Sentences with phrase «of sharp drop»

There is widespread agreement that the US economy will slow next year, partly because of a sharp drop in house prices.

The British Educational Suppliers Association has launched a campaign to highlight the impact of the sharp drop in resources expenditure in UK schools over the past two years

In response to this, the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) has launched a campaign to highlight the impact of the sharp drop in resources expenditure.

The British Educational Suppliers Association has launched a campaign to highlight the impact of the sharp drop in resources expenditure in UK schools over the past two years, with IT resources hit the hardest

A new campaign has been launched to highlight the impact of the sharp drop in resource expenditure in schools

The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) has launched a new campaign to highlight the impact of the sharp drop in resources expenditure in UK schools over the past two years.

The study, issued last week, argues that a substantial increase in the number and rate of traditional - age white women attending college in the 1970's and 1980's has created the appearance of a sharp drop in the college - enrollment rate of black males.

This is the first time that Corbyn has led in the question — this is partially because of a sharp drop in Theresa May's ratings (before the snap election she was consistently in the high 40s), but is also due to a significant increase in Jeremy Corbyn's ratings.

«We had a difficult year 2012, mainly because of a sharp drop in production, but trade flows mostly held stable,» OIV Director General Federico Castellucci told reporters, referring to total wine exports which were stable at 101 Mhl after a long - term upward trend.

Poloz's bold and unexpected move to cut rates this year — not once, but twice — has been credited for dampening the impact of the sharp drop in global oil prices on the Canadian economy.

In the commodities space, oil prices are headed for their eighth consecutive week of falls on Friday, the longest losing streak since 1986, according to Reuters, after the news of a sharp drop in Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the health of the world's biggest energy consumer.

Stocks suffering some of the sharpest drops have been financial stocks because of all the financial arrangements between countries that could be disrupted by changes in global relationships as the European Union faces stress.

Not exact matches

May 2 (Reuters)- Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said on Wednesday.

Traders are taking out a growing number of put options to sell crude, a strategy aimed at protecting against a drop in prices after a sharp rally since December.

Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said on Wednesday.

More importantly: notice the sharp drop in positive sentiment during the final stage of the sales cycle, where the buyer and seller may be verbally wrestling with each other to come to a win / win agreement.

For all the defiance, pressure on the Russian economy is slowly mounting under the combined influence of sanctions and, more importantly in the short term, the sharp drop in the price of oil, its main export.

John Hardy, head of forex strategy at Saxo bank, also told CNBC that «assuming that we don't have a growth slowdown or sharp drop in inflation if the euro rises especially rapidly,» the ECB is likely to announce tapering in September for starting to actually slow down its purchases in early 2018.

The recall, which could cost the two firms hundreds of millions of dollar each, revives quality concerns at a time when Hyundai (hymtf) and Kia (kimtf) face a sharp drop in China sales and sluggish demand in the United States and South Korea.

Deutsche Bank shares dropped more than 3 percent on Thursday morning after reporting lower - than - expected revenue for its first quarter at a time when banking stocks have seen sharp gains after centrist Emmanuel Macron emerged as the winner in the first round of French presidential elections last week.

The optimism survey found that fewer than 1 in 2 — or just 45 % — of small business owners are optimistic, a sharp 15 - point drop from 60 % in August.

That's a sharp decline in two quarters, in large part attributable to the drop in oil prices, the effects of which are still working their way through company balance sheets.

He called it «an unintended consequence of the Trump - led efforts to stop many Muslims from coming to the U.S.,» resulting in «a sharp drop in foreign tourism to our nation that imperils jobs and touristic income.»

Interest rates are at historic lows, and a sharp spike in rates could drop the value of solar bonds.

With the collapse of global oil prices, the largest recyclers like Waste Management have reported sharp drops in recycling revenue and stagnated recycling rates across the country.

After a sharp drop, bitcoin has surged into record territory again, hitting $ 385 in early Tuesday trading on Mt. Gox — one of the many exchanges for the digital currency.

The decline in copper prices and even sharper drop in oil prices led the Phoenix - based firm to take big losses in the final quarter of 2014.

Population growth rates have fallen in Western Australia and across the country as a whole, with WA experiencing a sharp drop in overseas migration and a net loss of people through interstate movements.

It was filmed using a custom - built drone equipped with seven GoPro cameras and operated by a licensed drone pilot due to the complicated nature of the shoot, which included dropping 30 feet into a field of sharp agave; long, continuous shots; and stabilization against the wind.

The scandal triggered a sharp drop in Facebook shares amid concern the revelations could threaten the social network's business model of offering a free service in return for data that could be marketed to advertisers.

The March crude contract was up nine cents to US$ 59.29 per barrel after sharp drops all of last week and the March natural gas contract was down three cents at US$ 2.55 per mmBTU.

The port city of Tianjin saw the sharpest fall in its livability score among the eight Chinese cities surveyed, with the drop compounded by a decline in its environment score following an explosion at a chemical factory a year ago.

Media giant Viacom said on Wednesday it cut the compensation of its top two executives, executive chairman Sumner Redstone and CEO Philippe Dauman, as the company faced business pressures and a sharp drop in its share price.

Entrepreneurs tend to be highly educated: 45 % of American self - made entrepreneurs have advanced degrees, a sharp contrast with the early 20th century, when men like Henry Ford dropped out of school to become tinkerers.

A sharp temporary drop in asset prices is kind of funny, honestly.

I would guess that there is a much sharper drop in the chance of your business surviving for 2 years during a recession caused by a financial crisis where it is much more difficult to raise funding.

One speculative note: The 2010 SEC / CFTC report (page 21) shows the E-mini market depth, with a sharp drop - off of both buying and selling depth at about 1:45 p.m. Central / 2: 45 Eastern.

A sharp drop after the open had pushed the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average below their 200 - day moving averages, a key technical indicator of longer - term momentum.

There we can see the sharp drop in oil and gas output, which constitutes 10 per cent of our economy, and the slowdown in non-energy commodity production, which represents a further 8 per cent.

Home resales were already on a downward track before the British Columbia government introduced a 15 per cent tax on home purchases by foreign nationals in Metro Vancouver, and area resales could see further significant weakness in the near term if there is a sharp downgrading of future price expectations and a drop in speculative activity.

U.S. stocks experienced sharp drops in August 2015, when China devalued its currency; in January 2016, as oil prices dropped; in June of 2016, after the «Brexit» vote; and in the run — up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

But he said the sharp drop in share prices of health insurers Tuesday — Cigna Corp.'s stock fell 7 % and Anthem Inc. dropped 5 %, for example — «was an overreaction.»

While US stocks were lower on Wednesday, the decline wasn't nearly as sharp as early February's market turmoil, when the Dow saw its biggest single - day drop in a day and the S&P 500 entered correction territory (a decline of at least 10 percent from its previous high).

At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin has nearly gained back losses from the extremely sharp drop in price yesterday.

The numbers reflect a surge in small - ticket transactions involving early - stage Internet and technology companies but a sharp drop - off in the kind of mega-deals that move the value dial.

After the peak prices at the end of 2016, there was a sharp drop which inclined me to unload my gold and silver miners for a hefty profit.

U.S. stock futures are trading more than 3 % lower as investors worry about a sharp drop in Chinese stocks after Friday's falls of more than 3 % for U.S. indices.

The fallout has been severe, with numerous lawsuits, governmental inquiries, a #DeleteFacebook user boycott campaign, and a sharp drop in share price that's erased nearly $ 50 billion of the company's market cap.

The unexpected drop was in sharp contrast with last week's jump in the consumer sentiment index put out by Thomson Reuters / University of Michigan.

Wall Street suffered a sharp drop on Tuesday, with major benchmarks posting substantial declines in response to a combination of economic factors.