Sentences with phrase «offset recent increases»

Not exact matches

The ratings agency Moody's maintained the US's top - notch «Aaa» credit rating Thursday, saying, «The diversity, dynamism, and competitiveness of the US economy, along with the US dollar's status as the preeminent international reserve currency and very large size and depth of the US Treasury market, offset rising fiscal pressures stemming from aging - related entitlement spending, higher debt - service payments, and recent policy actions that will likely reduce future revenues and increase expenditures.»

Rural prices fell marginally over the three months to January as strength in beef prices, underpinned by increased demand, was offset by lower prices for wheat and cotton, owing to recent and prospective increases in global supply.

During the most recent quarter, Under Armour's shoe sales increase of 9 percent was driven by strength in running category, but offset by declines in team sports and basketball, despite the popularity of its line of Steph Curry shoes.

However, some offset to increasing costs is coming from lower prices for imported inputs due to the recent appreciation of the Canadian dollar.

Miller and colleagues [34] use the term «too much, too soon» to refer to the over-medicalization of birth following the rapid increase in the use of hospital as the place of birth in high - and middle - income countries, which they claim, might offset recent gains from improvements in maternal and perinatal health.

For instance, it has been suggested that the physical restraint associated with swaddling may prevent infants placed supine from rolling to the prone position.299 One study's results suggested a decrease in SIDS rate with swaddling if the infant was supine, 182 but it was notable that there was an increased risk of SIDS if the infant was swaddled and placed in the prone position.182 Although a recent study found a 31-fold increase in SIDS risk with swaddling, the analysis was not stratified according to sleep position.171 Although it may be more likely that parents will initially place a swaddled infant supine, this protective effect may be offset by the 12-fold increased risk of SIDS if the infant is either placed or rolls to the prone position when swaddled.182, 300 Moreover, there is no evidence that swaddling reduces bed - sharing or use of unsafe sleep surfaces, promotes breastfeeding, or reduces maternal cigarette smoking.

The risk that a future sustained economic recovery, and the probable general price increases that would come with it, might offset the gains made in recent years is real and should be anticipated.»

Some of that trim is offset by recent salary increases, according to HISD.

Sales in recent months have been strong, with increasing truck sales significantly offsetting a decline in car sales.

Part of this initiative is aimed at helping to offset the students» cost as California experienced a recent tuition increase; some estimates in that state put students paying over $ 1,000 annually for their college textbooks, and the legislation is intended to make college expenses more manageable for more students.

For instance, the recent inflation in the price of gasoline and energy means that energy stocks should be used to offset some of that cost of living increase.

But despite more recent restructuring, expenses are still 25 % higher today... fortunately offset by a steady increase in Saga Furs» turnover (i.e. auction fees) ratio to 12.1 % (vs. 10.2 % in 2010, I've already highlighted this counter-cyclical feature of the business model), so last year's EUR 2.05 EPS ended up much the same as 2010.

Recent title performance has been week and this will have a negative impact on sales and profit this year, partially offset by the increased margin on digital contents.

A recent paper by Vecchi and Soden (preprint) published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters has been widely touted in the news (and some egregiously bad editorials), and the blogosphere as suggesting that increased vertical wind shear associated with tropical circulation changes may offset any tendencies for increased hurricane activity in the tropical Atlantic due to warming oceans.

At a global scale, increased CO2 concentrations could partially offset expected yield declines caused by lower soil moisture and higher temperature, but recent models suggest a significantly smaller fertilization effect from CO2 than previously predicted (25).

The most recent models incorporate the movement of energy through the ocean oscillation and show a small offset of anthropogenic forcing in the present years, but predict an increase starting this year and moving forward, which looks, at the moment, to be correct.

Although there is a net trend toward dam decommissioning in the United States, most of these removals have been small dams, and the global number of removals is more than offset by recent increases in dam construction (O'Connor et al. 2015).

«If dynamic thinning continues to increase at the same rate of 4 Gt a — 2 with no offset from further increases in snowfall, the positive balance of the AIS will decrease from the recent 82 Gt a — 1 to zero in 20 years.

Ostensibly, the fuel tax hike will be offset by the recent pullback in crude oil prices, resulting in minimal increases in pump prices in the near term.

This has shown to impact both the employer and employee, where in recent news, business owners have been the focus; whether it be for responding poorly to the minimum wage increase or for making cutbacks to offset sick leave pay.