Sentences with phrase «levels than in the past»

Now that we have determined that underdogs have been performing at a higher level than in the past, we wondered if it would be wise to take these teams on the moneyline.

We want to take it to a higher level than in the past.»

It's funny (or maybe not so funny) how we can see a similar trend in humans, with reducing sperm counts in men, lower testosterone levels than in past generations, rising rates of infertility, and more females being born than males.

Policy acquisition costs related to policies written and renewed after December 31, 2011 are being deferred at lower levels than in the past.

Users will be able to perform anonymous transactions at higher levels than in the past.

A big part of serving members, McMillan says, is engaging with consumers at a much deeper level than in the past.

Not exact matches

I want to get past the usual surface level answers and dig in a few layers deeper than anybody has ever gotten with them in a job interview.

South Korea's new management - minded approach is a dramatic turnaround from its energetic regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges this past year, alarmed at a heated market that saw local prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies in South Korea trade for higher than international levels.

After acquiring more than 65 tech firms in the past five years, the mercurial CEO announced in September that he would be «buying chip companies,» suggesting that Oracle is positioning itself for what Bill Tatham, head of Toronto - based enterprise software firm NexJ Systems, describes as «another level of world domination.»

For instance, agriculture has produced record levels for the past few years and yet inventories are the lowest in 40 years because consumption keeps going higher and higher, faster than production does.

Background checks for those applying for positions at the C - level are much more thorough than in the past, said Leblanc.

There are a lot of serious issues in the United States, and the inclination to try to stay serious and talk about guns, trade, Medicaid, or drug overdoses rather than reports of the president's alleged past affairs with porn actresses and Playboy playmates is understandable and, on some level, laudable.

I don't know exactly what's going to happen, but simple math based on the current level of interest rates leads me to believe that these risk premiums will be much wider in the future over longer time frames than they've been in the recent past.

In a low - inflation environment, nominal interest rates are also low, and households are able to service much higher levels of debt than they could in the pasIn a low - inflation environment, nominal interest rates are also low, and households are able to service much higher levels of debt than they could in the pasin the past.

Today, the pool of savings necessary to generate a given level of income needs to be higher than in the past, a situation compounded by the decline in defined benefit pension plans.

It's not just that future returns will be lower from current interest rate levels than they've been in the past; it's that volatility in bonds will be much higher from -LSB-...]

Future commodity price levels might certainly be different, on average, in the future than they were in the past, but we should not jump to the conclusion that the long - term boom - bust dynamics of commodities have vanished as a result.

Credit is growing more slowly than it has in the past but not because the financial system has become more efficient but simply because debt levels have become too high, causing regulators to force down the growth in credit without seriously improving the efficiency of the financial sector.

Also, it's worth noting that even under this more than doubling of rates from their current levels, these losses are a fraction of the 50 % declines that investors have experienced in stocks over the past two decades.

Our actual expectation is that the completion of the current market cycle is likely to wipe out the entire total return of the S&P 500 — in excess of Treasury bill returns — all the way back to roughly October 1997; an outcome that would require a market retreat no larger than it experienced in the past two cycles, and that would not even carry historically reliable valuation measures to materially undervalued levels (see When You Look Back On This Moment In Historyin excess of Treasury bill returns — all the way back to roughly October 1997; an outcome that would require a market retreat no larger than it experienced in the past two cycles, and that would not even carry historically reliable valuation measures to materially undervalued levels (see When You Look Back On This Moment In Historyin the past two cycles, and that would not even carry historically reliable valuation measures to materially undervalued levels (see When You Look Back On This Moment In HistoryIn History).

Profit margins did achieve higher levels in the past cycle than I would expect on a sustained long - term basis, but that observation is already factored into our analysis of valuation.

The recent decline in the dollar is coming off those lofty levels; the U.S. Dollar Index is still trading more than 10 % above where it was when the post-QE3 run began in 2014, and more than 25 % above the low of the past decade (set in 2008).

In particular, indicators of business confidence remain above long - run levels, overall profitability remains strong, and business investment is expected to continue to grow, albeit more slowly than in the past two yearIn particular, indicators of business confidence remain above long - run levels, overall profitability remains strong, and business investment is expected to continue to grow, albeit more slowly than in the past two yearin the past two years.

Over the past year, the VIX usually has been in contango and the forward expectations of VIX levels usually have been higher than the levels of the VIX Index.

Level targeting corrects for the bygones problem in growth rate targeting, making up for past mistakes rather than embedding those errors in current policy.

While this represents a 37 percent increase over 2016, it was the second - lowest investment level in the past 10 years, and is 15 percent lower than the past 5 - year average investment of $ 109.8 billion.

Last month, they came in at 221,000, 208,000 and 245,000, respectively, all stronger than the 200,000 average level of jobs growth that has been typical of past periods of economic expansion.

Research on these pastures also shows that the management practices developed over the past 80 years has resulted in higher levels of biodiversity and soil quality than in comparable privately - owned lands - factors that may become increasingly important with the advent of climate change.

The more general forces that have influenced the exchange rate over the past year or so have been the relative strength of the Australian economy, the associated yield differential in favour of Australian dollar assets, and the continued improvement in Australia's terms of trade, which are now at their highest level in more than 25 years.

In the July employment report, released earlier this month, the 3 - month, 6 - month, and 12 - month moving average payroll gains all came in considerably stronger than the 200,000 average level of jobs growth that has been typical of past periods of economic expansion, according to Bloomberg datIn the July employment report, released earlier this month, the 3 - month, 6 - month, and 12 - month moving average payroll gains all came in considerably stronger than the 200,000 average level of jobs growth that has been typical of past periods of economic expansion, according to Bloomberg datin considerably stronger than the 200,000 average level of jobs growth that has been typical of past periods of economic expansion, according to Bloomberg data.

The 15 top out - performers among actively - managed mutual funds in China over the past three years a beat benchmarks by an average 15 percentage points, more than double the level in the U.S., according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

We now have examples from seven or eight African countries where the proportion of men and women reporting more than one sexual partner in the past year has declined significantly, and this is followed by a general decline in HIV prevalence at the national level.

The whole point of these lessons we're supposed to learn is the idea that one day we become fathers, that we will grow up and have the same knowledge and experience of our fathers, sometimes more than but in terms of our relationship with god, we're supposed to accept that we're eternally children, that as much as we learn, grow and generally build upon past knowledge, we'll never attain the level of understanding or power that god has, this being is on a completely different level.

I have learned in the past few years that meaning can function on more than one level.

There is also some talk that perhaps the increase in membership has leveled off, and that this may be one of the factors in Ralph Reed's decision to jump ship or leave the organization this past week, thinking that maybe it is time to leave the organization rather than preside over it in its plateau or perhaps its decline.

At the level of creativity - characterization, the new entity is related to God in a way no different in principle than its relation to finite entities in its past.

Exciting new frontiers of inquiry and of challenge lie at a new and higher level than in the immediate past.

The report found, among other things, that 43 of the lower 48 U.S. states have set at least one monthly heat record since 2010, sea levels are expected to rise between one and four feet by the end of this century, winter storms have increased in intensity and frequency, and the past decade was warmer than every previous decade in every part of the country.

Having seen more than 100 % growth in the past year, we are searching for a dynamic & driven sales hire to propel us to the next level.

This is an accusation that has been levelled at the Dutch winger in the past, with the former Chelsea regularly opting to cut inside and shoot rather than pass to a teammate or send in a cross for a centre - forward to meet.

In the past when wages were a lot lower than the ridicules levels they are now the player kept the gate receipts and other sponsorship monies as a reward for his long loyal service to the club.

I appreciate he took us to another level and football in general, but he can't eat off his past success forever and we deserve better than what we have been getting

I'd rather our team than a Man U who have spent loads and expect miracles, or a City who have bought loads in the recent past but are now faltering, or a Spurs who can not seem to find that high level they think they deserve, or a Chelsea who everyone expects to win the title... no pressure for them eh?

I am so grateful that we are helping children and teachers communicate and connect on a much deeper level than they had in the past.

We are seeing more cases in terms of higher stress levels and in terms of anxiety, depression, and other diagnosed disorders than we have seen in the past.

He added that the benefits of record levels of economic development experienced over the past decade have gone to the wealthy, and inequality is higher than it has ever been in Ghana.

This year, Mark - Viverito has said she will divide member items based on a formula that accounts for the income levels of each council district, rather than hand them out arbitrarily as was the practice in past years.

If Mermel stays in, too, then there could be a three - way fight for the No. 2 slot, which has been raised to a higher level of scrutiny and importance than in years past due to the Eliot Spitzer - David Paterson hand - off.

Police activity in New York City remained at a lower level last week than during the same period in past years, but continued its rise since enforcement came to a near standstill, the result of a citywide slowdown tied to the killings of two officers in December.

And those who have led this country at any level in the past have greater responsibilities to ensure the country works, rather than singing songs of disunity and war.»