Sentences with phrase «months than confidence»
«This decision is more a reflection of the large amount of support Steve Levy has gained over the last couple months than confidence in Rick Lazio's campaign.»
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Consumer confidence declined more than expected in September, after hitting a seven - month high in August.
His comments followed less - than - stellar data on U.S. consumer spending that showed that even as confidence hit its highest level in more than 16 years last month, Americans are still holding their wallets tightly.
According to Allianz Travel Insurance's annual Vacation Confidence Index, more than 170 million Americans (53 percent) haven't taken a vacation in the last 12 months.
The uptick in investor confidence has brought the company's stock back up after an October swoon that dropped shares of Unilever more than 18 % in less than two months.
In general, a drop in consumer confidence by more than 20 points below its 12 - month average has accompanied the beginning of recessions;
Given that Tesla's first quarter ends in less than two months, management must have a high level of confidence in this target.
Industrial production and exports have risen in recent months and most measures of business confidence are considerably firmer than earlier in the year (Graph 8).
Despite a small decline in May, consumer confidence for the first five months of 2015 has been at a higher average level than at any time since May 2004.2 A relatively low unemployment rate and moderate inflation have helped maintain consumers» upbeat mood.
In the period between Hawaii and the Tournament Players Championship at Sawgrass, a little more than a month, the new swing in which Watson had so much confidence early in the year began to falter.
At this stage, his problem likely is confidence which is exacerbated by the club bringing in a player who is indeed better than him 6 months after they bought him.
But they haven't quite been at their scintillating best of late, particularly away from home, and so a trip to Anfield to face a Liverpool side who were once on the ropes but are now beginning to climb the table following back - to - back wins in the league, three in all competitions, may well prove a difficult assignment than it would have been say a month ago, when the Reds were languishing in the relegation zone and severely lacking in confidence.
Results No symptoms or outpatient visits were significantly more common among infants sleeping on the side or supine than in infants sleeping prone, and 3 symptoms were less common: (1) fever at 1 month in infants sleeping in the supine (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 0.56; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 0.34 - 0.93) and side positions (OR, 0.48; 95 % CI, 0.28 - 0.82); (2) stuffy nose at 6 months in the supine (OR, 0.74; 95 % CI, 0.61 - 0.89) and side positions (OR, 0.82; 95 % CI, 0.68 - 0.99); and (3) trouble sleeping at 6 months in the supine (OR, 0.57; 95 % CI, 0.44 - 0.73) and side positions (OR, 0.69; 95 % CI, 0.53 - 0.89).
Results Mothers delivering in accredited maternity units were more likely to start breastfeeding than those delivering in units with neither award [adjusted rate ratio: 1.10, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.05 — 1.15], but were not more likely to breastfeed at 1 month (0.96, 95 % CI 0.84 — 1.09), after adjustment for social, demographic, and obstetric factors.
In adjusted results, women who reported that they strongly value exclusive breastfeeding had more than twice the odds of exclusive breastfeeding for at least 3 months (Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR] 2.29; 95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.84, 2.85) and for 6 months (AOR 2.49; 95 % CI 1.76, 3.53) compared to those who did not strongly value exclusive breastfeeding.
For women who breastfed for more than 24 months per child, the odds ratio was 0.46 (95 % confidence interval (CI): 0.27, 0.78) when compared with those who breastfed for 1 - 6 months per child.
Several senior Democrats said they believe that Cuomo, who has been warring with de Blasio for more than two years, has only about three more months before it's too late to find a candidate with a real chance of defeating de Blasio, who polls show has lost the confidence of a majority of voters.
Despite the fact that more than half the computer - animated movies previously released to American theaters had grossed more than $ 150 million there, despite the fact that Valiant boasted a voice cast filled with famous Britons, despite the fact that there was no direct animated competition for more than three months... Disney seemed to have very little confidence or interest in their acquisition.
One month on from Britain's historic vote to leave the EU, July was named by market researchers GfK as the month with the biggest slide in consumer confidence in more than 25 years.
With less than nine months and counting, New Jersey's rollout of a statewide teacher evaluation system is moving ahead, but the deadlines are tight, reliability remains an issue and the system has yet to win the confidence of the teachers it's intended to evaluate.
In our testing, this past month the Mazda3 with winter tires was simply much more confidence inspiring and better handling than any other front wheel drive car we tested with all - season tires.
That confidence also translated into positive action; 41.9 % of respondents with a credit card said they paid off their credit card balances every month, and 41.4 % said they usually pay more than the minimum amount due on their credit cards every month.
If it happens to be lower than half his or her total income and they have confidence that they can repay it within the next 60 months, their debt consolidation is bound to work.
Asked to rate the likely success of low - carbon technologies in the mid-term, they showed less confidence than a similar survey 12 months ago.
«Indeed the mean state of a chaotic system can be defined by the forcings... forecast with a high degree of confidence that the next month of July will be — on average - warmer than April»
For instance albeit the atmosphere is chaotic, we can forecast with a high degree of confidence that the next month of July will be — on average - warmer than April.
But there is now pretty high confidence that a fairly dramatic change in the weather is on the horizon — most likely days or weeks, rather than months, in the future.
Legal Week's quarterly business confidence survey, which canvasses senior lawyers on their outlook for the year ahead, found that nearly three - quarters (74 %) of partners expect revenues at their own firm to grow over the next 12 months, with more than four in five (83 %) expecting revenues across the top 50 as a whole to increase.
Americans remain vacation deprived according to the seventh annual Allianz Travel Insurance Vacation Confidence Index, which found that more than 170 million * Americans (53 percent) haven't taken a vacation in the last 12 months.
According to AAA, «Despite drivers» self - confidence, Memorial Day commences the most dangerous season of the year on the road, with more auto accidents occurring during summer months than any other time of year.
Past that, confidence, meaning the percentage by which a particular day's position sizes were larger than average, was 74 % during the six - month time frame.
If the source is accurate, the upcoming Android phone will be arriving two months earlier than expected and may indicate the company's confidence in its new device.
Your confidence wanes, your enthusiasm decreases and the next thing you know weeks have turned into months and you're no closer to a new job than you were when you started.
Yet only maternal stress and confidence continued to be statistically significant at short - term follow - up (1 — 6 months), and none were significant at long - term follow - up (more than 6 months).
RESULTS: Frequent use of CP (ie, mother's use of spanking more than twice in the previous month) when the child was 3 years of age was associated with increased risk for higher levels of child aggression when the child was 5 years of age (adjusted odds ratio: 1.49 [95 % confidence interval: 1.2 — 1.8]; P <.0001), even with controlling for the child's level of aggression at age 3 and the aforementioned potential confounding factors and key demographic features.
Families who participated in the Healthy Steps Program had greater odds of receiving 4 or more Healthy Steps — related services (for randomization and quasi-experimental sites, respectively: odds ratio [OR], 16.90 [95 % confidence interval -LCB- CI -RCB-, 12.78 to 22.34] and OR, 23.05 [95 % CI, 17.38 to 30.58]-RRB-, of discussing more than 6 anticipatory guidance topics (OR, 8.56 [95 % CI, 6.47 to 11.32] and OR, 12.31 [95 % CI, 9.35 to 16.19]-RRB-, of being highly satisfied with care provided (eg, someone in the practice went out of the way for them)(OR, 2.06 [95 % CI, 1.64 to 2.58] and OR, 2.11 [95 % CI, 1.72 to 2.59]-RRB-, of receiving timely well - child visits and vaccinations (eg, age - appropriate 1 - month visit)(OR, 1.98 [95 % CI, 1.08 to 3.62] and OR, 2.11 [95 % CI, 1.16 to 3.85]-RRB-, and of remaining at the practice for 20 months or longer (OR, 2.02 [95 % CI, 1.61 to 2.55] and OR, 1.75 [95 % CI, 1.43 to 2.15]-RRB-.
Consumers» unease with personal finances is reflected in lower confidence in making major purchases such as a house or car: two - thirds of Americans (65 %) report they are less comfortable than they were six months ago, compared to 62 % who were less comfortable in January.
Confidence in housing jumped in March in the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index ® (HPSI), with the HPSI overall posting 88.3, 2.5 percentage points higher than one month prior and 3.8 percentage points higher than one year prior.
NAR's REALTORS ® Confidence Index shows that foot traffic eased 1.6 points to 44.5 in May (readings below 50 usually indicate more than half of the 200 - some markets are reporting weaker foot traffic than the same month a year ago).
October readings of consumer sentiment, as well as homebuilder confidence, were lower than they had been in many months, reflecting uncertainty about the budget impasse and its effect on the economy, according to Freddie Mac chief economist Frank Nothaft.