance coverage, and last year rates increased 8 - 9 percent.

Mexico's Ancient Civilizations last year rated ten out of ten with our tour director.

Last year the rate was # 1 = $ 2.002.

Analysis by Legal Week of early figures shows that with markets picking up last year the rate of both revenue and turnover growth in 2014 outpaced performance in 2013.

Not exact matches

According to the same report, over last 10 years, the cities with the fastest growing rates of wealth were San Francisco, Beijing, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Sydney.

More importantly for consumers, DBS revealed that the average amount sent in digital red packets in Singapore last year was S$ 26 (about $ 19.60)-- several times higher than the going rates of physical red packets, which is between S$ 6 ($ 4.50) and S$ 10 ($ 7.60).

That has prompted investors to take another look at the widening interest rate differential trends between the United States and Europe which hit the highest in nearly 30 years at 236 basis points last week, and protracted weakness in the greenback.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster but still anemic rate at the end of last year.

The energy industry disputes this assumption, as methane rates have consistently declined over the last 20 years and shows no change.

Although last year was favorable for developing countries, investors remember the painful «taper tantrum» that ensued several years ago, when the Fed signaled it would begin pulling back on its massive bond purchases that kept rates low while injecting liquidity in markets.

But last year, Malaysia sank to its worst - ever rating in the influential Corruption Perceptions Index compiled by Transparency International.

In beverages, for example, Coca - Cola Co. paid a 19.5 percent tax rate last year, while levies for Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. hit 33.8 percent.

Analysts saw some weakness in the results, pointing to a decline in the profit margins on the wireless side, and Shammo's comment that the rate of device upgrades would be roughly the same as last year.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, at the end of the first quarter of 2015, real hourly compensation was up 1.8 % over the previous year and jumped at an annualized rate of 5.5 % compared to the last quarter of 2014.

«I can at most venture a personal judgment, based on some examination of the historical evidence, that the initial effects [on employment] of a higher and unanticipated rate of inflation last for something like two to five years; that this initial effect then begins to be reversed; and that a full adjustment to the new rate of inflation takes about as long for employment as for interest rates, say, a couple of decades.»

Tesla took a positive outlook for 2018, saying that «the planned ramp of both Model 3 and our energy storage products, our rate of revenue growth this year is poised to significantly exceed last year's growth rate.»

The longer term declining trend in shipping rates for the last 3 years remains.

If cutting rates by 500 bps over the last few years didn't spark a recovery then why would cutting from 25 bps?

The Wall Street Journal reports that OPEC members averaged a 95 % compliance rate last year, with production from the group dropping 39.6 to 39.2 million barrels a day.

HR director Monika Fahlbusch boasts that Salesforce hired merely 4.5 percent of its more than 100,000 applicants last year — a lower acceptance rate than Harvard's.

Obamacare enrollment was off to a red - hot start when the sign up period began on November 1, far outpacing the rate of last year's enrollments.

Even before Wednesday's decision, five of the country's largest banks hiked five - year fixed rates 15 basis points to 5.14 per cent last week.

As for «peak earnings,» Michael Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist and CIO of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, said in a note to clients on Sunday that» [W] e think the market is digesting the fact that the tax cut last year has created a lower quality increase in US earnings growth that almost guarantees a peak rate of change by 3Q.»

According to the federal forecast, national pasture and rangeland conditions are at record lows, and 39 % of the U.S. winter wheat crop was rated poor or very poor, up from 25 % last year.

Investors are getting more comfortable with the idea of four interest rate hikes this year, though it may not last long.

The Bank of Canada said nothing in public about the possible merits of deficit spending as it twice cut its benchmark interest rate last year to offset the collapse of oil prices.

Last year, Poloz was guided by the numbers in front of him, not theoretical concerns about the potential damage of lower interest rates.

They were the first to see that the plunge in crude prices last year heralded serious trouble — hence the January interest - rate cut.

In a pilot program with Mohawk College in Hamilton last year, Game - Based Learning boosted course completion rates by 25 %.

One of my constant points on this blog for the last several years has been that households» refinancing of their mortgage debt at lower and lower rates has put more money in their pockets for spending and for paying down debt.

In 2013, I always worked hard to make sure that everything was 100 % perfect, but I know that if I keep growing at a 90 % rate that is 90 % perfect, I will get a lot farther than I did last year.

The Sunday night championship, in which the Philadelphia Eagles toppled the New England Patriots 41 - 33, attracted an overnight rating of 47.4 on NBC, according to preliminary data from the network, down about 3 percent from last year.

Chagger's relationship with the small business community didn't start off well, however: Last year's budget froze the small business tax rate at 10.5 %, breaking a campaign pledge to gradually reduce it to 9 %.

Sure, the world has changed over the last 90 years, but that time period does include periods when interest rates were every bit as low as they are today.

China «s official unemployment rate has been around 4 % for years, despite the rapid slowdown in the economy from double - digit growth to quarter - century lows last year of less than 7 %.

Demographia rated six Canadian markets as «severely» unaffordable, including Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, in a report on housing prices released last year.

The key message conveyed by these numbers is this: Japan's loose monetary policies of the last 15 years could not produce a growth rate strong enough to lift the economy out of deflation.

The IMF predicts the global economy will expand 3.5 % in 2015 — about the same as last year, but dramatically slower than the 5 % rates that preceded the financial crisis.

Instead of shooting skyward after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates last week, yields on the 10 - year Treasury note fell — and have been steadily falling ever since.

With such high rates of engagement, it's no wonder he's moved up 4 spots since last year from # 11 to # 7.

The camera will be able to take 240 frames per second, double the rate of last year's iPhone 5s.

Twenty - three percent of respondents had an «overweight» rating on Japanese equities, the highest level seen in the last two years.

This paper, however, proposes a different approach: Before pressing the overdrive button on money printing presses, Tokyo might wish to take a careful look at why the last 15 years of ultra-loose credit policies failed to move the economy closer to its estimated potential growth rate of 1.5 percent.

In its spring forecast, the European Commission said it expects economic growth across the 28 - country EU to dip to 2.3 percent this year, from last year's decade - high rate of 2.4 percent.

He said that IEX found that the fill rate, or the percentage of trades executed at the quoted price, fell last year on NYSE.

The German bank has struggled over the last few years due to weak earnings, a low - interest rate environment and penalties on past misconduct.

Rosengren did not mention whether he expects a rate hike before year end, yet the message appeared to fall in line with that of Fed Chair Janet Yellen who said last month that the case was «strengthening» to raise rates.

But if Christine Lagarde and the IMF have their way, zero interest rate policy in America will last at least into year eight.

(The unemployment rate was 6.2 % in July, which is down from 7.3 % during the same month last year.)