Sentences with phrase «lower than a year»

Brito brought to Anheuser - Busch the concept of «zero - based budgeting,» wherein every expense must be newly justified every year, not just new ones, and the goal is to bring it lower than the year prior.

That means earnings per share is 4 % higher and P / E is 4 % lower than a year ago for those companies.

These incidents took place as the market continues to soften, with February MLS sales running at only two - thirds normal seasonal levels and prices about 6 % lower than a year ago.

The proportion of adults who are either working or looking for work fell last month to 62.7 percent, slightly lower than a year ago.

That's 13 points lower than a year earlier.

In economic data, total mortgage application volume fell 0.2 percent for the week and was 0.8 percent lower than a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted survey.On Tuesday, U.S. markets finished in the red, with the Dow closing down more than 400 points, while on Wednesday, markets in Europe and Asia were both trading deep in the red.

Applications to refinance a home loan fell 0.3 percent last week and were 16 percent lower than a year ago.

North American brand pricing is lower than a year ago at slightly lower occupancies.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. shares sank in early trading as the utility reported Thursday that its first - quarter profits were lower than a year...

Fleetwide occupancies at the present time are lower than a year ago, with pricing at the present time slightly lower versus last year.

They were 11 percent lower than a year ago, when rates were lower.

People get accustomed to next year's price being even lower than this year's, the situation will only worsen.

The supply of homes for sale at the end of July came in at 2.11 million, 9 percent lower than a year ago.

More sellers listed their homes in April, but the number of listings was still 9 percent lower than a year ago.

We upgraded our view on U.S. consumer discretionary stocks last fall and still believe that households are in a better position than they were just a few years ago: Consumer debt is down while household wealth is up, gasoline prices are much lower than a year ago and the U.S. is creating jobs at the fastest pace since the 1990s.

Organic Net Sales were 0.8 percent lower than the year - ago period.

Private nonresidential construction spending was 2.5 % lower than a year ago, driven by the declines in spending on power and manufacturing.

The available data suggest nationwide average prices remained lower than a year earlier, driven by weakness in Sydney and Melbourne (Graph 25 and Table 7).

Home values in Vancouver, Canada, are set to rise by just 2 % in 2017, 11 % lower than this year, as the foreign buyer tax and mortgage tightening measures take hold.

In the June quarter, the unemployment rate in the capital cities was 6.1 per cent, almost a percentage point lower than a year earlier.

Resource exports to most destinations increased in the quarter, but somewhat surprisingly given the rebound in their economies, exports to the initial crisis - affected economies fell and remain 5 per cent lower than a year ago.

Consumer prices continue to fall, and are 0.7 per cent lower than a year ago.

Following sharp falls in mid 2003, the value of resource exports fell further in the March quarter by around 2 per cent, to be about 14 per cent lower than a year ago.

Passenger motor vehicle registrations fell by 13 per cent in the June quarter and were 17 per cent lower than a year earlier.

Its non-performing loan ratio is only 0.23 %, which is 10 basis points lower than a year prior.

Service exports were around 7 per cent lower than a year earlier.

The value of resource exports also fell in the June quarter, to be around 9 per cent lower than a year ago.

In aggregate, commodity prices in the three months to July were 4.5 per cent lower than a year ago (Graph 41).

Growth of investment in buildings and structures is expected to accelerate further, while expected investment in plant and equipment is lower than a year ago.

The outstanding stock of non-performing loans remains high and bank lending continues to fall and is currently around 5 per cent lower than a year ago.

In the December quarter, earnings increased by 1/2 per cent, although they remain around 11 per cent lower than a year earlier.

Interest rates on home loans are now significantly lower than a year ago, and that may be bringing more homeowners back to their lenders to refinance.

Abstracting from food and petrol prices, tradables prices were only slightly lower than a year ago, confirming that the dampening effect of the large exchange rate appreciation in 2002 and 2003 has now largely passed (Graph 56).

to sell season tickets and other sales, but at the end like this year, they spend 10M on Che, and sold quite few players, released some and Loaned out a bunch, brought the salary and wages down even lower than the year before, yet they lie like a dog that they are still in the market until the last day.

My milk supply seems to be lower than a year ago but consistent.

Still, 2016 is significant lower than all years before the recession, while by now the economy is supposed to have recovered.

Local governments statewide face a tax cap of less than 1 % next year, slightly lower than this year's limit on property - tax increases, New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Monday

«Should sales tax collections not rebound as forecast, annual growth would be lower than any year since the recession,» DiNapoli said in a report.

The increase was lower than the years before the global downturn, when the pension fund routinely increased by double digits from year to year.

The General Fund ended June with a balance of $ 3 billion, which was nearly $ 4.2 billion lower than a year earlier but $ 548.3 million higher than the latest projection.

Despite displaying slightly higher numbers, mortgage rates are still lower than a year ago.

Home prices in the third quarter were 3.2 percent lower than a year ago according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

While the trading volumes have increased, the firm's revenues have remained more or less consistent with EZTrader reporting $ 7.0 million for the quarter, a number that is lower than a year ago, when the binary options brokerage announced revenues totaling $ 7.1 million.

The apartment building investment loan rate we track ended the year 12 basis points (bp) lower than year - end 2016 at 4.76 % (see below for details on this loan rate).

Deflation is when the rate of inflation goes negative, meaning overall prices are lower than a year ago.

My payroll deductions will be used to purchase my company's stock at a 15 % discount off the $ 40 share price (because it is lower than the year's closing price).

For example, last year, retail sales during Black Friday weekend were significantly below expectations and, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), more than 10 percent lower than the year before.

Auctions of Impressionist and modern art at both Sotheby's and Christie's last week were also significantly lower than a year ago.

SAT scores for freshmen are lower than years past, while acceptance rates to the exclusive school have nearly doubled, according to the committee.

1980 is 0,2 K lower than year 2008, and if you go longer than the average cuve temperatures temperatures goes down again.