Sentences with phrase «percent a year ago»

Nike's share of the U.S. sport footwear market slipped to 53.3 percent in the first six months of 2016 from 55 percent a year ago, while Adidas's rose to 6.3 percent from 4.2 percent, according to market research firm NPD.

Of 1,500 surveyed consumers, IRI found nearly 80 percent had positive attitudes toward store brands, versus 73 percent a year ago.

Women, meanwhile, now make up 33 percent of the social network's work force, up from 32 percent a year ago and 31 percent in 2014.

In Toronto, 31 percent of the people sleeping in city - run shelters in January were refugee claimants - up from nearly 19 percent a year ago, according to city data.

GIC reported a 20 - year annualized real return - its key measurement gauge - of 3.7 percent above global inflation for the year ended March, down from 4 percent a year ago.

On Monday, the fund said its portfolio return was 5.1 percent per annum in U.S. dollar nominal terms over the five years to March 31, 2017, helped by the run - up in global financial assets, versus 3.7 percent a year ago.

According to the IFA Business Leader survey, 52.9 percent of franchisees said the lack of small business lending continues to have a negative impact on their business, compared with 55.5 percent a year ago.

Barclays said its core capital ratio, a key measure of financial strength, rose to 12.5 percent from 12.4 percent a year ago.

But longer - term rates, as measured by the yield of the 10 - year Treasury note, ended 2017 at 2.409 percent, down a touch from 2.446 percent a year ago.

«Distressed homes — foreclosures and short sales — represented 8 percent of August sales, remaining in the single - digits for the second straight month and down from 12 percent a year ago.

The employment cost index, a metric closely watched at the Federal Reserve, showed compensation cost for nongovernment workers up 2.7 percent, compared with 2.4 percent a year ago.

That's up from 3.9 percent a year ago but down from 4.5 percent at the beginning of the year.

BBT also reported that its credit quality improved to the lowest level since 2007 at 0.40 percent from 0.75 percent a year ago.

It was 4.13 percent a week ago and 3.97 percent a year ago.

The main reason for the higher unemployment rate, which was up from 6.2 percent a year ago, is that about 3 percent more people across the Buffalo Niagara region were...

That's the word from Manpower, which announced this morning that 26 percent of the companies it surveyed plan to increase payrolls in the next three months, down from 28 percent a year ago.

Within the 143 schools that operate on the year - round schedule, the ranks of students eligible for a free and reduced - price lunch grew from 89.8 percent a year ago to 92.6 percent this fall.

The unemployment rate, meanwhile, fell to 5.4 percent in July from 6.5 percent a year ago.

This year's average proposed tax levy increase in school districts across New York State is 4.6 percent, up from about 3 percent a year ago, according to the Empire Center for New York State Policy.

A little over 2 percent of the state is in exceptional drought, down from 44 percent a year ago.

Just 53 percent backed the standards, down from 65 percent a year ago.

The survey also found that 13 percent of consumers base their purchase decision on whether a vehicle is from an American manufacturer, down from 28 percent a year ago.

Gross margin dropped to 0.6 percent from 1.1 percent in the first quarter and 32.5 percent a year ago, the data showed.

Its market share has fallen from 32 percent a year ago.

Sony Ericsson sold 10.3 million units for a 2.5 percent market share, down from 4.5 percent, while US handset maker Motorola sold 9.0 million units for a 2.1 percent market share, down from 4.5 percent a year ago.

Pew found that just over half of tablet owners reported owning Apple's iPad, compared with 81 percent a year ago.

BlackBerry represented 14.4 percent of the market in the fourth quarter, down from 20 percent a year ago, according to Canalys.

Google's Android platform accounted for 17 percent of the total PC shipments during Q2 (up from just six percent a year ago).

In the group of 200 buyers, 82 percent were «very satisfied,» a sharp boost from 74 percent a year ago with the iPad 2.

Sales: In - Store And Digital In - store sales increased 2 percent over last year, to $ 1.49 billion, though comparable store sales grew more slowly than this time last year — up 2.8 percent compared to 7.3 percent a year ago.

This translates to about one - third, or 31.4 percent, of homeowners with a mortgage, an increase from 31.1 percent in the previous quarter and a decrease from 32.4 percent a year ago.

The average on 15 - year fixed - rate mortgages was 3.97 percent, down from 4.15 percent last week and 4.33 percent a year ago.

Distressed homes4 — foreclosures and short sales — accounted for 9 percent of July sales, down from 15 percent a year ago and the first time they were in the single - digits since NAR started tracking the category in October 2008.

Freddie Mac and its fellow GSE Fannie Mae are now financing more than 80 percent of all mortgages in the U.S., up from 40 percent a year ago.

See todays Bloomberg News: ¨ Indirect bidders, a group of investors that includes foreign central banks, purchased 45 percent of the $ 1.917 trillion in U.S. notes and bonds sold this year through Nov. 25, compared with 29 percent a year ago, according to Fed auction data compiled by Bloomberg News.

As of Dec. 15, 2016, a five - year ARM had an interest rate of 3.19 percent, up from 3.17 percent a week ago and from 3.03 percent a year ago, according to Freddie Mac.

The average rate on a 30 - year fixed - rate mortgage was 4.16 percent on Dec. 15, up 0.5 points for the week and up from 3.97 percent a year ago.

The 54 percent opposing it is up significantly from 43 percent a year ago, while the 44 percent who favor using nuclear energy is down from 51 percent.

Half of online shoppers used a quoting engine website in 2016, compared with about 40 percent a year ago.

The U.S. homeownership rate was 63.4 percent in second - quarter 2015, down from 64.7 percent a year ago to the lowest rate since 1967, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

More than 40 percent of Windows PCs at big box retailers, like Windows Stores Only at Best Buy, this past holiday season were touch - enabled — up from only 4 percent a year ago.

There was a similar increase in mobile transactions, either using smartphones or tablets, rising to 66 percent of transactions, compared with 58 percent a year ago, Shopify reported.

Counterpoint Technology Market Research said Tuesday that Apple's share of the Chinese phone market dipped to 8.4 percent last quarter, down from more than 12 percent a year ago.

International sales accounted for 63 percent of revenue during the quarter, and overall gross margins slipped to 38 percent, compared with 39.7 percent a year ago.

The unemployment rate for Kansas City was 7.3 percent December 2011, dropping from 8.6 percent a year ago.

million participate in online social networks, compared to just 27 percent a year ago.

The unemployment rate among people 55 and older is 6.2 percent, down from 6.5 percent a year ago, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, but that doesn't mean Kinsman - Saegert can't stand out from the pack.

The share of first - time buyers fell to 30 percent in February (matching the lowest share since November 2015) from 32 percent in January, but is up from 29 percent a year ago.

Matching the highest share since May 2015, distressed sales5 — foreclosures and short sales — rose slightly to 10 percent in February, up from 9 percent in January but down from 11 percent a year ago.

Fewer sellers indicated they wanted to sell earlier but were stalled because their home had been worth less than their mortgage (12 percent versus 14 percent a year ago); the figure was 17 percent in 2014.