Sentences with phrase «lower the pace of»

The costs of health care are rising at a rapid pace in the United States, but there are things that we can do in order to lower the pace of these costs.

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Gold slid to a four - month low on Tuesday as the dollar strengthened ahead of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting that is being watched for clues on the future pace of interest rate hikes.

From a fund devoted to Medicaid providers and patients to companies trying to enter the Program of All - Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), there is recognition that higher - value delivery of care is possible in these programs for the low income — and they can produce profits.

While that's enough to slowly lower the unemployment rate, it's below the more robust pace of 200,000 jobs a month logged since January.

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.

Just how much, if any, of this course - correcting for consumers (read: lower prices) comes out of employees» hides (read: lower compensation, less training, a more oppressive pace) remains to be seen.

Most of the CEOs think Canada's inflation rate will be lower because domestic spending, along with our money supply, are not keeping pace with the rate of U.S. increases.

«Depending on the pace Amazon would seek to enter the market, an acquisition such as Rite Aid could accelerate the pace and be a relatively low - risk acquisition given that it currently trades at an enterprise value of only about $ 5 billion.»

The low cost of doing business in Georgia's capital and Atlanta's uncanny ability to attract corporations, as well as its relatively sane pace of building, are all pluses.

«I'm convinced that the «plan» is to go «lower» in terms of pace of buying, for «longer» in the hope of pushing out expectations about rate hikes,» Kit Juckes, an analyst at Société Générale, said.

To put things into perspective, the U.S. is on pace to build 1.2 million new dwellings this year, which is way up from a low of 550,000 in 2009.

«Because we have lowered the consequence of failure... we have also increased the pace of innovation.»

Its «attack vector» (to borrow Monzo's Tom Blomfield's phrase) was originally low exchange fees when spending in a foreign currency, which undoubtedly fuelled much of the startup's early growth and mindshare, but new features and products are being added at an increasingly fast pace.

The critical issue here is that even though inflation rose and fell over the course of the cycle, price expectations did not move — even when inflation was running at 5 per cent, the community at large expected it would soon be back to its normal lower pace.

Its kiwi counterpart slumped to seven - month lows of $ 0.8078 and steadied just off that level even after data showed the New Zealand economy grew at an enviable annual pace of 3.9 percent in the second quarter, roughly in line with expectations.

Cash alternatives, such as money market funds, typically offer lower rates of return than longer - term equity or fixed - income securities and may not keep pace with inflation over extended periods of time.

The International Energy Agency that previously warned of lower for longer oil prices and warned last year that the oil price recovery was threatened by the possibility of weak demand now has changed its tune and is now saying that it is «mission accomplished» for OPEC as oil stocks shrink at a record pace.

Before that, the consumer price index will be released at 8:30 a.m. and will be important if it brings any surprises, especially a lower - than - expected pace of inflation.

«Given the still solid pace of job gains, we expect the unemployment rate to move lower to 4.0 per cent assuming a stable to lower participation rate,» TD also said.

But long - term government bond yields fell to record lows for many euro area countries after a speech by ECB President Draghi on 21 November, which stressed that the ECB will do what is required to raise inflation and inflation expectation by adjusting the size, pace and composition of asset purchases, if the currently announced policies prove to be insufficient.

The Toronto real estate market appears to be stabilizing following months of payback after last year's frenzied pace of sales and skyrocketing prices, but home sales sunk to their lowest level since 2009 last month.

It is true that China's economy is slowing down, but lower growth rate in the country should not be a reason for global concern since the pace of growth is «as much by design as by accident,» noted the article, written by British businessman Martin Gilbert, who is the founder and CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management.

The U.S. economy, which was stuttering with a «fits - and - starts» recovery following the Great Recession of 2007 — 2008, has now reached a state of steady, stable growth, with the pace of growth centering around a new normal rate that is lower than its historical norm.

The annual rate of decline accelerated for the third month running to a severe pace, with the respective index at its fourth - lowest level in eight - and - a-half years of data collection.

While this sort of indicator can also reflect the actual number of businesses and pace of start - ups, when you see the number of failures hit 25 year lows you start to ponder...

In Europe, while the rise in yields was a little slower to occur, it has picked up pace in the last three months as signs of economic recovery in Europe have strengthened, and the net rise in yields from the early 1999 lows is now about 140 points.

Eurozone inflation grew at an annual pace of 1.2 % in April, Eurostat said, slightly lower from a reading of 1.3 % in the previous month.

Low oil prices and the rouble's weakness account for Moscow's decline, whilst the pace of growth in Tokyo has slowed considerably and inventory levels are on the rise.

Gold is one of them, and despite low level of gold investment in the west, Eurasian nations like Russia and China are buying up gold at a rapid pace.

The pace of Fed rate increases is likely to be gradual, meaning rates should stay low from a historical perspective for the foreseeable future.

When the pace of inflation eases over a longer period and interest rates are still low, this is a good time to borrow at a low cost.

Interest rates remain low across the yield curve; credit is freely available and is growing at a solid pace; and the exchange rate is near the low end of historical experience against most countries.

There is good rationale as to why the bond markets are in the position they are today; compressed spreads are the result of low rates coupled with strong demand out pacing supply for yield assets.

Inflation had remained stubbornly low over the past year, due largely to temporary factors like low cell plan phone prices, which stymied officials who expected the very strong pace of hiring would pressure wages and push prices higher.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Americans stepped up their purchases of new homes in July to the fastest pace in nearly nine years, the latest sign that low mortgage rates and a solid job market are helping support the residential real estate market.

According to Realtors, an uptick in existing U.S. home sales in the final three months of 2017 pulled down housing inventory to an all - time low, while keeping home - price growth at its recent robust pace.

Charleston ranks low for affordability, due to wages that fail to keep pace with rent and home prices, but has the highest livability score of the 75 metros studied.

While mucus is constantly being produced and degraded in a normal gut, the change in bacteria activity under the lowest - fiber conditions meant that the pace of eating was faster than the pace of production — almost like an overzealous harvesting of trees outpacing the planting of new ones.

Chris, at lower right, of the Pace test kitchens, looks unfazed at the onslaught of hot - stuff - craving fans.

SA Best had been hopeful of gaining at least three to four seats in the 47 - seat lower house, and early on it appeared it may be in a position to snare the seat of Heysen in the Adelaide Hills, but even that slipped away as counting gathered pace.

So, to find out that the Rosen Boys were leaving finance, the fast - paced action packed life of an open - outcry trader, to go into the slow & low BBQ and Bloody Mary business was a total shock to our parents.

To be honest Benzema is just another version of Giroud but with more pace and skill, and his ego suggests him being at Arsenal won't benefit us as we will most likely be seen as a club with low ambitions he can make money off of like DiMaria when he joined United.

Arteta does do a great job of keeping possession and dictating the pace of the game, but he is much more effective when Arsenal are playing the so - called lower clubs.

What does elevate the PL is the pace of play and the lower incidence of cynical play.

If he had been trained to use his low center of gravity better, increased his pace and modified his dribbling, he could have been up there with the Agueros, Sanchez's and Messi's... IJS.

IMO, diaby was to much gift than wilshere... the truth is wilshere jas a nice dribble an avereage pass and an awfull shoot... he has a lot of energy and playa with his hearth... the last was the best of his qualities... he is a fan, so he can die for the team... but talking about football quality, diaby was a lot better... diaby was absoulutly outstanding each time he plays... inteligent player, dribbling, pace, strenght, great pass, great shot... losing him was a very low kick, one of those things that wenger was not guiltt but victim (one of just a few)

Willian's career - high in goals for a single year is very low — as is typical for many wingers, but if he maintains this pace in Chelsea fixtures, he could be poised for the first double - digit goal season of his career.

With less than ten games left to play and a combination of injuries and weak support plaguing the team, Arsenal striker Alexis Sanchez is on pace for his lowest goal total in league play in over five years.

......... Giroud should get used to the fact that walcott offers something else like pace, GBD - tech (Get behind defenders) and he's still in his prime...... Ball protection, hold - up play and low pace (though useful sometimes) won't win u all the games against certain troublesome teams...... Then there's the Law of Succession...... today ur turn, Moro another's.....

Arsenal are on one of their worst runs of form for many years, with 5 defeats out of their last 8 games, and the only wins have come against low - ranking teams in Lincoln, Sutton and Hull, so Arsene Wenger will be desperate to start picking up points again to try and keep pace in the race for the Top Four.