Sentences with phrase «per year lower»

The average auto insurance premium across the state is $ 1140, which is about $ 300 per year lower than the national average of $ 1439.

Because of our greedy and fearful investment decisions, we earn returns that are several percentage points per year lower than the overall market.

The average growth rate for poor students, for example is 0.04 grade levels per year lower than the rate for non-poor students, writes Reardon.

Not exact matches

That helped lower the unemployment rate in February to 7.7 per cent, a four - year low.

Yet the Prime Minister's Office appears to think an economy that has been growing at an annual rate of around three per cent for nearly a year is too weak to absorb interest rates that still are near record lows.

While tech IPOs are at their lowest number since 2008, health care, including biotech, is one of the hottest sectors of the year for number of filings, per Renaissance Capital's third quarter report.

On Thursday, it announced it would reduce its production guidance for the year by about 10,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day to an average of about 315,000 boe / d, with exit production of about 335,000 boe / d, to account for lower heavy oil production, an advanced schedule for maintenance at its Tucker oilsands project and a slower ramp up in liquids - rich natural gas output from its BD Project in Indonesia.

WESTERN Australia's hotels increased their total earnings by 20 per cent in the past financial year despite low occupancy rates.

Although Tampa's 2016 GDP per capita of $ 46,972 was the second - lowest among the 40 largest metro areas, its GDP growth rate of 4.2 % that year was the fifth - highest.

August 14 - The ringgit, which had been on a downward trend, plunges to a 17 - year low, losing as much as 2.6 percent to 4.1180 per dollar, in part due to concerns about the Federal Reserve's expected rate hike, and also because outside investors are concerned about the turmoil surrounding Najib.

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.

Belarusian Potash Co. supplied about 42 per cent of the world's potash exports before it broke up and sent prices to a four - year low as major buyers like China and India waited to see how far prices would fall.

3i Group, meanwhile, popped 2 percent after reporting a lower return in the first half of its fiscal year but an increase in net asset value per share.

On Monday, the yen slid towards 99 per dollar, its lowest in nearly four years, as markets prepared for the BOJ to start buying about 70 percent of debt issued by the government.

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.

«Once your travel budget gets above $ 100,000 per year, it's time to look at what you can do with a travel partner,» he says, noting that small businesses hitting that mark may be able to negotiate lower rates.

Metrolinx said a regional increase in the HST to 14 per cent from the current 13 per cent would bring in $ 1.3 billion a year from taxpayers in the region, after deducting $ 105 million in tax credits for lower - income households.

Today's price of about US$ 300 per thousand board feet is actually lower than it was a year ago, but Underhill thinks it could hit US$ 600.

The gains were enough to lower the unemployment rate to a 4 1/2 - year low of 7.4 per cent, a good sign in an otherwise lacklustre report.

Still, the higher wages are among the primary reasons Walmart has forecast lower profit per share this year.

Western Australia has recorded a 38 per cent reduction in littering from 2008 and is at its lowest level in nine years, according to the 2013 - 14 National Litter Index.

Sandfire Resources has posted a 9 per cent slide in half - year profit to $ 30.5 million on the back of lower prevailing copper prices.

Ramelius Resources has enjoyed a fruitful year, with profit up 71 per cent on the back of increased production and lower costs.

Mid-tier nickel miner has posted a strong half - year with a 782 per cent surge in profit to $ 23.6 million thanks to lower costs, along with productivity and efficiency improvements.

Northern Star Resources says it is generating over $ 200 million in free cash flow per year on the back of an expansion of its asset base, lower costs and increased gold sales.

Higher gold sales and lower exploration spending have boosted diversified miner Independence Group's full - year net profit by 58 per cent to $ 77 million.

In turn, Bolger added, the bank's effective tax rate after one fiscal year will move to the lower end of its range of 22 per cent to 24 per cent.

As much as 3.9 per cent of B.C.'s population is employed by a startup company, defined as a company under two years of age, and that's nearly double the share in Manitoba, the province with the lowest relative rate of startup activity.

Fueled by low prices, and an improving job market, consumption of gasoline in the U.S. rose by 2.6 per cent last year to 9.2 million barrels a day, the highest level since 2007, the government said.

RBC's capital markets division saw a 13 per cent jump year - on - year in net income to $ 748 million, primarily due to a lower effective tax rate largely due to U.S. tax changes and higher results in corporate and investment banking and global markets.

RBC's wealth management division reported a 39 per cent increase in net income to $ 597 million from $ 167 million in the same quarter one year ago, in part reflecting a lower effective tax rate.

Exxon, Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil, BP, and Chevron announced dismal earnings this week, missing expectations and showing how slashing spending and pulling back isn't yet enough in a world where oil has dropped from a high of $ 115 - per - barrel in 2014 to a low of $ 27 - per - barrel in January of this year.

The sales last month were the second lowest March total in Greater Vancouver since 2001 and 30.2 per cent below the 10 - year sales average for the month, the board said.

Those teams have spent much of the past year creating designs for the levitating pods that may someday carry passengers at up to 700 miles per hour through a low - pressure tube between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The average American saves around $ 2,540 per year, which in the highest - yield account will earn only $ 28 more per year than in the lowest - interest account.

Naturally, people with a high degree of emotional intelligence make more money — an average of $ 29,000 more per year than people with a low degree of emotional intelligence.

This year the state returns to more familiar territory, with some of the nation's largest class sizes, near the lowest per - pupil spending and a finish in the bottom tier for the category.

While you won't be able to lower your rate, extending your term from 10 to 25 years will reduce the amount you owe each month by 40 percent, from $ 402 to $ 267 per month.

That means earnings per share is 4 % higher and P / E is 4 % lower than a year ago for those companies.

For the sake of simplicity, let's assume our median American home owner pays a median American property tax of 1 percent of the home value per year — which is lower than many countries surrounding major metros.

Water Corporation of Western Australia has reduced its water losses from leaks and overflows by 11 per cent in the 2012 - 13 financial year and recorded the lowest operating costs of the major water utilities nationwide.

Japan's birthrate has been declining for years and hit a record low of eight births per thousand in 2014.

At today's prices, industry forecasts of three million barrels per day by 2020 are likely to underestimate production by a bit, but the real kicker will be on the value of that production to all concerned — governments, via taxes and royalties, and shareholders will all suffer much lower returns from this development than they would have expected less than a year ago if prices stay where they are today.

If nothing changes, the memo to Morneau estimates potential growth will «remain low» over the next 15 years at 1.7 per cent.

West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures in New York were down about 3 %, and fell to as low as $ 35.59 per barrel, the weakest level in seven years.

Residents in West Virginia, for example, pay the lowest in taxes of about $ 6,800 per year.

Ervin said cutting off light oil supplies through Trans Mountain would hurt Alberta - based Parkland Fuels Corp., which bought the 55,000 - barrel - per - day Burnaby refinery last year and has enjoyed good margins thanks to its access to low - cost Alberta feedstock.

Prices have rebounded sharply since mid-January, when palladium's 18 - month bear market ended at a 5 - year low of US$ 469 per ounce.

Gallup sees Americans spending an estimated $ 704 per household on Christmas gifts this season — quite a bit lower than the $ 770 they forecast last year.

Given our data on hourly wage growth, I assume a low scenario where wages grow at 1.51 % per year between 2008 and 2019, a medium scenario where wages grow at 2.24 % per year and a high scenario where wages grow at 2.76 %.