Sentences with phrase «level in decades»

The national unemployment rate climbed to 10.1 % in October, and though it has since receded to 9.7 %, it remains at the highest level in decades.

With political polarization at its highest level in decades in the US, an important question is how to close the...

Despite falling Midwest exports, overall U.S. coal exports have been resurgent, reaching nearly 71 million tons in the first eight months of 2011 — the highest level in decades — driven by high global demand and significant weather disruptions of Australian coal exports.

When the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation announced earlier this week that mortgage delinquency rates had fallen to the lowest level in decades during the fourth quarter, there was a rash of stories patting Canadians on the back for their financial prudence.

Indeed, the delinquency rate on mortgages in the U.S. reached its lowest level in decades in 2005, precisely when the U.S. housing bubble was at its frothiest and money was easy to borrow.

«Taxpayers are saving millions due to employee reductions which have brought the town's workforce to the lowest level in decades,» Saladino said in the statement, and added that in Saladino's administration, «it is a priority to create gender equality in the Town of Oyster Bay.»

(To say nothing of the fact that most drugs come in smuggled along legitimate shipping and border crossings are at their lowest level in decades.)

The degree of uncertainty for businesses today probably is at the highest level in decades.

In fact, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) traded at its lowest level in decades for much of the year.1 Known as the fear gauge, the VIX reflects the market's short - term outlook for stock price volatility.

We are on pace to have fewer than 300 murders in 2017, the lowest level in decades.

When the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation announced earlier this week that mortgage delinquency rates had fallen to the lowest level in decades during the fourth quarter, there was a rash of stories patting Canadians on the back for their financial prudence.

Rental demand continued at a very robust level, with first quarter utilization at the highest level in a decade.

Sales of vacation homes slumped nearly 22 percent in 2016 to the lowest level in three years, even as overall home sales hit their highest level in a decade, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

In 2010, it audited 1.1 percent of individual returns; in 2015, it audited only 0.8 percent, the lowest level in a decade.

The value of shares in HP plummeted to its lowest level in a decade.

The U.S. job market saw a strong rebound in April, driving the unemployment rate to the lowest level in a decade.

The unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 percent, the lowest level in a decade, but it could be an artificial low.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is almost certain to hike interest rates Wednesday to the highest level in a decade: 1.5 to 1.75 percent.

The December quarter's pre-tax profits rose 11 % on the year to the highest level in a decade.

Soon after the results were released, the company's stock price plunged to its lowest level in a decade and a number of small shareholders called for the resignation of Karl - Johan Persson, chief executive and grandson of the company's founder.

Consumer confidence is close to its highest level in a decade and consumer spending is likely to continue to be supported by rising employment and real wages.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the sixth time since late 2015, and bringing them to the highest level in a decade.

Inflation has shown little sign of picking up, despite unemployment being at its lowest level in a decade.

There is more to be done, but under the careful eye of Theresa May, immigration has now fallen to its lowest levels in a decade with net migration from outside the European Union at its lowest level for 14 years.

Evictions in New York City dropped last year to their lowest level in a decade, as the de Blasio administration bolstered efforts to prevent more New Yorkers from becoming homeless.

Pension costs spiked to their highest levels in decades in 2014, growing to 20.9 percent of payroll costs for the common retirement fund and 28.9 percent for police and fire pensions.

The amount of pupils taking GCSE arts subjects has declined to the lowest level in a decade, The Telegraph has reported.

As public fears about terrorism hit their highest levels in a decade and anti-Islamic sentiment surges, schools should take extra steps to ensure that Muslim, immigrant, and refugee students feel safe and free from discrimination, the U.S. Department of Education said last week.

With gas prices at the second - lowest level in a decade this year, each American driver spent an average of $ 550 less on gas in 2015 versus last year.

It leads other states in new vehicle sales, according to IHS Automotive, and sales there are expected to hit their highest level in a decade this year.

Gasoline prices reached some of the lowest levels in decades this winter.

May 17, 2018 - Refinance Applications Drop Amid General Decline in Mortgage Applications A report released by the Mortgage Bankers Association yesterday shows that US mortgage applications to refinance existing home loans dropped to their lowest level in a decade.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the sixth time since late 2015, and bringing them to the highest level in a decade.

Globally, investment bankers have had a lot more time on their hands and deal flow has slowed to its lowest levels in a decade (see data on Global IPO proceeds below, courtesy of Renaissance Capital).

Bonds are at their highest levels in decades.

Inundated with dire warnings of another decade of very poor returns based on these mindless number crunching exercises, many investors are fleeing equities in favor of other, perhaps even uncharacteristically more risky, investments like long - term bonds when interest rates are at their lowest levels in decades.

In late October, the «spread» in interest rates between high - yield bonds and Treasury bonds neared the lowest level in a decade, meaning that investors were getting less of a premium for assuming higher risk.2 A November survey found that 60 % of high - yield investors believed the bonds were overvalued.3

Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, noted that the growth in spending is being funded by a fall in the saving rate, which is set to drop to 2.9 percent — its lowest level in a decade — in the fourth quarter of 2017.

«There is compelling evidence that the study of creative subjects is in decline in state schools and that entries to arts and creative subjects have fallen to their lowest level in a decade,» the letter reads.

Simon Wallis, Director of The Hepworth Wakefield, said: «In September 2017, it was announced that the number of pupils taking arts subjects at GCSE had fallen to the lowest level in a decade.

«They will reach those levels in a decade, but only a handful,» said Valeria Napoleone, a collector in London who owns about 290 artworks by women.

The letter says there is compelling evidence that the study of creative subjects is in decline in state schools and that entries to arts subjects have fallen to their lowest level in a decade.

«They will reach those levels in a decade, but only a handful,» says Valeria Napoleone, a collector in London who owns about 290 pieces by women.

This level is comparable to the level in the decade preceding the 1880 wet spike, and considerably greater than the values estimated for the earlier half of the 19th century.

Rising production, record end - of - winter storage inventories, and mild weather contributed to spot natural gas prices nearing their lowest levels in a decade until prices rebounded at most trading points to the high $ 2 / MMBtu range by the end of June.

Europe's once world - beating clean technology industry has fallen into a rapid decline, with investment in low - carbon energy last year plummeting to its lowest level in a decade.

«Production of both crude oil and natural gas liquids last month remained at the highest levels in decades even as rig counts reached a five - year low,» John Felmy, chief economist at the API in Washington, said in an e-mailed statement.

Open claim files are at the highest level in a decade, requiring significant attention to our staffing needs in the claims handling operation.

Despite the lowest annual fine levels in a decade from the US, total global fines for 2016 totaled $ 6.68 billion, compared to $ 5.2 billion in 2015.

Despite the lowest annual fine levels in a decade from the US, total global fines for 2016