For Metro Vancouver, the share of foreign buyer transactions made up 19
per cent of the market from July 15 to Aug. 1, compared with 10 per cent for June 10 to July 14.
Not exact matches
In a move likely aimed at appeasing competition regulators, the mining companies scrapped plans to jointly
market up to 15
per cent of production
from their Pilbara operations.
Walter Spracklin
of RBC Capital
Markets said increased costs
from the delay means that Bombardier will need to sell more than 800 aircraft to break even, or 12
per cent market share over the next 20 years.
This was ahead
of analysts» expectations for 26
cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S, but down
from $ 1.09
per share a year ago, when a buoyant stock
market boosted investment returns.
This was ahead
of analysts» expectations for 26
cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S, but down
from $ 1.09
per share a year ago, when a buoyant stock
market boosted...
The number
of Canadian homes sold in March plunged 23
per cent and the national average price was down 10
per cent from the same month last year amid double - digit plunges in most housing
markets across the country, according to the latest monthly sales data released Friday.
Idaho's exports to China totalled $ 560 million in 2015 — an increase
of more than 16
per cent from 2014 that makes China the second - largest export
market for Idaho.
Net earnings increased to $ 209 million
from $ 3 million, and the
market value
of the company's shares increased
from $ 61 million to $ 2.6 billion, for a compounded annual return
of 16.4
per cent.
While downloads still command 40
per cent of the
market, streaming revenue now accounts for 20
per cent of total revenue, up
from just 3
per cent in 2007.
In Toronto, information on foreign buyers is more scarce, although a report
from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in April pegged the rate
of foreign ownership in the city's condo
market at 3.3
per cent.
Uber also said its U.S. ride - hailing
market share fell
from 82
per cent at the start
of last year to 70
per cent in the fourth quarter.
Ian de Verteuil
of CIBC World
Markets says the drop in the U.S. corporate tax rate to 21
per cent from 35
per cent makes Canada a less attractive destination to locate a head office.
A MERE two
per cent of Australian businesses with an Internet presence reported a profit
from transactions generated
from and through their websites during 1999, according to a study by
Marketing Focus research team leader Barry Urqhuart.
As for operating system
market share, comScore says that Google is first with 50.5
per cent of the
market running some version
of Android, up
from 44
per cent a year ago.
All the «other» operating systems, such as BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone, combined to comprise 11.2
per cent of the
market, with BlackBerry representing 8.9
per cent overall, a decline
of 6.1
per cent from a year earlier.
Among the Big Six banks, BMO also has the highest proportion
of its loan book in business loans, at 49
per cent, according to a February note
from CIBC World
Markets.
«Twenty - four financial publications engaged in forecasting the stock
market during the 4 1/2 years
from January 1, 1928, to June 1, 1932, failed as a group by 4
per cent per annum to achieve a result as good as the average
of all purely random performances.
Global stock
markets plunged
from 5 to 9
per cent abroad, and there was talk
of closing the New York
market if stocks fell more than 1,000 points.
These two centres, for example, now account for 50
per cent of world foreign exchange
market turnover, up
from 40
per cent a decade ago.
In terms
of the value
of transactions, their combined
market share has increased
from around 14 1/2
per cent in 2003, to around 16 1/2
per cent today; most
of this increase took place around the time that two banks began issuing American Express cards.
Given that more than 30
per cent of Japan's beef imports come
from the U.S. while Canada supplies about two
per cent, there is a lot
of room for Canada to take
market share (sales) away
from the U.S..
Kirzner is also dropping money
market funds
from the mix, recommending instead that 10
per cent of your portfolio be kept in cash in a high - interest savings account.
Instead, he needs to focus on the Bank
of Canada's 2
per cent inflation target and accept whatever exchange rate results
from the existing combination
of market forces.
Its share
of the U.S. phone
market fell
from fifty
per cent in 2009 to less than one percent by the end
of 2014.
A study
from the NPD research group found that Tim Hortons» share
of the $ 4.6 - billion coffee chain
market fell to about 76
per cent in May, a decline
of about two
per cent from 2009 before McDonalds launched its McCafes.
Futures
markets are not expecting the ECB to raise interest rates
from their current level
of 2
per cent until at least the end
of 2005, while a tightening is not expected in Japan until at least 2006.
Whereas in most
markets an increase in short - selling puts pressure on the lending
market and pushes up the interest rate at which short - sellers can borrow the underlying stock, the ready supply
of gold loans
from central banks seeking to earn some return on their gold holdings has, until recently, helped to keep lease rates low, generally in the range
of 1 — 2
per cent (Graph B3).
According to the International Energy Agency's most recent Medium - Term
Market Report, between 2014 and 2020 global LNG capacity will increase by 164 bcm, 90
per cent of which will originate
from the US and Australia.
Statistics Canada said household credit
market debt as a proportion
of household disposable income increased to 167.8
per cent, up
from 166.6
per cent in the first quarter.
By contrast, Australia's
market share has more than doubled during this period, increasing
from two
per cent of China's imports to five
per cent, with Australian exports to China reaching $ 95 billion in 2013.
«Distilled down
from the 1,000 businesses in our decision - maker panel, which is run by our agents, about 40
per cent of those businesses are affected in some way, either through the supply chain or end
markets by uncertainties around Brexit.»
By then the oil
market will be feeling the delayed effects
of a 40
per cent slump in investment
from late 2014 to early 2017, storing up a structural shortfall
of 8 million barrels a day (b / d).
Medium - term inflation expectations
of financial
market participants, as implied by the difference between nominal and indexed bond yields, have risen to around 3
per cent in October,
from less than 2
per cent at the beginning
of the year.
Since the beginning
of its current tightening cycle in June 2004, the federal funds rate has been increased
from 1.0
per cent to 2.5
per cent in increments
of 25 basis points at each Federal Open
Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.
With the global economic recovery consolidating over the past three months, the main focus
of markets has been on the likely timing
of the first increase in the US federal funds rate
from its 45 - year low
of 1
per cent.
The odds
of a rate hike at the Bank
of Canada's next meeting on Jan. 17 soared to 70
per cent,
from 40
per cent yesterday, based on trading in the swaps
market.
While still down overall
from last year when sales started slumping in the face
of fears about the housing
market and tighter mortgage lending rules, high - rise condo construction starts came in 22
per cent higher in major urban centres in May compared with April.
Canada's housing
market may be gradually cooling, but Toronto home sales are expected to remain so «brisk» over the coming months, prices could jump seven or eight
per cent by the end
of this year, says a new report
from real estate giant ReMax.
It is also important to note that at the beginning
of the current boom, the unemployment rate was around 6
per cent, suggesting that there was some excess capacity in the labour
market at the outset
of the adjustment to the mining investment boom (this is another point
of departure
from the theory presented in Section 2, which assumes that the economy is in equilibrium prior to the boom).
Online takeaway food sales are growing almost five times faster than the total takeaway food
market and are forecast to rise
from about $ 1.5 billion, or 10
per cent of the
market in 2017 to $ 4.2 billion, or 23
per cent of the
market, by 2025, according to a report by Morgan Stanley in January.
The average price
of freehold properties declined by 15.5
per cent from March 2017; the average sale price in the condominium
market decreased by 1.6
per cent compared to the same period.
Chances
of a rate hike in January fell to 28
per cent from 41
per cent before the announcement, the overnight index swaps
market indicated.
In particular, the
market has scaled back its view
of downside risk, with the expected likelihood
of a fall
of 15
per cent or more over the next three months dropping
from 8
per cent to 3
per cent.
The average price
of freehold properties declined by 10.5
per cent from April 2017; the average sale price in the condominium
market decreased by less than one
per cent compared to the same period.
The bulk
of this has been due to the exchange rate against the Japanese yen, as the yen has fallen sharply on world
markets, including a fall
of about 50
per cent against the US dollar
from its peaks in mid 1995.
Among the explanations that have been put forward are the increased credibility
of central banks in controlling inflation (inflation rates remain below 3
per cent across the developed world), the low level
of official interest rates in the major economies reflecting low inflation and the continuing weakness in some economies, a glut
of savings on world
markets particularly sourced
from the Asian region, and changes to pension fund rules in some countries which are seen as biasing investments away
from equities towards bonds.
At the time
of the increase in the target
from 5 to 5 1/4
per cent,
markets had priced in not only that increase but a couple
of further increases over the coming year.
Results
from the Bank's latest quarterly survey
of financial
market economists show that the median inflation forecast is 2.1
per cent over the year to June 2004, before picking up to 2.4
per cent over the year to June 2005; forecasts for both periods are lower than they were in November 2003 by 0.1 percentage points (Table 16).
Overall wages growth in Australia is, to a degree, sensitive to the state
of the labour
market: average wages growth slowed
from about 5
per cent in 1995 to closer to 4
per cent in 1996, though the latest data suggest this slowing may have ended.
Foreign investor ownership
of China's A-shares is growing, but
from a low base — moving
from 1.5
per cent to around 2
per cent of the
market over the last year.