Sentences with phrase «near its highest level»

The yield on 10 - year Treasury bond is hovering near its highest levels in four years.

The richest 1 % of Americans now own nearly 45 % of all the country's wealth, near the highest level since the «Gilded Age» of the 1920s.

Corporate profit margins have been rising for 15 years and are now near their highest levels ever.

Short - term yields turned positive, with the two - year note yield near its highest level of the year after comments from the Fed's Stanley Fischer.

The Hang Seng China AH Premium Index, which measures the valuation gap for companies listed on both mainland exchanges and in Hong Kong, is near its highest level since March 2009, indicating a widening disconnect.

The US oil - rig count plateaued near the highest level in three years and showed signs of declining in late March (to 797), though it still stood 50 rigs above the year - end 2017 total.2 This contributed to expectations for a further increase in American crude production, which has topped 10 mb / d each week since early February, when WTI prices began to recede from their intra-quarterly high of US$ 66.14 a barrel.3 The amount of crude in US storage occasionally exceeded weekly estimates given the higher domestic output and fluctuating net import figures, reigniting fears that US production may thwart OPEC's efforts to clear global oversupply.

Japan's Nikkei has rallied about 6.5 percent year - to - date, according to Yahoo Finance, nearing its highest levels since early 2000.

Gold fell as the dollar held near the highest level in five years and investors reduced holdings in the largest exchange - traded product backed by the metal, curbing demand for a store of value.

Copeland also noted the fact that families with heads ages 75 or older whose debt payments are excessive relative to their incomes is near its highest levels since 1992.

According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, «the percentage of families whose debt payments are excessive relative to their incomes are at or near their highest levels since 1992.»

Job openings are near their highest level since the recovery began but hiring has slipped a bit, because employers can't find workers with the right skills, and wages are likely to rise more rapidly.

While 90 - day annualized volatility of oil, around 50 %, is the highest since April last year, and is near its 2001 peak, it's not near the high levels of 2008 or 1991.

The latest Siena poll also showed the governor's unfavorability ratings hovering near the high levels they reached in April this year, when 38 percent of voters held an unfavorable opinion of the governor.

The EBRI report notes that «the percentages of families whose debt payments are excessive relative to their incomes are at or near their highest levels since 1992.

Inflation, which has been mysteriously low for years, has accelerated in recent months, with expectations hovering near the highest level since 2014.

Oil prices near the highest level in over three years are driving the world's biggest energy exporter deeper into debt.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported that the pace of housing starts picked up in November nearing the highest levels since 2008.

Overall, the 2002 homeownership rates for U.S. - born Americans (70 percent), naturalized citizens (68 percent), and non-citizens (35 percent) were near their highest levels since data was first collected on this topic in 1994.

RISMEDIA, January 16, 2010 — The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index dipped slightly in December 2009, primarily due to a decline in real wages, but it remains near its highest level since 2004.

«Three months after the presidential election, measures of consumer optimism regarding personal financial prospects and the economy are at or near the highest levels we've seen in the nearly seven - year history of the National Housing Survey,» says Doug Duncan, senior vice president and chief economist at Fannie Mae.

While 90 - day annualized volatility of oil, around 50 %, is the highest since April last year, and is near its 2001 peak, it's not near the high levels of 2008 or 1991.

Not exact matches

Elsewhere, the dollar held at a three - month high against a basket of currencies, after having received a boost from U.S. 10 - year Treasury yields holding near the key 3 percent level.

Consumer confidence, although still volatile, has returned to pre-recession levels and business confidence has rebounded to near - record highs.

Honey bee death rates went up in places where higher levels of naled were recorded near hives, according to a National Center for Biotechnology Information study.

At a still higher level a neuron might detect the recurring juxtaposition of beaklike angles near headlike circles.

Yet with global growth declining, oil inventory at record levels, and momentum on the side of increasingly cost - competitive renewable energy technologies, there remains a high possibility the energy sector will face another existential crisis in the near future.

But I'd hate to see us go back down to April's near 50 % optimism level, and I think one way to keep it higher is for the federal government to take action and create certainty.

Public sector banks are likely to be more hesitant to lend money to these borrowers because chances of a turnaround for companies with high levels of debt seem unlikely, at least in the near term, according to Awtani.

Hedge fund managers have amassed a near - record position of 1.405 billion barrels in petroleum and show no signs of rushing to take profits despite the rise in prices to their highest level since 2014.

There is a high probability the Dow will retreat and retest the upper edge of the trading band near 18,300 before a rebound rally moves up to test the trend line as a resistance level.

The stock then built a 5 - year basing pattern at that level and is now trading near a 2 - year high.

Yesterday's high (1,363), as well as the 1,380 and 1,420 levels all present near to intermediate - term resistance levels for the S&P.

Although both DIA and SPY are testing resistance of their prior «swing highs» from September, such action alone would not be concerning because the indexes could simply form a multi-week base of consolidation near current price levels, then eventually continue to new highs again.

Output growth rates have been declining across the world, but income levels are at or near historic highs.

Overall, Ether is gaining bullish momentum and it will most likely accelerate higher above the $ 750.00 and $ 760.00 levels in the near term.

The second largest coin finally reached our next target level after a long and grinding leg higher, and the ETH token topped out only a few percent off its all - time high near $ 400 today in early trading.

The coin is currently testing the upper boundary of the pattern, and another leg higher in the trend is likely after establishing a swing low near the $ 0.20 level.

As such, a move above this pivotal resistance level could generate momentum that leads FAZ substantially higher in the near - term.

Nonetheless, with signs of overbuilding, the level of housing investment still remains near historical highs

Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.

Therefore, the greater the public opinion that the major indices will stall near these resistance levels and reverse back down, the more likely these indexes will actually surge to fresh multi-year highs.

It is currently trading near the 23.6 % Fib retracement level of the last upside wave from the $ 0.7010 low to $ 0.8629 high.

It could break the $ 0.9500 level and extend upsides in the near term to a new monthly high.

With the S&P 500 within about 8 % of its highest level in history, with historically reliable valuation measures at obscene levels, implying near - zero 10 - 12 year S&P 500 nominal total returns; with an extended period of extreme overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions replaced by deterioration in market internals that signal a clear shift toward risk - aversion among investors; with credit spreads on low - grade debt blowing out to multi-year highs; and with leading economic measures deteriorating rapidly, we continue to classify market conditions within the most hostile return / risk profile we identify — a classification that has been observed in only about 9 % of history.

The iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund ($ EWS) has been exhibiting tight, sideways price action over the past six weeks, near its prior highs and just above the $ 13.50 level.

Litecoin is still hitting new highs, reaching the $ 55 level overnight and getting close to our range - projection target near $ 58.

Like the Dow, yesterday's swing high also serves as an important near - term resistance level on the Nasdaq.

Weibo shares had been consolidating for the past few weeks near record highs, while Sina was holding close to its best levels since 2011.

Litecoin hit a new high in early trading, while NEM and Dash were also relatively strong, with Ethereum still being stuck below $ 300 and Bitcoin trading near the $ 2600 level throughout the week.

However, crude oil inventories remain high, with current storage levels near 500 million bbl, which is approximately 9 million bbl ahead of last year.