Sentences with phrase «of keeping them low»

He doesn't make TV appearances and very rarely goes to events, all in the name of keeping a low profile.

This increases your chances of keeping a low - stress state in the body and increases mental clarity, all of which may help you from reaching for that sugar fix.

While I can understand rates are low, there is the possibility of keeping them low.

Not exact matches

The retail store on the Lower East Side of New York City is not bringing in enough profit and Giordano doesn't have enough cash flow to keep it afloat.

That data raised a fresh round of questions about how the Federal Reserve will proceed on further cutting back on its massive monthly bond purchases, which have kept long - term rates low and encouraged a strong rally on equity markets.

And of course leaving people alone much of the time means spending less money on advertising, which means we can keep our prices lower.

Before Yellen addressed the Economic Club of Washington, her counterparts in Ottawa released their latest policy statement, in which Canada's central bank said it was keeping its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 %, a quarter - point shy of the lowest level ever.

Gold, meanwhile, hit a six - week low of $ 1,307.40 an ounce, as the dollar strength and bets on higher interest rates kept it on the slide having already gone dropped through its 100 - day moving average.

The combination of no physical location and limited regulatory costs allows crowdfunding firms to keep operating costs low and offer better terms to their clients.

The trade deal could also give the U.S. leverage to negotiate an end to currency manipulation, which keeps the value of some U.S. trading partners» currencies artificially low.

This keeps your body moving and active so that you lower your risk of heart disease and obesity.

The bond purchases, the third round of quantitative easing embarked upon by the Fed in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent recession, have kept interest rates and bond yields low.

Annalisa King, senior vice-president of business transformation at Maple Leaf Foods Inc., says that while keeping costs low is crucial to the Toronto - based food processor's survival, she can see a couple of situations where her company would be willing to pay more for raw goods.

Meanwhile, Berkshire Hathaway has fewer, higher - paid employees and much of Buffett's wealth is in equity, keeping the ratio low.

I find that I enjoy the flexibility and freedom of remote work much more if I create a routine and organization structure that makes it easy for me to keep my stress level low and focus high.

«Look, I'm not saying we can't keep rallying here,... but here's what worries me: what if all we do is hold, then bounce, then sell - off again before yet another retest of the lows?»

Some teams are very conservative and would rather keep an artificially low burn rate and 2 + years cash to avoid that dreadful feeling of the ticking time bomb that is that «cash out» date.

Anything that keeps them low ought to be considered a good thing, regardless of what the Competition Act says.

Be aware of what you spend and keep your overhead low.

By keeping interest rates artificially low, through a program called quantitative easing, the central bank tried to mitigate the negative effects of the recession by promoting investment in other asset classes.

While the uncertainty around NAFTA negotiations is likely keeping trade subdued, a lower dollar makes Canadian goods cheaper, potentially leading to greater exports and stoking a recovery in that part of the economy.

Unlike Grantham, Shilling believes that low global growth will continue to keep pressure on the price of oil, especially when Saudi Arabia, the world's most influential producer, can continue to pump up oil for less than $ 10 a barrel.

While investors will have to find stocks with higher yields, pay more for them and take on more risk in bonds, the biggest change in a permanently low - rate world is that people will need to set aside more of every paycheque if they want to keep the same goal for retirement income.

In the category of communications policy, we also extended our estimate of how long we expect to keep the short - term interest rate at exceptionally low levels to at least mid-2015.

Keeping your cost of sales low means not only being creative in how you acquire new customers but also making sure they stay customers.

In a written survey, each dealer ranked the color and overall look of some 40 bikes on a scale of one (low) to six (high), keeping in mind Specialized's image.

The British pound skewed lower Thursday after the Bank of England announced it was keeping its interest rates unchanged and raised its growth forecasts.

It's a bit of a mixed area with subsided low - income properties and new development, which could keep prices down for sometime.

But whereas Yglesias praises Bernanke on a fairly narrow point — the fact that Bernanke promised to keep rates low even after the economy improved — what we liked about the speech was the sheer volume of myths and misconceptions that he debunked or clarified in a short period of time.

The Ellevate chair and former Citigroup CFO wrote in a LinkedIn post that she's never more productive than she is at 4 a.m. «I brew a cup of coffee, I keep the lights pretty low, I sometimes light a fire in the fireplace, and I let my daughter's cat sleep next to my computer,» she wrote.

We have a different view on inflation, which we see below 2 percent even in 2018,» analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a note on Wednesday, explaining that oil prices will keep headline inflation low.

The Polish central bank announced Wednesday it kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low of 1.5 percent.

In addition to implementing profit sharing plans and encouraging stock ownership, Walton would set high goals for even his low level employees, encouraging competition at all levels to keep score on the progress of each individual.

Keep in mind: If you are pre-approved for the loan before you head to the dealership, you can concentrate on haggling for the lowest price for the car and highest amount for your trade - in without the added pressure of negotiating the interest rate and other details of your loan.

«I didn't believe, in terms of my wedding, that it should cost a lot to have a great time, so we tried to keep it as low as possible,» Tala said.

Trump accused the Fed of keeping interest rates low for «political reasons» and as a boon to President Obama, according to Reuters.

Notice how population growth was 23.6 % 1977 - 1997 while growth of NILF was a mere 10.5 % As the population grew, job growth kept NILF to a low rate of expansion.

A more reasonable level for Carney to reach over the next two years is closer to 3 %, Koeppl says, to keep ahead of inflation and reduce the negative effects of low rates.

For all the talk of abnormal times and changes in underlying economic fundamentals, the Fed is pinning its hopes on a very conventional premise — that the U.S. consumer will keep spending at recent strong rates, encouraged by low unemployment and the apparent beginnings of higher wages.

The Fed under Yellen has carefully stripped its policy statement of most future - oriented promises to keep rates low, along with ending crisis - era asset purchase programs.

We keep a low ratio of instructors to participants — four to one — which limits the intimidation factor.

Front and center of that strategy is recruiting qualified caregivers, emphasizing career development and keeping turnover as low as possible.

To help keep some middle and lower income people from being hit by the AMT, Congress has enacted temporary relief during each of the past several years by passing what's called a patch.

Still, one of biggest changes this year will certainly be a bigger emphasis on deals, keeping customers aware of low prices at a time when shopper traffic has been falling at Target.

The bond buy - backs are a component of the Fed's quantitative easing program, whose goal is to inject liquidity into markets and keep interest rates low.

The company is now trying a strategy of deliberately keeping inventory low and selling products at full price in order to foster an air of exclusivity, thereby encouraging consumers to spend for fear the desired items will sell out.

And if the bank continues to keep the ratio of its revenue paid as compensation lower than usual, it could result in savings of about $ 300 million for the company in the year, according to an estimate from Autonomous Research's Guy Moskowski in the bank's earnings call.

Porter tells potential clients that he focuses on not guessing the market by buying index funds that buy broad swaths of the market; keeping costs as low as possible, such as fewer transaction costs and not paying analyst fees; and focusing on tax efficiency, by relocating assets from tax - inefficient types of investments to tax - advantaged accounts.

If they can attract new mortgage customers with really low rates, odds are good they'll be able to keep those customers throughout the life of the mortgage, whatever happens to interest rates.»

While the firm readily admits that this may be a result of companies keeping forecasts low so they can more easily beat them, it also qualifies that with an acknowledgement that earnings outperformance does tend to drive share gains.