Sentences with phrase «lower than in recent years»

This proportion is slightly lower than in recent years.

Claims made by sceptics that the effects of the current ENO as it enters a negative episode, since last year, yielded temperature anomalies much lower than in recent years (in fact, very much average at near zero), have been waved away by alarmists claiming that they are the result of «natural variability».

Not exact matches

(Overall sales of PCs, servers, and storage systems were down year over year in the most recent quarter, and Dell's revenue in 2015, pre-merger, was $ 58.1 billion, 6 % lower than in 2012.)

While more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the average in recent years, the number of fatal accidents compared with the total number of flights was a record low, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

However, the most recent labour force survey from Statistics Canada showed signs of hope: youth unemployment was 13.9 % in March, a 0.8 % decrease from the previous month and 0.5 % lower than the same period last year.

In the recent past, low interest credit cards have become more common than they used to be a few years ago.

That doesn't mean public debt isn't important, although low interest rates have rendered it more manageable than expected in recent years.

Yet on the whole, given their positive experience both with receiving more income than they could get from the fixed - income sector in recent years and the potential for capital appreciation over the long haul, dividend stocks and the ETFs that own them have demonstrated their long - term value to the investors who've gravitated toward them during the low - rate environment of the past decade.

In contrast, export volumes decreased over this period, despite strong global demand, as capacity and infrastructure constraints and supply disruptions restricted growth; such supply - side factors have hampered exports for a number of years, with resource export volumes now lower than during 2000 (see the chapter entitled «Australia's Resource Exports — Recent Trends and Prospects» in this StatementIn contrast, export volumes decreased over this period, despite strong global demand, as capacity and infrastructure constraints and supply disruptions restricted growth; such supply - side factors have hampered exports for a number of years, with resource export volumes now lower than during 2000 (see the chapter entitled «Australia's Resource Exports — Recent Trends and Prospects» in this Statementin this Statement).

The overall strength in demand for credit, combined with the fact that interest rates remain slightly lower than the average of recent years, continues to suggest that the current policy setting is not inhibiting the growth of the economy.

«We've experienced softness in our full line store sales with third quarter results consistent with recent trends but lower than what we anticipated as we started the year,» Blake Nordstrom, the company's president said on a conference call with analysts.

The two indices have tracked each other closely during recent years, with the All Ordinaries rising only slightly faster than the ASX 200 since their lows in March 2003.

However, the various expenditure reduction exercises over recent years, without major cuts to programs and services, have forced departments to operate «closer to the edge», implying that the lapse at the end of the year will be lower than in previous years.

«The bottom line is that potential output growth in Canada and other industrialized economies will be lower than it was in the years leading up to the crisis»...» Our most recent estimate for Canada is that it will average just below 2 per cent over the next two years.

Saddled with more than $ 4 billion in debt and cumulative financial losses of about $ 1.7 billion since 2011, the airline has been increasingly squeezed in recent years by competition from nimbler, low - cost rivals in the region, including AirAsia, founded by the Malaysian billionaire Tony Fernandes.

It's great to bask in the recent news of low rates, but the reality is that the rates we're seeing today are higher than the rates available a year ago.

However, the fact that the average quantity of frack sand used per well has more than doubled in recent years — which has helped lower the breakeven price of U.S. shale oil — should help insulate the industry from the worst of the oil crash.

Recent analysis of the widely followed voucher experiment in Milwaukee shows that low - income minority students who attended private schools scored substantially better in reading and math after four years than those who remained in public schools.

I looked up the COLA for the past decade and found that on average the reimbursement rate for free has gone up 7 cents a year since the 2000 - 01 school year; in recent years it was higher than average (up 11 cents from 08 - 09 to 09 - 10, up 10 cents the year before that) but it was lower in other years (up 5 cents each year from 01 - 02 to 04 - 05).

Indeed, at 24 per cent in 2012, it is considerably lower even than the ETR observed for the fifth North Sea hydrocarbons producer, the German Federal Land of Schleswig - Holstein, whose government has been increasing the statutory royalty rate in line with rising oil prices in recent years — from 12.5 per cent in 2003 to 21 per cent as of the time of writing — with the result that the ETR in the German sector of the North Sea in 2012 came to 33 per cent.

Take the recent article from the department of health announcing, «MRSA in the NHS is at a record low — 25 acute trusts are MRSA free for more than a year».

Cronin is facing Republican incumbent Kemp Hannon, whose seat Democrats have targeted in recent years, especially during presidential election cycles when his margins of victory have generally been lower than in gubernatorial years.

Ken Lovett: «Even for New York, which has almost become numb to the procession of public officials in recent years who left office in handcuffs or shame, having two top legislative leaders given substantial prison time a little more than a week apart is a new low.»

And then there's a degree of Cuomo fatigue, evident from recent polling that shows the governor's favorability at one of the lowest points in the seven years he has held his seat and voters more interested in «someone else» than reelecting Cuomo.

Debt is still lower than when Labour came to power, although this doesn't necessarily mean that Brown - or his successor - would be able to make such a strong debt - busting claim a couple of years down the line In fact, recent increased borrowing debt looks likely to increase further.

And things have gotten worse in recent years, many stories added, noting the 2014 employment number was lower than the 69 % reported for the class of 2009.

More than 60 percent of black, Hispanic, and Native American kids live in low - income families, compared to 30 percent of Asian and white children — a dynamic largely unchanged in recent years.

A recent study by Oxford University followed 500,000 people over a 7 - year period of time and found that those who included fruit in their diet daily had a much lower risk of heart disease and stroke than those who rarely ate fruit (source).

In a recent study out of Harvard University, less than 80 % of the people on a low carb (higher fat) diet were still on their plan after 2 years, while 90 % of those on low fat diet (higher carb) were still on their plan after the same 2 years.

I have noticed in recent years that typical average HbA1C is considerably lower than what I had seen... As I mentioned this may be due to differences in laboratory testing.

In recent years, a number of varieties were introduced that are lower in carbs than conventional potatoeIn recent years, a number of varieties were introduced that are lower in carbs than conventional potatoein carbs than conventional potatoes.

Where Doctor Strange falls short is in the recently troublesome superhero «big bad» and despite the presence of esteemed actor Mads Mikkelsen (who sadly has become a bit of a villain typecast in recent years), the purple eyed Kaecilius, who wants nothing more than to meet a world destroying entity is anything but the adversary the unique Stephen Strange deserved, while the previously mentioned nature of this following the playbook origin story isn't breaking much ground in the way it tells the story of a man at his lowest finally realising his true potential.

This can be seen in Figure 1, in which default rates for the recent cohort are actually slightly lower in Years 2 - 4 than for the earlier cohort.

It is therefore troubling to think that in the United States those entering the teaching profession in recent years have, on average, lower measured aptitudes than their predecessors.

Of course, much more goes into reading at age 17 than early childhood education, and there has been some recent improvement among 9 - year - olds in reading, especially among our lowest - performing students.

We were able to include parent organizations that filed either an IRS Form 990 or a Form 990 - EZ in those years.48 However, several known PTAs are missing because their revenues were low enough — typically, less than $ 50,000 — that they were not required to report, or we were unable to locate recent financial information from the IRS or other sources of tax reporting information.

Under a new federal formula, Utah's high school graduation rate is significantly lower than it has been as calculated by state officials in recent years, according to data released Tuesday.

In recent years, the number of bachelor's degrees awarded to underrepresented students has been increasing, but it remains relatively low — and these students continue to have lower odds of obtaining college degrees than their wealthier, well - represented peers.

As demand for diesel engines in standard sedan and station wagon cars in the United States has traditionally been much lower than in saloon and estate cars in Europe, the development of smaller automotive turbodiesels has (in general) been led by European manufacturers in recent years.

Recent data out of ChangeWave Research indicates that the Kindle Fire is still idling at a much lower level of consumer interest than was the case in the fourth quarter of last year.

In short, while the outlook for U.S. stocks is not disastrous, investors should expect significantly lower returns over the next few years than what they have become accustomed to in recent yearIn short, while the outlook for U.S. stocks is not disastrous, investors should expect significantly lower returns over the next few years than what they have become accustomed to in recent yearin recent years.

An extended cycle with room to run means investors may expect coupon income but with lower total returns than in recent years.

The Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) industry has enjoyed very strong growth in recent years: ETFs are seen to be more transparent, lower cost, and over the medium term better performing than the majority of traditional actively managed mutual funds, whilst being just as safe.

Crude oil prices have rallied in recent weeks but are still about 30 per cent lower than they were a year ago.

Rates are currently lower than they were at this time last year, so even if your mortgage is recent, locking in a lower rate can end up saving you substantially in the long run.

This low down payment lending was never more than 3.5 percent of the Fannie Mae book of business, and in recent years, had been even less.

The Toronto Stock Exchange has been under pressure in recent months and sits about five per cent lower compared with where it began the year and nearly 20 per cent lower than its highs of last year.

The recent correction in Hormel's stock price appears to be driven by short - term fears (declining turkey prices, which are near a seven - year low) rather than issues that could affect Hormel's long - term earnings power (Hormel's other businesses remain stable to moderately growing, and management reaffirmed 2017 guidance).

If the company grows EPS by 7 % per year going forward, and raises the dividend by 15 % per year over the next 10 years (which is lower than their recent growth record), then the dividend payout ratio will still be only 50 % in ten years.

FHA mortgage rates have been substantially lower than conventional mortgage rates in recent years, adding to the list of the program's benefits.