Sentences with phrase «near its lowest level»

The Bank of Canada's latest quarterly survey of businesses shows that companies expect little sales growth over the next 12 months and that their investment intentions are stuck near the lowest levels since the Great Recession.

A spokeswoman for Morneau disagreed, saying that since the Liberals came to office, the economy has created more than 600,000 jobs and the unemployment rate has been near its lowest level in about 40 years.

Equity markets are up so far this year, while volatility in the U.S. bond market is near its lowest level since late 2014.

The euro, which had already been near its lowest level in 11 years on expectations of action by the central bank, weakened further against the dollar, falling about 1 percent to around $ 1.14, a move that could help European exporters.

Today, the ETF is hovering near its lowest level in three months (and probably headed lower).

Shareholders want Levy, more than seven years at the helm, to come up with a strategy to revive a stock that is trading near its lowest level in nine years.

Interest coverage (the ratio of corporate earnings to interest obligations) is currently near the lowest levels in history.

On the data front, initial jobless claims increased to 211,000 in the prior week, but remain near the lowest level since 1973.

Low volatility is in the headlines, with the VIX gauge of equity market volatility sitting near its lowest levels since the early 1990s.

Meanwhile, implied volatility is near its lowest level in 25 years, as measured by the MOVE index, which tracks volatility in one - month options on Treasury futures.

Surveys of consumer and business confidence are generally above long - run averages and unemployment is near its lowest level in almost 30 years.

However, the unemployment as calculated using Germany's own methodology was unchanged at 6.9 %, near its lowest level since reunification in 1990.

Home construction per household a decade after the bust remains near the lowest level in 60 years of record - keeping, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

With interest rates still hovering near the lowest levels they've ever been in 5,000 + years of recorded human history, it's very difficult to achieve a significant investment return without taking on substantial risk.

T - Note prices are hovering near their lowest level in eight years.

Still, rates remain near the lowest levels because low supply of mortgage - backed securities and high investor demand has helped fill the FOMC's place.

But don't get used to that big payout; this exchange - traded fund has cut its distribution by 43 % in the past decade, and since corporate bond yields remain near their lowest levels in history, most analysts see further cuts in the future.

VA mortgage rates are near their lowest levels since May.

In late October, the «spread» in interest rates between high - yield bonds and Treasury bonds neared the lowest level in a decade, meaning that investors were getting less of a premium for assuming higher risk.2 A November survey found that 60 % of high - yield investors believed the bonds were overvalued.3

Correlations between individual stocks in the S&P 500 have fallen to near their lowest level since the financial crisis, according to Strategas Research Partners LLC.

That's because recent data shows that the correlation between stocks and Treasury bonds is at or near its lowest level in 145 years.

Rising production, record end - of - winter storage inventories, and mild weather contributed to spot natural gas prices nearing their lowest levels in a decade until prices rebounded at most trading points to the high $ 2 / MMBtu range by the end of June.

«Dr. Amstrup, however, said that according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the average September sea ice extent for the years 2007 to 2017 was 4.5 million square kilometers, «nowhere near the low levels projected it would be by the middle of the century.»

Unemployment rates are near the lowest levels we've seen in over 40 years.»

Inflation expectations, as well as median one - year ahead expected growth in the costs of several commodities (food, housing, medical, college education) are all at or near their lowest levels since the start of the survey in June 2013.

Mortgage rates, for example, have benefited from the Fed's purchases of more than $ 1.7 trillion in mortgage - backed securities and rates have been near their lowest levels of the year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

There were just 1.75 million homes listed for sale in February, 6.4 percent lower than a year ago, near the lowest level since the National Association of Realtors began tracking the data in 1999.

Just 1.69 million homes were on the market nationwide in January, near the lowest level since records began in 1999.

Not exact matches

Fuel prices remain relatively low, the jobs report continues to show that we are near full employment, and small business lending has rebounded from the depths of the credit crunch to record levels by some measures.

Claims had fallen to 229,000 in the prior week, near a 44-1/2 - year low, and remain well below the 300,000 level generally regarded as signaling a healthy labor market.

The interbank rate has been at its lowest level, near zero percent, for the longest period in the history of the Fed.

This behavior suggests that price has a low probability of pausing or consolidating near this level in the future.

The lower edge of the long term GMMA is above the level of the upper edge of the trading consolidation band near 3,140 and this is bullish.

The caveat would be that we have never seen a spike above 35 before from near record low levels of volatility.

The count of companies that did not take part in buybacks or dividends remained at a low level (20 companies), right near the average for the past three years.»

For example, as low - cost as BillFloat might be compared with charges for bounced checks, 3 percent per month works out to a near - Sopranos level of 36 percent annually.

Ethereum fell below the psychologically key $ 1,000 level again and traded about 10 percent lower near $ 943, according to CoinMarketCap.

The continuing highlighting of household imbalances, despite noting that the risks have in fact lessened somewhat in the past six months, suggests the central bank remains worried that with interest rates likely to continue at near emergency low levels, the dangers of something going off the rails intensifies.

This is a low probability outcomes as the bulk of the consolidation activity takes place near the 2130 level and this suggests an overall bullish bias to the market.

Its shares are up more than 60 percent in the last year and are now trading at near - record levels in the low $ 70s.

EWZ is trading at about 9 times trailing earnings, one of the lowest for emerging markets and near the P / E level of March 2009, just before it took off.

A pullback buy entry into $ XBI could be made near current levels, with a stop below the 40 - week moving average (or prior swing low for a looser stop).

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Slightly more Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but the overall levels still remain near historic lows in a positive sign for the job market.

Should the price correct lower from the current levels, it will most likely find bids near $ 725.00 and $ 720.00.

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.

The Volatility Index (VIX) got crushed, finishing at the lowest level, near 15, since the crash in early February.

A bounce to (or near) that level of moving average convergence, followed by a bearish reversal candlestick or gap down, would provide me with a low - risk short selling entry point.

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.

Note that expected inflation is back near record low levels despite oil prices having risen about 70 percent from their February levels.

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.