Sentences with phrase «percent a year earlier»

Similarly, about a quarter of the respondents reported they intend to hire new employees, up from about 16 percent a year earlier.

The company reported a combined ratio of 95.5 percent, compared with 96 percent a year earlier.

Centene's health benefits ratio, or the amount it spends on medical claims compared with its income from premiums, improved marginally to 86.3 percent, from 86.6 percent a year earlier.

Mobile advertising revenue accounted for 84 percent of the company's total advertising revenue, compared with 76 percent a year earlier.

Vietnam's gross domestic product grew 6.81 percent last year, faster than an expansion of 6.21 percent a year earlier.

The business now represents about 13 percent of Alphabet's total revenue, compared with 10 percent a year earlier.

The insurer said its medical benefit ratio, the percent of premiums spent on claims, fell to 81.4 percent in its commercial business from 83.8 percent a year earlier.

BofA's efficiency ratio, which is how much a bank like BofA spends on overhead to do business, decreased to 60 percent from 62 percent a year earlier.

Its Tier 1 common capital ratio increased to 11.24 percent of risk - weighted assets as of June 30 from 8.23 percent a year earlier.

The lender reported an annualised return on tangible equity of 7.4 percent, compared with 6 percent a year earlier.

The monthly rate, which is not seasonally adjusted, was 4.6 percent in March and 4.5 percent a year earlier.

Occupancy rates in Schenectady County were at 56.5 percent for the first six months, up from 54.5 percent a year earlier.

A resolution of a foreign tax credit matter with the Internal Revenue Service reduced Nike's effective tax rate to 2.5 percent, compared with 18.4 percent a year earlier.

Charter enrollment is even more impressive if you look at the fine print: In 2008, charters enrolled 48 percent of public - school 6th graders, up from 36 percent a year earlier.

District - wide, the percentage of funds controlled at the school level increased to 67 percent in 2008 09, up from 60 percent a year earlier.

In seventh grade, the drop was even worse: to 4 percent proficient from 45 percent a year earlier.

About 20 percent of the state's third - through eighth - graders refused to take the tests this spring, up from 5 percent a year earlier.

According to a report by a Florida legislative agency, the percentage of children repeating third grade rose to 13 percent that year, up from 3 percent a year earlier.

Factory - installed air conditioning, one of the most expensive options, went into a record 87.2 percent of 1985 models, up from 84 percent a year earlier.

The Android camp had a 39.1 percent share of global tablet shipments, compared to 29 percent a year earlier.

Apple claimed 16.1 percent of the smartphone market, up from 10.9 percent a year earlier.

RIM's share of the smartphone market fell to 19.4 percent of global shipments in the first quarter from 20.9 percent a year earlier, according to researcher IDC, based in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Strategy Analytics said there were 10.5 million Android tablets shipped in the fourth quarter, good enough for 39 percent of the market, compared to 29 percent a year earlier.

Neil Mawston, Director at Strategy Analytics, added, «Android captured 27 percent share of global tablet shipments in Q3 2011, rising twelve-fold from 2 percent a year earlier.

The New York Fed report indicates that the 60 - day delinquency rate has ticked up to 0.67 percent from 0.62 percent a year earlier.

First, the delinquency rate for all types of loans was 9.47 percent in the fourth quarter — that compares with 7.88 percent a year earlier.

Genova cites an article from The Wall Street Journal Online, which notes that the unemployment rate for those between the ages of 25 and 34 was 9.6 percent in April 2009, up from 4.9 percent a year earlier.

IPads that use Apple's iOS mobile software had a 36 percent market share at the end of 2013, down from 53 percent a year earlier, according to the researcher.

Those groups accounted for 16 percent of tablet sales in the second quarter this year, up from 13 percent a year earlier, he estimated.

The unemployment rate for the city was 6.1 percent January 2012, falling from 6.8 percent a year earlier.

The divorce rate among active - duty soldiers in 2008 was 3.5 percent, up from 3.3 percent a year earlier.

The interest rate on a 30 - year fixed - rate mortgage averaged 5.86 percent in April, compared with 5.83 percent a year earlier, the association said.

As of late July, lenders were offering jumbo loans at a typical rate of about 5.5 percent, down from almost 7 percent a year earlier and not too different from what's available for conforming loans, according to data available on Bankrate.com.

A number of retailers expanded, causing retail vacancy to drop 10 basis points in Los Angeles County to 5.2 percent, down from 5.3 percent a year earlier, according to Marcus & Millichap.

The state's overall unemployment rate did decline slightly from 6.8 percent in June to 6.6 percent in July; it was 6.7 percent a year earlier.

In Brooklyn, where year - over-year rents fell for a second consecutive month in August, landlords offered incentives on almost 11 percent of all new leases, compared with 5.2 percent a year earlier, Miller Samuel and Douglas Elliman said.

In April, Manhattan renters were offered sweeteners, such as a month's free rent or payment of broker's fees, on 13 percent of all new leases, up from 2.7 percent a year earlier, according to a report by appraiser Miller Samuel Inc. and brokerage Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

Lease - signing sweeteners, such as a month of free rent or payment of broker fees, were offered on 24 percent of new rental agreements in October, up from 10 percent a year earlier, according to a report Thursday by appraiser Miller Samuel Inc. and brokerage Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

The availability rate on the famed strip, home to Saks Fifth Avenue and Tiffany & Co.'s flagship store, jumped to 15.9 percent in the third quarter, up from about 10 percent a year earlier, according to Cushman & Wakefield Inc..

Move - in concessions were offered on 12 percent of new leases signed in the borough last month, compared with 7.9 percent a year earlier.

Tepid demand for luxury goods and a stronger U.S. dollar that's crimped spending by tourists have particularly hurt Fifth Avenue, where the space - availability rate was at a record 15.9 percent in fourth quarter, up from 10.1 percent a year earlier, Cushman data show.

But that 36 percent is significant, because it's an increase from 34.7 percent a year earlier.

Customers signing offers increased 70.4 percent in January, compared with an increase of 58.5 percent a year earlier and customers requesting home tours were up 57.9 percent in January, compared with to 52.0 percent in 2012 according to Redfin's Real - Time Demand Pulse.

The downtown Chicago office vacancy rate dropped in the third quarter to a 10 - year low of 10.7 percent from 11.1 percent in the previous quarter and 13.9 percent a year earlier, according to CB Richard Ellis, a commercial real estate firm.

The share of home sales involving all - cash transactions was 26 percent in January, up from 18 percent a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors.

The average rate on a 30 - year, fixed - rate mortgage rose this week for the second consecutive week, to 3.76 percent, from 3.69 percent last week and 4.33 percent a year earlier, according to Freddie Mac's weekly survey.

That's down from 34.6 percent a year earlier, according to Jed Kolko, chief economist at job site Indeed, and senior fellow at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley.

Prices appreciated 5.8 percent on average during 2017, compared to 5.1 percent a year earlier.

That's down from 34.6 percent a year earlier, according to Jed Kolko, chief...

About 49 percent of renters were cost - burdened in 2015, which means they spent more than 30 percent of their incomes in rent, compared to about 50 percent a year earlier.