Sentences with phrase «near record lows of»

This rate has stood at a near record low of 1.00 % since September of 2010 in an effort to boost economic growth.

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Yet the Prime Minister's Office appears to think an economy that has been growing at an annual rate of around three per cent for nearly a year is too weak to absorb interest rates that still are near record lows.

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.

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

Yet the VIX remains comfortably below its long - term average of around 20, after a stretch of near - record lows.

«The value of the Canadian dollar and the price of oil, one of the nation's top exports, have both tumbled to near record lows,» the billionaire and former three - term mayor of New York wrote ahead of Trudeau's arrival for town - hall event on live television.

One of the reasons activity is picking up is that financing deals is cheap, with interest rates near record lows.

The elder Buffett has shunned bonds in recent years, saying that near record - low yields aren't enough to compensate for the risk of inflation.

The supply of existing homes for sale is near a record low, but the supply of newly built homes for sale just jumped dramatically, returning to its 30 - year average.

We've had a few of them lately and they come after a period of near record low volatility, making them even more jarring.

Now mortgage rates, which sat near record lows for the bulk of 2017, are suddenly rising.

There are certainly areas of desperation, including unemployment among minority youth and individuals with disabilities, but at the current unemployment rate of 4.6 %, my impression is that the «jobs crisis» in this country is actually better described as an income crisis, because wages and salaries as a share of total income remain near record lows.

Erskine Bowles, co-chair of the Simpson - Bowles Deficit Reduction Commission has calculated that service on the interest for that debt alone, if rates stay near record lows, will be $ 1 trillion by 2020!

Despite near - record low unemployment and a record number of open jobs, the number of able - bodied adults on...

A bigger factor has been the strong growth of the equity markets, especially with interest rates still hovering near record lows.

It remains to be seen if oil prices will remain low for a long period of time, but the Federal Reserve's actions, which have kept lending rates near record lows since 2009, have allowed airlines like Alaska access to capital at a reasonably cheap cost.

Alert finance directors at junk - rated firms have taken advantage of interest rates near record lows to refinance at least $ 250 billion worth of debt over the past half year.

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.

For example, weekly NYSE new lows have averaged about 4 % of traded issues recently, with nearly 6 % last week, even with the S&P 500 near record highs.

So far, interest rates on other kinds of consumer debt are not on the rise, since they are often tied to the Bank of Canada's benchmark rate, still sitting near a record low.

Sergei Guriev, a former advisor to the Russian government, told CNBC that, should oil prices stay at their near - record lows of around $ 82 a barrel, Russia, which is basing its economic forecasts on a much higher oil price, would face a «serious problem.»

Most important of all, unemployment is near record lows and the banking system is no longer occupied by zombies.

Bank of Montreal chief economist Douglas Porter said that bank appears very patient, with little appetite to move in January despite the near - record low jobless rate.

The Bank of Canada has underpinned the housing market by holding its key policy rate at a near - record low of 1 percent since 2010.

Despite what most observers see as highly uncertain environment, market expectations of near term volatility are near record lows suggesting scope for sudden disillusionment.

Notably the «value» of Bitcoin Cash has collapsed relative to Bitcoin since its «birth»... (Bitcoin Cash is now trading near record lows)

Pent - up demand following a shutdown for Hurricane Sandy combined with near - record - low interest rates to release a torrent of new corporate bond issues in early November.

Earlier this month, the Denver Metro Association of Realtors (DMAR) reported that the number of homes for sale in Denver is still near a record low, despite a slight increase in recent months.

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.

Mauricio Pochettino says respect is key to his near perfect record against lower - league teams so far at Spurs - and that won't change as we face League One side AFC Wimbledon in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.

A new poll finds Governor Cuomo's popularity has dipped to a near record low, and the reason could be dissatisfaction in New York City over the Governor's handling of the mass transit system.

The Quinnipiac poll on July 12 was the first of two voter surveys this month to find that Cuomo's popularity and job approval rating is slipping among New Yorkers to near record lows.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio's poll numbers have jumped to 50 percent from a near record - low of 45 percent in October, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

A new poll finds Governor Andrew Cuomo's popularity has dipped to a near record low, and the reason could be dissatisfaction in New York City over the governor's handling of the mass transit system.

«We had a near - record warm April - May period, prolonging the effects of July [2009] drought and a low snow year.»

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.

John Reynolds, a conservation biologist at Simon Fraser University near Vancouver, reports that the pink salmon have come back with a vengeance this year, on the heels of record lows in 2007 and 2008: «The grizzlies, of course, can eat the pinks, so it's not all doom and gloom right now.»

After all, Colorado's humming economy has sunk unemployment to a near record low, 2.4 percent as of July.

The Parents» Campaign supports allowing charters near chronically low - performing schools, requiring operators to have a successful track record, prohibiting for - profit companies from running charter schools, and ensuring the Mississippi State Board of Education is the only agency that can authorize charter schools.

This lack of opportunities for diverse engagement and advancement negatively affects teacher satisfaction, which is currently at a near - record low of 44 %.

Among all existing Tablets of any size, the iPad mini 4 takes first place and breaks performance records in many of the most important test categories including: lowest screen Reflectance (2.0 percent), highest contrast rating in high ambient light (225), a near perfect log - straight intensity scale and gamma of 2.22, and the highest absolute color accuracy (average / maximum color errors of 1.9 and 4.2 JNCD — tied for first place with the Microsoft Surface Pro 4).

Today's mortgage rates are near record lows, but when viewed in the context of inflation, they may not be as extreme as they appear.

«Today's near record low homeownership rate, combined with low inventory of rental property, have combined to push rental rates higher during the housing recovery,» he says.

Particularly for consumers who have adjustable - rate mortgages, now is a good time to restructure loans to fixed rates, taking advantage of near - record lows.

Mortgage rates, which increased from near - record lows in May on speculation of a scaled - back stimulus, probably will fall for another few weeks, said Keith Gumbinger, vice president of HSH.com, a mortgage - data firm in Riverdale, N.J..

The increase in housing prices has been heavily influenced by the Bank's near - record low 1 % interest rate, as more and more first time buyers and real estate investors take advantage of low mortgage rates.

Interest rates are near record lows, so in the future, chances are that the interest rates will go up, which will destroy the face value of the bonds.

The study showed that almost half (46 percent) of Canadian homebuyers believe that the near - record low mortgage rates of today are going to stick around for at least another 12 months.

Minneapolis, MN: Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing fixed mortgage rates mixed following the monthly employment report but continuing to hover near their record lows over the past six weeks.