Sentences with phrase «percent a year while»

Over long periods, home prices have gained about 4 percent a year while stocks have gone up close to 10 percent.

Amazon is up 30 percent this year while Alibaba's stock has nearly doubled as both companies race to a $ 500 billion in value.

Video game chipmaker Nvidia rose 101 percent this year while PayPal rose 93 percent.

Gold futures in New York have dropped 21 percent this year while copper is down 13 percent.

Over the next five years, the number of tablets in use is expected to decline an average of 1 percent each year while the number of smartphones should increase by about 7 percent annually.

Not exact matches

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note traded at 2.959 percent at 2:09 p.m. ET, while the yield on the two - year note yield climbed to 2.500 percent.

Seat availability based on June schedules from Cincinnati is down 35 percent from June 2008, while it dropped 18 percent from Milwaukee over the last 10 years.

The main stock index dropped by as much as 2.4 percent earlier, while the benchmark 10 - year government bond yield rose to 6.944 percent, the highest since August 2017.

Furthermore, while The Guardian says that vodka sales showed an uptick of 1.6 percent last year, the Wall Street Journal points out that sales of Smirnoff brand vodka were down eight percent between June and December.

They typical yield around 4 percent while a 10 - year U.S. Treasury bill yields 2.58 percent as of Friday.

Harley said it shipped 63,944 motorcycles in the quarter, down 9.7 percent from a year earlier, while it reiterated shipments of between 231,000 and 236,000 motorcycles in 2018.

While hiring was down by 0.1 percent in March, the survey found that nearly 9 in 10, or 87 percent of small businesses, expect the first quarter to be the same or better than a year ago.

In beverages, for example, Coca - Cola Co. paid a 19.5 percent tax rate last year, while levies for Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. hit 33.8 percent.

Shares of the tech giant are down 2.4 percent, while the S&P 500 is down 1 percent and the tech sector is up more than 3 percent this year.

The Dow is down almost 2 percent this year, while the S&P 500 is off about 1 percent.

While the HYG has fallen nearly 2 percent this year, the S&P 500 is down just 0.3 percent.

Airbus said its order intake for its helicopter unit fell 5 percent last year from 2016, while demand for passenger jets is surging as record numbers of travelers take to the sky.

Only 45 percent of those surveyed said they trusted their leadership, while a little more than half said they were not happy at work, and one in every two employees did not expect to be with their organization for more than a year more.

While United's fourth - quarter profitsurpassed Wall Street's expectations, investors were focused on its plan to grow capacity, or the number of seats it flies, by 4 percent to 6 percent each year through 2020.

Ten years later in 2017, the marginal tax rate for the lowest tax bracket (up to $ 42,200 of taxable income) has fallen to 20.1 percent while the marginal tax rate on highest tax bracket (above $ 220,000 of taxable income) has risen to 53.5 percent.

The United States alone cycles through 50 billion plastic bottles every year, while recycling only 23 percent of that total number.

Globally deals totalling $ 1.55 trillion have been struck so far this year, while in Europe mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have totalled more than $ 621 billion, up 151 percent on the same period in 2017, Thomson Reuters data shows.

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note was lower at around 2.998 percent at 1:07 p.m. ET, while the yield on the 30 - year Treasury bond was lower at 3.18 percent.

In fact, over the past two years, while the S&P 500 has jumped nearly 30 percent, the utilities sector has gained only 6.5 percent — besting only the consumer staples and real estate sectors during that time.

The aggregated value of cash only takeovers so far in 2018 has risen by 33 percent year - on - year while the value of deals using cash and stock has risen by 221 percent, as companies look to exploit their buoyant share valuations.

The CWA said Verizon agreed to provide a 10.9 percent raise over four years while Verizon put the increase at 10.5 percent.

For example, the paper's authors explain, investors who bought Pfizer five years ago have seen their shares appreciate by 80 percent, while investors who bought 25 years ago have seen their shares grow by six times (adjusted for splits).

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury notes, which moves inversely to price, was lower at around 2.43 percent, while the yield on the 30 - year Treasury bond was also lower at 3.046 percent.

The surplus was still down 47 percent from a year earlier, with the trade balance remained in deficit as the yen's decline has pushed up costs of imported fuels immediately while its impact on exports will take some time to be fully seen.

In an exclusive interview, Riad Kamal chairman of Arabtec Construction tells CNBC that the company's revenues derived mostly from Gulf projects in 2011 and while Arabtec Construction is looking to grow by at least 15 percent per year, for now, that expansion is going to focus more on the region rather than beyond.

The 4 percent rule seeks to provide a steady stream of money to the retiree, while also keeping an account balance that will allow those funds to be withdrawn throughout the person's retirement years.

Hence the question: Is it reasonable to expect that marginally looser policies would now lead to more than tripling of the growth rate (to 1.5 - 2 percent) over the next two years, while raising the inflation rate from -0.3 percent to 2 percent — as the Bank of Japan is promising?

This past year, 51 percent of purchases took place online, more than 90 percent of consumers used smartphones while shopping in - store and 78 percent of global shoppers were influenced in some way by social media.

Last year alone, visits to fast - casual restaurants were up 8 percent, while the fast - food segment saw no growth.

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury notes sat slightly lower at 2.221 while the yield on the 30 - year Treasury bond slipped to 2.797 percent.

AMZN shares have risen by nearly 39 percent over the last year while TSLA has climbed by about 43 percent and XOM has dropped more than 9 percent.

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.

To get to 100 percent of the information, you might need to ask for their tax returns over the past two years and their profit and loss statements (P&L s), while also setting up interviews with their CFO and their auditor and so on.

While this year's sale ended on Monday, it has proven effective for the Minneapolis - based retailer — select electronics, toys, and kitchen items were up to 50 percent off.

While there's little indication of the market souring, it's clear that investor interest is driving up initial valuations — 30 percent of offerings have exceeded price expectations this year, according to Renaissance Capital — and that some companies» stocks quickly deflate from their first - day gains.

While prices have since fallen, they're still up 18 percent for the year, causing a ripple effect that will find its way to grocery stores, the USDA said.

OOIL shares on Monday rose over 20 percent on Monday morning, while COSCO's Hong Kong - listed shares were up to their highest level in almost two years.

Robots and automation are priorities in China, where salaries have increased more than 100 percent over the last 10 years while the national labor force has been shrinking.

The report indicated that while more than 78 percent of organizations have engaged in lead generation programs throughout last year, only about 17 percent of these companies are actually meeting their lead generation goals.

About 60 percent of Americans listened to over-the-air radio while driving as of a few years ago, according to an industry study, a number that has been falling.

While that's more than the $ 196 billion Chinese business travelers spent last year, business - travel spending in China grew 13.2 percent — three times the 4.4 percent growth rate in the U.S.. By 2016, Chinese business travelers are expected to spend more than those from the U.S., according to the report.

Shares of Riot Blockchain and Digital Power, while taking a hit today, are still up 627 percent and 450 percent this year, respectively.

The Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), for instance, is down 6.5 percent over the past year, while the S&P 500 is up more than 14.5 percent.

Yet its the latter that investors have been most eager to reward: Year to date, Walmart's stock is up nearly 40 percent, while the online retail giant's is up nearly 60 percent.

NiSource shares have declined 4.5 percent since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index has declined roughly 1 percent.