Sentences with phrase «national average rising»

Gas prices at the pump skyrocket, with the national average rising 7 cents per gallon, and more gains expected over the Labor Day weekend.

Perth was one of only two capital cities to post a fall in home prices in the June quarter, while the national average rose 4.7 per cent.

Not exact matches

Western Australian retail spending rose 0.2 per cent month on month in January, to $ 2.8 billion, slightly below the national average of 0.3 per cent.

According to a recent survey by Standard Media Index, which tracks national ad spending on broadcast and cable, TV upfront sales rose by an average of 5 % in May compared with last year — and cable on average saw a 10 % rise in upfront revenues.

The findings chime with data from the Office of National Statistics released last month that showed that UK household spending remained level at an average of # 528.90 a week in the financial year ending 2016, unable to rise above pre-crisis levels.

Despite rising 0.3 points last month, the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Optimism Index remains below its pre-recession average, mired in what the association's economists call its «recession range.»

Since then, home prices in every upstate metro area have risen faster, or fallen more slowly, than the national average.

Another strong sign is that average sales prices and rents were up in 1997 — a 14.3 percent rise in average sales price and a 9.6 percent rise in average rent, according to the National Real Estate Index, published by CB Richard Ellis in association with E&Y Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group.

The national average hourly wage rose by 2.3 %, slightly more than inflation.

For instance, the merger of American and US Airways in 2013 increased American's market share at Philadelphia's airport to 77 %, resulting in fares there rising from 4 % below the national average in 2013 to 10 % above it now.

The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, an independent Prairie - based think - tank, analyzed the Statistics Canada reports for all 20 industries the national agency tracks and found that federal public servants» wages rose by 59 %, far outpacing the average worker.

Dr. Bill Conerly, economist and senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, expects the 30 - year average to rise even higher next year.

This forces buyers to compete for limited availability, which is partly why home prices in the area are expected to rise faster than the national average over the next year.

Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, forecasts a gradually rising trend «with the 30 - year fixed rate averaging... 5.5 percent in 2015.»

The S&P CoreLogic Case - Shiller National Home Price Index rose 6.2 % in January from the same month a year earlier, while the average apartment rent increased a more manageable 3.9 % in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to real - estate research firm Reis Inc. -LRB-...)

The actual (not seasonally adjusted) national average price rose 10.4 % annually to $ 559,317.

The MLS Home Price Index (HPI) was up 18.6 % year - on - year (y - o - y), boosted by a 30 % rise in Toronto, while the national average sale price increased 8.2 % y - o - y in March to an average of $ 548,517.

- National average core consumer price index (excluding fresh food) rose 0.9 % on year in March as expected, with

Nonetheless, it is clear from the national accounts that demand growth remained faster than average during 2004 but that, to a large extent, this was met by rising imports and declining inventories rather than by commensurate growth in output.

Average agent count at Liberty National in the first quarter rose 18 percent to 1,820 compared with the year - ago period, the company said.

Perhaps most strikingly, the rate of overdoses in West Virginia caused by prescription drugs was about 8.6 times higher in 2014 than in 1999, and annually rose an average of 26.6 % between those years, which was well above the national year - on - year change of 7.8 %.

Last season's National Invitational Tournament (NIT) used experimental rules including a 30 - second shot clock and a 4 - foot restricted area arc, and the average total rose by 8.5 - points at CRIS.

People in countries that provide citizens with a high level of economic security have a higher level of happiness on average, as measured by surveys of national levels of life - satisfaction and happiness... The most important determinant of national happiness is not income level — there is a positive association, but rising income seems to have little effect as wealthy countries grow more wealthier.

Although considered a relatively mild winter, with late January and February temperatures above average, the devastatingly cold weather experienced from late November through to early January saw the number of deaths rise above the national average, peaking during the first week of January 2011 with almost 3500 more deaths than the five - year average for that time of year.

Today's Daily Telegraph splashes with the news that public sector pay continues to grow under Labour: «The Office for National Statistics disclosed that, in the three months to October, state workers received an average annual rise of 2.8 % This was close to triple that seen in the private sector, where pay edged up by 1.1 %.

Current national commitments to cut greenhouse gases would likely allow average global temperatures to rise by 3.5 °C by 2100, suggest new modeling results released today.

For each $ 10,000 reduction in net income per farm, opioid overdoses rose by 10 percent from a national average of 10.2 deaths per 100,000 people to 11.2 deaths per 100,000 people.

At the current rates that the sea is rising and land is sinking, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists say by 2100 the Gulf of Mexico could rise as much as 4.3 feet across this landscape, which has an average elevation of about 3 feet.

Because competition for federal research grants has intensified with declining federal support, the average age at which an investigator receives his / her first grant from the National Institutes of Health has now risen to 41!

During the past twenty - six years, the national average has risen from 750 kilos per hectare to only slightly less than 3,000 kilos during the past harvest, approximately a fourfold increase.

The college has also helped 74.6 % of its young people to achieve basic skills in Maths and English, a steep rise on the national average of 54.8 %.

While standards are rising in Key Stage 2 reading, writing and mathematics, Ofsted warned that it is still well below the national average.

These three groups have improved by more than 20 percentage points since 2006 on the measure of five good GCSEs, while the national average has risen by 13.5 percentage points.

As a trustee of the ISAS Group Benefits Trust, she was invaluable in helping participating schools offer comprehensive health coverage at price points that have risen well below the national average.

Since then, Boston's students made great strides in math and its fourth - graders have grown faster than average on reading, too, rising to within a percentage point of the national average.

This October, the Bridgespan Group published a study showing that students in AUSL elementary schools start third grade far behind national averages on tests, but their later scores rise to meet or even exceed national averages.

Despite those rising scores, however, California's students» scores are still below the national average on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's Reponational average on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's RepoNational Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's Report Card.

During the expansion of teacher collective bargaining in the mid-twentieth century, economists from Harvard and the Australian National University found, the average, inflation - adjusted salary for U.S. teachers rose modestly — while «the range of the [pay] scale narrowed sharply.»

The national average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline rose 3 cents during the past week to $ 2.69, according to a weekly price report released Sunday by AAA Auto Club South.

Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, forecasts a gradually rising trend «with the 30 - year fixed rate averaging... 5.5 percent in 2015.»

But for a rough estimate, a family saving today for a child who will be enrolled in college in the years 2030 — 2033 should expect to need about $ 180,000 in total, based on today's national average of an in - state, 4 year program and a 5 % per year rise in education expenses.

Though economic outlooks are rather bleak right now, the national average credit score has risen one point since last year, perhaps indicating Americans moving toward financial responsibility.

-- Globe and Mail Canadian Rate Rise «Less Imminent,» Carney Tells National Post — Bloomberg Real - Estate News: The average industrial lease rate was down by eight %

Residential real estate prices in South Florida have risen more than 4 % in the last year, far outpacing the national average, according to the S&P / Case - Shiller Home Price Index.

The law requires this limit to be adjusted each year to reflect the changes in the national average home price; however, declining home prices led to legislators clarifying that the baseline loan limit could not rise again until the average U.S. home price returned to its pre-decline level.

Freddie Mac reported that the national average of the 30 - year fixed rose to 4.46 % last week, up from 4.29 %.

Mortgage balances have dropped, while student loans continue to rise, although they remain below the national average.

As of September last year, the national average price of a two - storey single family detached home increased by 9 %, year - over-year, while the national average price of a bungalow rose by 6.5 % in the same time period.

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Three of the cards included in the weekly rate report advertised higher interest rates, causing the national average to rise.