Sentences with phrase «many years the higher»

The life expectancy for American females is about 4.9 years higher than for males.

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters)- Oil eased on Wednesday, but held in sight of three - year highs reached the previous day, as rising U.S. fuel inventories and production weighed on an otherwise bullish market.

Employment services firm Community First International has reported an influx of jobseekers as Western Australia's unemployment rate hits a three - year high.

Technology sector results so far at least from the likes of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Samsung and SAP have broadly beaten forecasts for the first quarter, and overall aggregate U.S. earnings growth is tracking seven - year highs of almost 25 percent.

The shares had hit a 12 - year high of US$ 54.31 on the last day of April.

The equity rebound comes despite a rise in the U.S. 10 - year yield to a fresh four - year high as President Donald Trump sent a request to Congress for $ 200 billion to support a $ 1.5 trillion infrastructure plan.

The purpose of the shift in OPEC's target was clear: There's capacity for prices to rise even further beyond their current three - year high, Al - Falih said.

Oil has dropped more than six per cent since closing at a two - year high of $ 110.53 on Sept. 6.

More than two in five employees expect a pay raise in the next 12 months, a nearly 2 - year high.

Advantage Oil & Gas is the only mid - or large - cap energy producer whose stock looks set to finish the year higher

Technology sector results so far at least from the likes of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Samsung and SAP have broadly beaten forecasts for Q1 and the overall aggregate U.S. earnings growth is tracking seven - year highs of almost 25 percent.

Several months ago, I stayed in an expensive hotel for my 40 - year high school reunion.

According to the latest Thomson Reuters / PayNet lending index, Small - business lending hit a four - year high in November.

The most Fed - sensitive 2 - year yield fell about 3 basis points to 2.49 percent, from a more than nine - year high.

And across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, companies had stashed 974 billion euros of cash by the end of 2016, the latest data from Moody's Investor Service showed, with the ratio of cash relative to revenue at a seven - year high.

Small business sentiment soared to a 12 - year high in December, as business owners looked forward to much better business conditions.

Personal income tax will hit a 20 - year high of 12.5 per cent of GDP by 2020 - 21 under the budget forecasts as the government relies on bracket creep and an increase in the Medicare levy to return the budget to surplus.

The London Metal Exchange three - month aluminum price hit a seven - year high of $ 2,718 per tonne on April 19 but is now trading back down around the $ 2,250 level.

The benchmark 10 - year Treasury note fell from a more than four - year high to below 3 percent after the European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged and reaffirmed its stimulative monetary policy stance.

While battery - powered flight is attractive, especially as fuel prices have recently surged to more than three - year highs, challenges abound.

The common currency rose to a two - and - half year high against the dollar on doubts over the U.S. currency but also after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi gave two speeches last week with no indications about the bank's next steps for monetary policy.

IHS Markit's final manufacturing Purchasing Manager's Index came in at 56.6 in July, just off June's six - year high of 57.4.

The euro, which in the aftermath of January's meeting rose to a new three - year high, started the year surging against other currencies, including the U.S. dollar, as the region's economy improved and political risks dissipated.

European markets closed lower on Monday as the euro hit a two - and - a-half year high and investors kept a close eye on the moves in oil.

Business activity in the euro area hit a fresh six - year high in April on strong demand and increasing business prospects, new data showed on Friday.

British inflation stood at 2.3 percent in annual terms in the month of March, unchanged from the near four - year high seen in the February reading.

In currency markets, the euro held at two - year highs following remarks by ECB President Mario Draghi last week, while the dollar remained weak ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting later in the week.

U.S. consumer confidencetopped 130.8 in February, a 17 - year high.

Recorded crime in England and Wales is at a 10 - year high, according to figures slipped out by the Home Office on Thursday.

The number of job openings in the U.S. hit a seven - year high in April, reflecting a labor market drawing strength from the nation's economic recovery.

The yield on the 10 - year note notched a four - year high of 2.95 percent last week, just below the key psychological level of 3 percent.

China's consumer inflation rate grew at its fastest pace in six months in October as food prices rose, while producer prices accelerated to a near - five year high, exceeding expectations.

They are already expected to hit a four - year high this summer.

Harvey has affected nearly a fifth of U.S. refining capacity, triggering worries about lack of gasoline and sending gasoline futures to a two - year high this week.

That's a two - year high, but still well below the 6 % + rates that were charged before the housing crisis.

Heading into MSCI's 2015 decision on A shares, high expectations of inclusion helped drive the Shanghai composite to more than seven - year highs, before the index crashed more than 40 percent that summer.

U.S. indexes were largely listless despite data showing consumer sentiment at a six - year high.

Building approvals have also increased - bucking a nationwide trend of reductions in building approvals - while residential land sales in Perth and Mandurah hit a three - year high in September; both are indications of increasing residential construction down the line.

Like Manhattan, listing inventory in Brooklyn hit a seven - year high of 2,424.

The U.S. Federal Reserve's gauge of inflation remains stubbornly below its 2 percent target, but U.S. 10 - year Treasury yields spiked to near four - year highs in January as a bond sell - off gathered steam.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. hit a 12 - year high Thursday after it posted another quarterly report that showed its wireless revenue rising at a rate that's the envy of the industry.

Just after the open, it hit a 12 - year high of $ 51.55.

It eased 0.3 % to $ 1.2373 having hit three - year high of $ 1.2538 last week.

But Wood Mackenzie speculates that investors might not remain so stubborn with U.S. crude prices at three - year highs above $ 60 and a corporate tax cut windfall on the horizon.

The official non-manufacturing index hit a more than two - year high.

LONDON, April 23 - Aluminium rose back towards last week's seven - year high on Monday, driven by concerns that U.S. sanctions on Russian producer UC Rusal could disrupt supply.

The price of gasoline hit two - year highs early on Monday with many Texas refineries shutting down.

Canadian consumer confidence dipped in the two weeks prior to the striking of the deal, according to the new Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index, but that was coming off a two - and - half year high at the end of September.

Millennial homeownership fell from a three - year high of 36 percent in the fourth quarter of last year back to 35.3 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to the U.S. Census.

Bad weather in South America and an increased demand for coffee worldwide has driven the price of coffee to a 13 - year high.