Sentences with phrase «near record levels of»

At first glance, it may seem that Americans are taking on near record levels of credit debt.

While we have near record levels of people in employment, too many disabled people are missing out.

Not exact matches

Saudi Arabia and Russia would be freezing production at near record levels, indicating there still would be lots of supply.

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.

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.

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.

It is a temporary level because there is no previous record of support near this level.

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

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.

Momentum, the statistical measure of the pace of the rally's increase, very likely peaked in January near all - time record levels.

«We could see a plateau,» he says, noting that we're nowhere near peak vinyl levels of 1981, when more than one billion records were sold worldwide.

Momentum — the statistical measure of the pace of the rally's increase — very likely peaked in January near all - time record levels.

On the other hand, it is important to note that the spread between earnings price ratios and real interest rates are at near record levels, and that is a crude measure of the equity risk premium.

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.

It also contains the extremes near 20 in 1929, 1972, 1987 and the then - record high level of 21 in 1996.

The very high levels of production in the world's top crude exporter for March were not a one - off as the Kingdom continues to produce near record levels.

First - time buyers made up just 27 percent of home sales in May, near record lows and below the typical level of about 40 percent.

Their defense was called the best in the NFL early on in the season, and looked to be nearing NFL - record levels of turnovers, but they've been few and far between on their recent skid.

As the holiday season approaches, food pantries across the Chicago area are noticing a disconcerting trend: The number of people in need remains at near - record levels, while the amount of food they can provide is declining.

The mayor faced several questions about the city's near - record level of homelessness and his administration's response.

The levels of dioxin measured in the air near the smoldering pile «were the highest ambient measurements of dioxin ever recorded anywhere in the world,» levels at least 100 times higher than those found downwind of a garbage incinerator, according to an analysis published by EPA scientists [pdf] in 2007.

Now, a massive slug of water is working its way down the Mississippi River, forcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deliberately flood farmland to spare riverside towns such as Cairo in Illinois, and threatening near - record water levels all the way to New Orleans.

UNDER WATER More than 60 centimeters of rain inundated parts of Louisiana (Baton Rouge shown) in August 2016, driving river gauges across the state to near - record levels and costing more than $ 10 billion in damages.

Despite near record snowfalls and runoff this year that raised its level from historic lows in January, Lake Mead is still 113 feet below «full pool» - and is filled to less than 50 percent of its capacity.

Floodwaters hit near - record levels along the Meramec River, and in St. Louis, the Mississippi lapped up the steps leading to the base of the city's iconic arch.

For example, a carbohydrate - rich meal in the evening was found to delay the circadian rhythm of core body temperature and reduce nocturnal melatonin secretion.30 This is relevant, since sleep propensity and quality are highest near the declining limb of the core body temperature curve when melatonin levels are increased.31, 32 Although body temperature and melatonin were not recorded in the current study, these effects would be consistent with an increase in SOL on night 5 and the association with nocturnal arousals observed here.

They do have some level of chemistry, and the best scene that has them worked up to near violence (her hitting him over the head with a record, him slapping her, her running to the couch to bury her head and kicking her legs) is probably the best of the movie, but even that has an air or ridiculousness about it, meaning it hasn't aged terribly well.

Robotics have rendered nearly all human jobs obsolete, resulting in near - universal unemployment and record levels of violence.

In 2014, Louisiana achieved record - high levels of high - school graduation — 75 percent — and was still near the bottom of states.

There are signs that Canada's other real estate market of concern — Vancouver — may be heating up again after that city's real estate board reported Friday that home sales last month have rebounded to near record levels.

The possibility of an increase in the prime rate offered by lenders comes as household debt levels sit near record highs.

Profits were very near record levels as a share of GDP.

Brett Arends noted in an August 4 article for Marketwatch that U.S. non-financial corporations are carrying debts equal to 50 percent of their actual net worth, and that is «near record levels, and far above historic averages:»

It also contains the extremes near 20 in 1929, 1972, 1987 and the then - record high level of 21 in 1996.

While still at near - record levels, the measure has essentially stalled, as the Bank of Canada has predicted, and is likely to fall back further if housing cools and incomes keep rising as many expect.

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.

Wells Fargo is seeing large outflows from target date funds at a time when they are nearing record levels in terms of inflows.

As of end - September 2017, margin debt on the NYSE was a record $ 559.6 billion, which is to be expected as U.S. equity indices were also near all - time highs, and stock market peaks and record levels of margin debt often coincide.

And it's not just U.S. indexes like the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 that are at elevated levels, other measures of stock valuations are at or near record highs.

The majority of global equity markets have posted negative returns, bond yields are near record lows, the loonie has fallen to levels not seen in over 11 years, and, to top it all off, there are some steep tax hikes on the immediate horizon.

As the U.S. economy enters the second quarter of 2018, the positive economic momentum continues, U.S. business confidence remains high, along with consumer confidence, jobless claims are near a generational low and the ISM Manufacturing Index is at record levels as well.

Credit card APRs surge on First Premier card change — Credit card interest rates neared record levels, after First Premier began charging the higher of two APRs to all of its new Centennial Classic cardholders.

The community buzz and appetite for an authentic street soccer game has pushed the FIFA Street demo to near - record levels of global excitement.

My personal fear is that many of these levees are degraded in ways that may rear up suddenly as near - record flood levels roll through.

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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.

The Met Office says despite the change, «we will continue to see near - record levels of global temperatures in the next few years».

Global mean temperatures in 2011 did not reach the record - setting levels of 2010, but were still the highest observed in a La Niña year, and Arctic sea - ice extent fell to near - record - low levels.

At the onset of the deglaciation, a ~ 500 - year long, glacio - eustatic event may have contributed as much as 10 m to sea level with an average rate of about 20 mm / yr... RSL (relative sea level) records indicate that from ~ 7 to 3 ka, GMSL likely rose 2 to 3 m to near present - day levels.