Sentences with phrase «more substantial rate»

Workers expect their earnings to keep pace with inflation, and a more substantial rate will likely lead to demands for ever higher wages.

Large firms staff cases with more attorneys, charge more substantial rates and frequently handle the kind of «bet the company» cases with big consequences.

Not exact matches

«To have the lack of more substantial wage gains at this point probably helps to alleviate some of the immediacy on the four - interest - rate - hikes - in - 2018 question,» said Hamrick, the Bankrate.com analyst.

In the 23rd Actuarial Report on the Canada Pension Plan (OCA, 2007), the Office of the Chief Actuary (OCA) certified that, in spite of the substantial increase in CPP benefit payments that would result from the retirement of the baby boom generation, the current legislated contribution rate of 9.9 per cent for employers and employees combined would be more than enough to pay for benefits through 2075.

All told, though, the plan is, like its House counterpart, a proposal to dramatically slash corporate tax rates, open up a big new loophole for wealthy individuals, and pay for the cuts by dramatically expanding the national debt and ending a number of tax deductions that could leave a substantial share of middle - and upper - middle - class people paying more.

To some extent, stock market action also implies expectations for slower economic growth, though interest rate signals, such as a flat yield curve, are more suggestive of slow growth than stock market action is, and we've yet to see a substantial widening of credit spreads that would suggest imminent recession.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

One frequently cited bar graph has been used to suggest, for the decade 1965 - 75, a severe diminution of seven mainline Protestant bodies by contrast both with their gains in the preceding ten years and with the continuing growth of selected conservative churches (see Jackson W. Carroll et al., Religion in America, 1950 to the Present [Harper & Row, 19791, p. 15) The gap in growth rates for 1965 - 75, as shown on that graph, is more than 29 percentage points (an average loss in the oldline denominations of 8.9 per cent against average gains among the conservatives of 20.5 per cent) This is indeed a substantial difference, but it does not approach the difference in growth rates recorded for the same religious groups in the 1930s, when the discrepancy amounted to 62 percentage points.

Nigeria's economy, despite its substantial oil production (it is the fourth - leading supplier of oil to the U.S.), declined precipitously in the 1980s: at the beginning of that decade a naira was worth more than a dollar, while today's going rate values the naira at less than a dime.

While his performance may not have seen substantial elevations in his or Labour's poll ratings, he has emerged from the scandal with a visibly more confident demeanour and the backing of his MPs.

«Our findings give us a substantial boost in shifting the discussion from expert opinion to a more evidence - based conclusion,» he says, «Additionally, they also offer a pragmatic solution that can be applied right away in order to reduce PJK rates.»

Prevalence rates exhibited substantial variation across age, sex, and countries, with rates below 5 percent for women in some African countries to more than 50 percent for men in countries such as Indonesia, Armenia, Laos, Papua New Guinea and Russia.

[Note that the earth's substantial crust is solid, and so it does not necessarily reflect the equilibrium shape for today's rate of rotation; in the geological past, the earth was rotating more rapidly.]

From an epidemiologic perspective, preeclampsia is growing at a rate more rapid than diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, and chronic kidney disease — diseases for which substantial research and treatment funding have been allocated,» explained senior investigator Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

However, if degassing is more dependent on seafloor pressure and regassing mainly dependent on mantle temperature, the degassing rate is relatively large at late times and a steady - state between degassing and regassing is reached with a substantial surface water fraction.

Despite 5 - year survival rates approaching 90 %, a substantial number of breast cancer patients relapse - and many more experience late treatment effects or are diagnosed with a second cancer.

In the short term, your body will undergo the following changes: ventilation (respiratory rate) increases in response to a lower amount of oxygen in the blood, blood then becomes more alkaline (meaning less acidic) as you hyperventilate, and this alkaline state in turn signals your body to breathe less than you should in order to get substantial oxygen to your tissues.

Death rate was reduced by 13 % in the insulin / SU group compared to a far more substantial 36 % in the metformin group.

As the body works to cool itself, there is a substantial increase in heart rate, cardiac output and metabolic rate, causing the body to burn more calories.

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While Ofsted recognised that «substantial progress had been made», inspectors maintained that the chain's schools are still not good enough, with more than half not providing a good enough standard of education and five rated as inadequate.

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Waid compensates somewhat for the lower rates with co-ownership, which may result in more substantial compensation down the road, particularly if the comics are adapted into other media.

If the overall savings are greater and the difference in interest rates is substantial, then it would be more appropriate to explore mortgage refinancing further.

In fact, their economies have grown more quickly than they have issued debt, leading to a substantial drop in their debt - to - GDP ratios.7 Although their budget deficits remain higher than that of the average developed country, they are now well below their rate of GDP growth (something many developed market countries can't claim).

After substantial criticism of the rating agencies for the Enron fiasco, S&P responded by a wholesale downgrade of the utilities industry which now seemed much more risky to their analysts.

While there are plenty of low down payment options available to qualified borrowers, providing a more substantial down payment can help you secure a lower interest rate and ultimately save you more money over the life of the loan.

Purchasing a home is a substantial investment and becoming more aware of how the interest rate of a home loan is determined can help you decide when to apply for a mortgage and ultimately become the owner of a new home.

But to achieve a success rate of 90 % or better with a 3 % withdrawal rate and lower projected returns, retirees must devote a more substantial portion of their savings to stocks, upwards of 40 % or more.

Apparently, certain traits are significantly more or less appealing to adopters as there is substantial variation in adoption rates by breed type.

«There have been very substantial changes in the attitudes of the pet owning public, not only in the reduction of animals destroyed, the number of injured animals that have had to be serviced, the high claim rate by the pet owning public, but also a general atmosphere of more responsible pet ownership.

The restaurants here are mostly utilized by resort guests and are quite good, from the outdoor Cafe Kiowai for breakfast to the more substantial Molokini Bar & Grille, which serves first - rate seafood and is also popular for pupus and cocktails early in the evening (and a lavish Sunday brunch).

In the case of climate change, a clear consensus exists among mainstream researchers that human influences on climate are already detectable, and that potentially far more substantial changes are likely to take place in the future if we continue to burn fossil fuels at current rates.

Recent research has found a substantial «false alarm effect,» in which areas of the country with higher rates of errant warnings have more deaths and injuries.

There are also more substantial improvements to the property that can lower your Texas renters insurance rates.

A substantial body of research indicates that regardless of race and age, female offenders have higher rates of mental health problems, both internalizing and externalizing, than male offenders.19 In a study of serious «deep - end» offenders, females exhibited both more externalizing problems and more internalizing problems than males.20 Moreover, a recent study using common measures and a demographically matched sample of community and detained youth found that gender differences were greater among detained youth than among community youth, with detained girls having more symptoms of mental illness than would be predicted on the basis of gender or setting alone.21

Parental mental illness Relatively little has been written about the effect of serious and persistent parental mental illness on child abuse, although many studies show that substantial proportions of mentally ill mothers are living away from their children.14 Much of the discussion about the effect of maternal mental illness on child abuse focuses on the poverty and homeless - ness of mothers who are mentally ill, as well as on the behavior problems of their children — all issues that are correlated with involvement with child welfare services.15 Jennifer Culhane and her colleagues followed a five - year birth cohort among women who had ever been homeless and found an elevated rate of involvement with child welfare services and a nearly seven - times - higher rate of having children placed into foster care.16 More direct evidence on the relationship between maternal mental illness and child abuse in the general population, however, is strikingly scarce, especially given the 23 percent rate of self - reported major depression in the previous twelve months among mothers involved with child welfare services, as shown in NSCAW.17

Childhood maltreatment is associated with significantly higher rates of mortality,1 - 3 obesity,1,4 - 7 and human immunodeficiency virus infection.1, 8 Children who experience maltreatment also have significantly more mental health problems1,9 - 14 and are as much as 5 times more likely to attempt suicide.1, 15 Maltreated children are also more likely to engage in criminal behavior than other children1, 16,17 and are more than 50 % more likely to have a juvenile record than other children.17 Child maltreatment also has substantial social costs.

Despite the unemployment rate dropping to 8.2 percent, the lowest rate in more than three years, it is not indicative of improving labor market conditions, as the rate was driven by a substantial decline in the labor force.

Finally, there's more good news for proponents of U.S. homeownership: the homeownership rate actually ticked up both for households under 35 as well as those aged 35 - 44, with the former showing a substantial increase from 34.1 % in 2016 Q2 to 35.3 % in 2017 Q2.