Sentences with phrase «of soft data»

Worried about the state of the U.S. economy after a string of soft data?

Data has been looking better; much as in the US, much of the confidence data has looked good, a lot of the soft data, the PMI data for example, has been really improving.

Worried about the state of the U.S. economy after a string of soft data?

Not exact matches

Organizations like Unilever and Kraft, which previously relied on marketing «soft skills,» are now taking a playbook out of the tech world by building data - science teams to work hand - in - hand with marketers.

«The ECB will have to collect more evidence that the recent data moderation is indeed a soft patch and not the first sign of a more enduring slowdown in the economy,» said Luigi Speranza, head of European economics at BNP Paribas in London.

A parade of reports and experts explained away high house prices and debt levels with many of the same arguments we hear today in Canada — yes, prices are way up compared to rents, but the analysis is built on flawed data; debt levels are high, but so are house prices, which minimizes the risk; America's demographics support the boom; and then the classic: There'll be a soft landing.

The British pound edged 0.2 percent higher at $ 1.3635 after having fallen to a four - month low of $ 1.3588 on Tuesday on soft UK manufacturing data.

Also, most of what economists call «soft indicators» — which give a gauge of the state of the economy based on people's impressions and intentions rather than hard data — are revealing.

The fact that the bond market retreated during the first week of the year on «old» news and in the second week on very little new economic news, though Wednesday saw softer JOLTS (where job openings slid to a six - month low) and Import Price data barely rising at all, is revealing.

Some of that qualification comes from recent announcements of poor employment data and a soft labor market.

As a result, even though a tightening labor market and recently supportive levels of business, consumer, and investor confidence may bode well for the near - term outlook, the hard data currently seems considerably less encouraging than the soft data.

Nevertheless, available data and softer sources of information, such as market intelligence, allow some inferences to be drawn.

Like its competitors, T - Mobile does reserve the right to «deprioritize» your data above a certain threshold, but it now sets this «soft cap» at 50 GB a month — more than twice that of AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon.

April / May Canadian [trade] data may have been partly reflecting hangover effects from a harsh winter and a soft US economy in Q1 and into the start of Q2 whereas the US activity measures really picked up thereafter.

The economists» bearish lurch this week reflects the fact that soft data and anecdotal evidence suggest the cash shortage is beginning to take a toll, a challenge that will weigh on the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday when it meets to decide its crunch - fighting strategy.

The Euro Fact of fiction, the Euro remains a point of contention, but topside conviction remains low ahead of the Italian election compounded by softer EU economic data.

Initially, investors were skeptical about any further tightening of monetary policy in coming months, amid escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, further soft inflation data and uncertainty about the potentially negative effects of hurricanes Harvey and Irma on the economy.

While the market continues to communicate concern over rising levels of shale production, this bullish inventory data coupled with a slightly softer USD profile, it's easy to see why oil prices are finding fresh session highs going into the NY close.

While U.S. data continue to be mixed (durable goods and the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index were both soft last week), most of the recent economic evidence suggests the U.S. has recovered from its first quarter economic contraction.

The most important conclusion to emerge from this «queer mixture of hard data, soft data, thought experiments, and speculations» is that social policy can not afford to ignore what Edmund Burke called «the little platoon we belong to in society.»

In terms of substitution effects, the major difference between our estimates and those from the US is that our data indicate that diet soft drinks are a substitute for sugar sweetened drinks, whereas US data suggest that diet soft drinks are a complement (as the price of sugar sweetened drinks goes up, consumption of diet drinks goes down).18 22 This may explain why a US tax on sugar sweetened drinks has been so heavily resisted, as a «double whammy» on sales of both diet soft drinks and sugar sweetened drinks would occur.18.

The data also tells us that approximately 10 % of soft drinks are consumed during a leisure activity, such as at a sporting ground1.

Response to Sydney Morning Herald «Nutritionist, soft drink makers argue over study» 17 February 2014 Beverage research provides much needed data around consumer behaviour «Australian beverage habits have been changing but there has been no conclusive research into the total consumption trends of non-alcoholic water based beverages in more than seven years,» said Australian Beverages -LSB-...]

Ahead of the UK government's Soft Drinks Industry Levy coming into force next month, Public Health England (PHE) has published new data on the state of the nation's diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status — and sugary drinks are in the spotlight again.

Industry data that were based on sales and sugar concentrations of soft drink variants over the same time frame also indicated that the contribution of sugars to carbonated soft drinks decreased 26 % on a per capita basis, which was equivalent to 157 g / y for 14 y.

In instances in which the 1995 ABS data set did not specify the RSE (i.e., the percentage of energy that was derived from SSBs plus 100 % juice, soft drinks, sugary products, confectionery, and alcoholic beverages and the percentage of sugars as soft drinks), the RSE was assumed to be the same as in 2011 — 2012.

Compared with our 2011 article (15), the current analysis provides novel data on changes in recorded intakes of total sugars, added sugars, SSB, carbonated soft drinks, juices, confectionery, and alcohol in Australian adults and children between the 2 most recent national dietary surveys.

The main findings in this analysis are summarized in Figure 7 and include the trend - line changes from 1995 to 2011 for the availability of sugars and sweeteners (FAOSTAT), the apparent consumption of refined sugars (ABS), and sugars added to carbonated soft drinks (industry data) compared with the changes in total sugars, added sugars, and sugars as soft drinks according to national dietary surveys in 1995 and 2011 — 2012.

Levy and Shrapnel (27) obtained grocery - sales surveys from the AC Neilsen Scan Track national data set of all ready - to - drink, water - based beverages in Australia, including sugar - based variants (carbonated soft drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, iced tea, and mineral water), nonsugar - based varieties, and still water.

In the current study, we provide novel data on changes in the availability of added and refined sugars and in recorded intakes of total sugars, added sugars, SSB, carbonated soft drinks, juices, confectionery, and alcohol consumption in Australian adults and children between the 2 most recent national dietary surveys in 1995 and 2011 — 2012.

It nevertheless concluded that the currently available data, combined with a lack of uniform safety standards and regulations, were «insufficient» to support a finding that soft helmets prevented head injuries such that universal support of soft helmets was «premature at this time.»

Thankfully, I was a five, very soft, and baby was extremely low — perfect data to tell us that it was a good time for the first dose of antibiotics, which was the course of treatment we'd chosen.

Based in Pittsburgh, PA, this company received a grant of $ 100,000 to support gathering efficiency data on its 2ND SKULL ® CAP — a thin, soft, flexible and breathable protective skull cap that fits under football helmets, designed to provide added protection against linear and rotational impacts.

From how to network, to developing the right skills (hard and soft), this book offers actionable advice and a clear description of the career path you will follow as a data scientist

Other researchers have paired motion data with mic recordings, which can pick up the soft sound of a fingertip tapping a screen.

Dr Vera Weisbecker of UQ's School of Biological Sciences said the study represented the first dataset comparing brain growth in different mammals, gathered through a novel method of non-invasive micro-CT (computed tomography) scanning which allowed the fast data acquisition of soft tissue growth in tiny mammals.

Mammalian brain growth is studied in this paper which shows that a widely accepted hypothesis of how the mammalian brain proportions grow and evolve does not work, using a novel method of micro-CT scan that allows the first fast data acquisition of soft tissue growth in tiny mammals.

It will provide researchers with a level of detail not typically found in academic research papers, including 3D models, bills of materials, raw experimental data, multimedia step - by - step tutorials, and case studies of various soft robot designs.

After crunching dietary data gathered from more than 4,700 adults, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley found that soft drinks provide more than 7 percent of the average daily adult intake of calories — the largest single source.

John Freeland of the Advanced Photon Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Argonne National Laboratory, contributed soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy, a technique for understanding orbital structure changes, and related data analysis.

But Witmer's work, and the work of a handful of other young paleontologists who are approaching the soft - tissue questions with scientific methods, may ultimately allow artists to flesh out dinosaurs with more hard data.

Other data have shown the icy plains are predominantly made of nitrogen but also include carbon monoxide and methane, all of which are soft enough to flow at Pluto's frigid 37 K -LRB--- 236 °C).

To get more detailed temperature data, the researchers used two relatively new methods of investigation, both of which examine the layer of compressed granular snow that is formed between the top layer of soft and fluffy snow and the layer deeper down in the ice sheet, where the compressed snow has been turned into ice.

«In terms of the Schiaparelli test module, we have data coming back that allow us to fully understand the steps that did occur, and why the soft landing did not occur,» said David Parker, ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration.

Through Catalyst, communities of innovators use software, data, algorithms, and automation to drive down non-hardware solar soft costs — like permitting, financing, and customer acquisition — that today make up more than half of the cost of a solar electricity system.

Data from a phase II study of cabozantinib (XL184) in patients with advanced solid tumors show that the drug has activity in both bone and soft tissue.

It will provide researchers with a level of detail not typically found in academic research papers, including 3D models, bills of materials, raw experimental data, multimedia step - by - step tutorials and case studies of various soft robot designs, researchers said.

Data was examined from individuals consuming more than 2 sugary drinks daily of soda, fruit juice, and other soft drinks, or more than 3 / week of soda alone.

We also extracted data on the fiber contribution from vegetables, fruit, and bread and cereals and on the consumption of main carbohydrate - containing food groups: vegetables, potatoes, fruit, bread and cereals [comprising breakfast cereals, bread (white or other), pasta, and rice], plus foods high in refined sugars or refined starches (soft drinks, cordials, sweet biscuits, cakes, buns, scones, pastries, confectionary, sugar, honey, jams, and syrups).

The study was conducted in the Tokyo University of Agriculture, and the results were published online in the journal Data in Brief (December 2017), describing the variations in vasodilation and blood pressure changes in 20 healthy young adults (10 female and 10 male, 18 - 28 years old), after being randomly administered a single dose of three soft gelatin capsules, each one containing either 25 mg of freeze - dried camu camu powder or water as a placebo.