Sentences with phrase «low levels it is at»

«Until they recognize that their policy positions are not in line with voters of this country, and until they start running candidates that are respected by the voters of their district, they run the very real risk of continuing to fall from the already... historically low level they're at.»

I'd certainly like to drive up traffic for my blog, given the low levels it is at.

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Before Yellen addressed the Economic Club of Washington, her counterparts in Ottawa released their latest policy statement, in which Canada's central bank said it was keeping its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 %, a quarter - point shy of the lowest level ever.

Its repetitive quality, like meditation, can lower your heart rate and lower cortisol levels in your blood... And yeah, meditation is cool and all, but having a finished product at the end of it is even cooler, if you ask me.»

The trust fund is paid for with receipts from the federal fuel tax, and with gas prices at low levels, an increase in the tax might be part of a more extended program.

Partners that are experts in a specific area can work at a high level of efficiency, help eliminate redundancy and lower the cost of doing business.

The company's Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress said on a conference call on Thursday that inventory levels for gaming GPUs were at historically low levels due to cryptocurrency miners.

And I think the subject that I would talk about mostly is a level of compassion and empathy that we need to try to recognize that the only way our society and the promise of America and the American dream can continue to exist is to ensure the fact that those people who were at the lower end have the same opportunity that people have with the right ZIP code in America.

«What we found is that those with the lowest vitamin D levels experienced the greatest benefit from supplementation,» Dr. Adrian Martineau, study author and a professor of respiratory infection and immunity at Queen Mary University of London, told NPR.

But when interest rates and inflation are at very low levels like now, this benefit is rather small.

There are some toxins, such as alcohol, that your body can deal with at a low level and that will kill you only at high doses.

The interbank rate has been at its lowest level, near zero percent, for the longest period in the history of the Fed.

The low - interest - rate environment has allowed it to borrow to fund operations at levels that are about half the 10 percent interest rate the company paid for its financing more than a decade ago, says Clark Balderson, the company's chairman and chief financial officer.

While top - down channels are used to communicate vision and strategy in order to get policies and processes aligned with them, bottom - up processes are necessary too, in order for leaders to be aware of the issues faced at the lower levels, as well as to measure the impact of the policies and practices implemented.

So just how are mortgage delinquency rates so incredibly low at a time when household debt levels relative to incomes have never been higher?

Even though the U.S. unemployment rate is at its lowest level since early 2008, America's central bank opted to leave its policy rate unchanged last week.

But low interest rates, at least in Canada, have pushed household debt to such vertiginous levels that officials like Carney know they shouldn't be counting on consumer spending to drive the recovery — ergo, the call for more corporate investment.

Congressional lawmakers are set to approve a tax reform package aimed at slashing the corporate tax rate and lowering the level paid by many Americans.

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is at its lowest level in four years, giving U.S. consumers billions more to spend this holiday season, but that extra money is being offset by higher food costs, which account for a bigger chunk of most consumers» budgets.

«We have been at such low levels.

Or, put differently, in the absence of productivity growth, UK living standards would be an order of magnitude lower today, stuck at late - Victorian levels.»

If your confidence is at a low level, don't keep beating yourself up.

The S&P 500's forward price - to - earnings, or P / E, ratio is a shade under 17 times right now, putting it at its lowest level since 2016 and just 11 % above its long - term average, according to BAML.

With lowering levels of entrepreneurship in the country, chances are that other countries could provide greater competition, often at lower labor rates, creating increased pressure on U.S. entrepreneurs.

The notes from the meeting show that a number of Fed officials feel that interest rates could begin to be raised from their current artificially low levels sooner than the current target of sometime in 2015 should certain economic factors continue to improve at a rapid pace.

Concern inflation was seeping into the economy triggered a decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average that reached 6.3 percent at its lowest level.

«That view is supported by the fact that inventories of nearly completed unsold condo units is actually at quite a high level, it's not low.»

The Pentagon contested that report, saying in March that overarching guidelines about such strikes had not changed, even as US personnel were being embedded at lower levels within Iraqi Security Forces units and appeared to be closer to direct combat.

Western Australia has recorded a 38 per cent reduction in littering from 2008 and is at its lowest level in nine years, according to the 2013 - 14 National Litter Index.

«Valuations are at extremely attractive levels considering bond yields and low inflation expectations.

Given the low unemployment rate, anecdotal evidence from a variety of companies, and alternative measures such as the Atlanta Fed wage tracker showing stronger growth, wage growth may not be back at precrisis levels, but the trend over the past year shows wages are certainly headed in the right direction.

«Even during the Great Depression of the 1930s, policy rates and longer - term rates in the most affected countries (like the U.S.) were never reduced to such low levels,» wrote William White, chairman of the Economic Development and Review Committee at the OECD in Paris, in a recent paper.

By contrast, Intel was selling at around the average market multiple of 25, a level the rout lowered to 22.

«I think Cuban is pretty competitive given his comparatively low level of name recognition at this point,» Tom Jensen, the director of Public Policy Polling, told Business Insider in an email.

The finding is not limited to those at the very top: when she extended her research, published in a recent edition of the Harvard Business Review, to include the careers of 14,000 lower - level executives, she reached similar conclusions.

This vacation deficit is not that surprising, «when you consider that consumer confidence still hovers at relatively low levels coupled with uncertainty about the economy and specifically consumers» own job security,» said Laura Mandala, managing director of Mandala Research, a tourism and travel company.

«When you have these low levels of disease, or no disease at all, it's the best time to get your body to destroy the cancer,» Stanton told CNBC.

The forint eased a shade from late Tuesday levels, but trading at 313.90 was well off Tuesday's 9-1/2 month low of 315.58.

The likelihood of the U.S. entering recession is seen at just 21 percent, its lowest level since September and down nearly 8 points from January, when fears were rampant of a slowdown.

Employees who sat at larger lunch tables were 36 percent more productive throughout the week and had 30 percent lower stress levels than those who sat at smaller tables.

«Gas prices are currently at the lowest levels in more than a decade, thanks to a glut of supplies around the world,» said Julie Hall, AAA spokeswoman.

Still, ETF buyers are willing to take a shot at the market, believing that in addition to the Fed staying dovish with rates the default level will remain low.

At the end of World War II, researchers starved 36 young male volunteers for 24 weeks, giving them a low - fat diet limited to just 1,600 calories a day, which was 600 to 1,500 calories fewer than their body needed (depending on their level of daily activity) to maintain a healthy weight.

A focus from Amazon on educating lower - level employees is not too surprising when considering this salary tidbit: the median worker compensation at Amazon is a little over $ 28,000, according to a Bloomberg report.

From the low - level shysters who peddled dodgy mortgages to the Wall Street investors who packaged them into securities and the investors who bought them, everyone involved in the subprime debacle always seems somewhat put - off when reminded that at root this was a crisis about actual people and their actual homes.

When looking at the data we saw that people with a lower IQ were less likely to be happier because of higher levels of socio - economic disadvantage such as lower income.

Additionally, advisors were embedded at lower echelons of Iraqi security forces at the brigade and battalion level, rather than division — meaning that US forces are increasingly getting closer to direct combat.

Employees - especially those at lower levels of your organization - feel disempowered if they believe their suggestions aren't valued as highly as others» input.

The most common measure used to assess volatility in the U.S. is the VIX index, which has been persistently at low levels for the past year.

The ISM non-manufacturing PMI released earlier this week was at the lowest level since 2009, and almost on recession watch.