Sentences with phrase «per cent this month»

Western Australian retail spending rose 0.2 per cent month on month in January, to $ 2.8 billion, slightly below the national average of 0.3 per cent.

«We expect average hourly earnings to rise 0.2 per cent month over month, as reference week effects suggest a high bar for a 0.3 per cnet or higher print.

The index gained 5.4 per cent this month, its best since January 2017, after posting losses in February and March this year.

For example, the price of a 1.5 - litre bottle of Coles natural spring water has risen 12.8 per cent this month and Asahi's Schweppes 1.1 - litre mineral water by 7.5 per cent.

Woolworths stock has fallen 14 per cent this month, partly on the back of weaker - than - expected first quarter sales and warnings from analysts that food and grocery margins are unsustainable.

Admissions for drink related problems to one London hospital rose from nearly three per cent a month before 24 - hour drinking to eight per cent a month after the liberalisation.

Just 41 per cent of respondents in the Sunday Times poll said they thought he had been a good chancellor, down from 51 per cent a month ago, while 52 per cent think that he has done a bad job.

NationBuilder has 4000 customers now, and is growing by 20 per cent a month.

Meanwhile the headline rate of the retail Price Index (RPI) inflation rose from -0.8 per cent in October, after hovering at -1.4 per cent the month before.

But Brexit - backing Tory members clearly take a different view — so the environment secretary has gone up from just 4 per cent in October to 12 per cent this month.

If interest rates are cut to below 4 per cent months before an election, the Tories would have to be prepared for the favourable reaction that would bring.»

Inflation in Romania hovered around 10 per cent a month for three years.

The Internet has 20 million users — 45 per cent of them outside the US — and is adding new users at the rate of 15 to 20 per cent a month.

In Canada, average domestic round - trip prices rose two per cent month over month to $ 457 in February after having dropped 7.3 per cent in January, according to the Consumer Airfare Index from airfare prediction app Hopper.

Don't be late Those owing tax must pay remaining balances by midnight on Friday, April 30th to avoid a 5 per cent penalty on unpaid balances and an additional 1 per cent each month thereafter to a maximum of 12 %.

The results were aided by a healthy March performance when guest arrivals rose nine per cent on the same month last year to stand at 230,974 which translated into 761,834 guest nights — a 26 per cent month - on - month increase with total revenues climbing 18 per cent to AED502 million, average - length - of - stay edging up 16 per cent and occupancy rising seven per cent to 74 per cent.

The quarter one results were aided by a healthy March performance when guest arrivals rose nine per cent on the same month in 2012 to stand at 230,974 which translated into 761,834 guest nights - a 26 per cent month on month increase with total revenues climbing 18 per cent, average length of stay edging up 16 per cent and occupancy rising seven per cent to 74 per cent.

Sales for Capcom's hit were up 13 per cent month - on - month.

See your electricity bill soar 20 per cent this month?

Financing might be about one per cent a month on a construction loan of 12 months.

Less than two months before Christmas 2016, there was a surge in sales of «clean eating» gadgets such as food processors, blenders and spiralizers — with a 10 per cent month - on - month increase for blenders alone.

Not exact matches

IBT Education has reported a five per cent drop in net profit to $ 14.1 million for the half - year to December 2005 but has forecast strong profit growth in the current six - month period.

The median household income in Canada is about $ 70,000, roughly 10 per cent more than a decade ago, according to census figures released last month.

The average of the Bank of Canada's three preferred inflation measures was 1.4 per cent, slightly faster than the 1.3 per cent average of the previous month.

The budget includes a one per cent increase for people on welfare and disability support, who will also be allowed to keep the first $ 200 of earnings each month before their benefits are reduced.

Profit attributable to common stock rose to $ 692 million, or 47 cents per share, in the three months ended March 31, from $ 228 million, or 16 cents a share, a year earlier.

Professional services firm Deloitte has posted a 15 per cent increase in revenue for the 12 months to May, as strong performance in its east coast operations offset challenging conditions in Western Australia.

New vehicle sales in Western Australia registered a slight increase in March compared with the same month last year, while sales for the 12 months to March were up 5.3 per cent on the prior year, according to the latest data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.

It said production in the three months ended March 31 fell by about 10 per cent to 300,400 boe / d compared to the first quarter of 2017.

Net income attributable to shareholders tripled to $ 151 million, or 60 cents per share, in the three months ended March 31.

Both cities are cooling — according to Realosophy, sales of freehold houses in the Greater Toronto Area are down 26 per cent over the past month — and prices could follow.

St. Louis - based Anheuser - Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, said earlier this month it had cut its water use by 32 per cent in the last five years by sponsoring preservation initiatives in water basins critical to its breweries, and by installing U.S. Department of Agriculture real - time weather and crop water - use data meters on suppliers» farms.

The pickup in the state's economy revealed in the latest GDP data hasn't flowed through to spending on new cars, with vehicle sales in February 13.7 per cent lower than the same month in 2016.

Retail, not mining, has borne the brunt of the slowdown in Western Australia during the past 12 months, with a study of the state's economy by the investment bank Goldman Sachs revealing a startling decline in retail jobs of more than 20 per cent.

Oil prices slid more than one per cent on Tuesday as the US dollar remained near a four - month high, but worries that US President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal underpinned the market.

New vehicle sales are on the rise, with new data showing 4.8 per cent more cars were sold in the six months to June 30 than the same six month period last year.

West Perth - based Automotive Holdings Group has predicted the state's automotive market will remain challenging in the short term, as the company reported a 20 per cent fall in net profit after tax in the six months to December.

New car sales were down 11.6 per cent in Western Australia, with nearly 1,000 fewer cars sold in the month of April.

Swan Taxis has announced a 10 per cent discount for the next three months on bookings made through its flat fare app as it continues to battle for market share against Uber.

An earlier survey this summer found 77 per cent of respondents would have trouble absorbing an additional $ 130 per month in interest payments.

Western Australian automotive sales have gone against the national trend for the month of July, down nearly 13 per cent on those of July 2014, despite a national increase in sales.

• More than half (58 per cent) of Canadians pay their credit card balance in full each month, avoiding credit card debt and interest payments altogether.

Last month, Green Mountain noted that its growth is slowing but that it still expects sales to increase by 15 to 20 per cent next year.

OTTAWA — Rising gasoline and car prices fuelled the first significant spike in Canada's cost of living since February last month, lifting the annual inflation by half a point to 1.2 per cent — still low by historial standards.

The stock has gained 22 per cent so far this year and hit an all - time high earlier this month.

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.

CREA said Friday the level of sales activity marked a four - year low for the month of March and was seven per cent below the 10 - year average.

Still, national home sales were up from the previous month by 1.3 per cent, according to CREA's latest statistics.

Home values in Perth were up 0.2 per cent over the past three months, but were 3.1 per cent lower year - on - year.

Regionally, prices were higher in all provinces except British Columbia, which recorded its third consecutive month of disinflation, chiefly attributed to a one - per - cent decrease in food costs.