Sentences with phrase «percent in»

Japan's economy grew at an annualized rate of 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter, the eighth straight quarter of expansion.

His firm estimated that $ 75 billion in insured losses would result in an average industry - wide combined ratio, a closely - watched measure of expenses to premium income, of 106 percent compared with 95 percent in 2016.

The bureau says more than 90 percent of new private loans were co-signed in 2011, up from 67 percent in 2008.

Same - store sales — a key benchmark — rose 7 percent in the country last quarter.

In an interview with CNBC, CEO Jeff Gennette said same - store sales were up 3 percent in January.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's radical new economic policies, referred to as «Abenomics,» and expectations of a bold monetary policy have prompted Japanese shares to surge almost 32 percent in the last three months.

In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $ 32.01, an increase of 42 percent in the last 12 months.

On the positive side, the Commerce Department today released its latest tally of gross domestic product, or GDP, showing the U.S. economy increased at an annualized 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter.

The rise continued Thursday with the stock gaining as much as 6.5 percent in Milan and climbing 4.3 percent as of 9 a.m. in New York, before the start of regular trading.

That is down from 47.8 percent in 2007, and income levels have barely risen for many people.

«We think growth in these three countries will gradually revert toward their meager potential economic growth rates,» the analysts highlighted, suggesting GDP will fall to below 1 percent in Italy and below 1.5 percent in Spain and Portugal.

The membership of Nike + grew by 40 percent in 2011 and helped boost revenue by 30 percent in that product category.

That puzzle continued earlier Wednesday when Labor Department data showed consumer inflation, excluding food and energy, was lower than expected at 1.7 percent in the 12 months through November.

It's an ideal time to reduce the stake as Yakult shares have gained 29 percent in the past year, he added.

Dallas - based Southwest also said it expects unit costs, excluding fuel and other items, to rise 4 - 5 percent in the fourth quarter.

- 45 percent of independents think the S&P 500 will be up 5 percent to 10 percent in 2017, alongside 52 percent of Republicans (and compared to 28 percent of Democrats).

According to the report, in 2011, 90 percent of private student loans had a creditworthy co-signer, compared to only 67 percent in 2008.

U.S. industry sales of large SUVs have jumped 11 percent in the first half of the year, Ford Motor Co. estimates, compared with increases of 9 percent for midsize and 4 percent for small SUVs.

Activity in the manufacturing sector declined 9.1 percent in the third quarter from the prior three months, the latest data showed, better than an initial estimate of a 17.4 % contraction.

Revenue per unit has increased more than 380 percent in the same period, from $ 151,000 to $ 735,000.

Amorepacific's European revenues, including Goutal, were less than 50 million euros ($ 60.2 million) annually but were expected to rise by 20 percent in 2018, Maman said.

That follows an increase of 4.1 percent in the third quarter.

Ryanair posted an increase in profit of 12 percent in the three months to the end of December despite widespread disruption.

Daily moves exceeding 1 percent in the S&P 500 are rare and trading volumes have declined.

Users grew by more than 50 percent in 2014 and 2015, so growth has already slowed.

In a recent Pew Internet survey, 59 percent of Americans said they consider online dating a good way to meet people compared with 44 percent in 2005.

The Fed's preferred gauge of inflation, based on consumer spending, gained just 1.6 percent in the year through October.

Shares rose about 3 percent in light volume after hours.

Stripping away the effect of fresh food and energy, consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in January from a year ago.

The company tells investors to focus instead on the percentage growth of people who use it daily, which has increased more than 10 percent in each of the last three quarters.

In the next 12 months, Dems and Republicans are investing the same — nearly half in equities, about 20 percent in bonds and 15 percent in cash.

In 2010, 36 percent of survey respondents said an external company handled their tech support, compared with 24 percent in 2013.

A new International Federation of Robots report shows that China will likely represent 40 percent of the total worldwide sales for robots by 2019, an increase from 27 percent in 2015.

Cloud software developer Ceridian spiked more than 40 percent in its opening day of trading Thursday.

Then, sometime around 1985, it began a steady decline towards an all - time low of 1.5 percent in 2005.

Shares in Henkel were 0.6 percent lower at 1045 GMT, making them the top performers on Germany's blue - chip DAX index, which was down 7.1 percent in response to Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

Manufacturers surveyed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry expect output to rise 5.3 percent in February and 0.3 percent in March.

The company's shares fell as much as 8.1 percent in after - market trading as sales of its premium non-invasive device, used to replace diseased aortic valves without open - heart surgery, is its biggest growth driver.

The committee collectively raised its GDP estimate from 2.1 percent in September to 2.5 percent.

Nasdaq 100 futures rose and the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) rose about 0.4 percent in premarket trading.

Tesco, the biggest U.K. supermarket, said that underlying sales rose 0.7 percent in the Christmas period.

Demandware's shares, which have fallen about 21 percent in the past year, were up 52.1 percent at $ 73 in premarket trading on Wednesday.

Ministry of Finance data showed exports fell 2.9 percent in February from a year earlier, more than a 1.9 percent drop expected by economists in a Reuters poll, after a revised 6.3 percent rise in January.

The company, whose U.S. shares were up 6.9 percent in premarket trading, said second - quarter revenue fell to $ 2.42 billion from $ 2.73 billion a year earlier.

If Pizza Hut was struggling, so was NPC: in August, the franchisee reported that same - store sales at its Pizza Hut units fell almost 6 percent in the second quarter compared to a nearly 4 percent drop a year ago.

Japan's stock market has surged 30 percent in the past three months as the yen's weakness boosted the outlook for exporters.

Margrethe Vestager, the EU's commissioner for competition, argued shortly after presenting the decision in the summer that the ruling was «based on the facts,» which showed that Apple was paying a corporate tax rate of just 0.05 percent in Ireland.

While rates of online fraud attacks against merchants in the travel industry were down 33 percent in 2016, compared to 2015, consumers who buy online are still vulnerable to fraudsters.

After having declined from 3.7 percent in 2002 to 3.5 percent in 2007, the fraction rebounded to 4.2 percent in 2012.

The yen has already gone down more than 16 percent against the dollar since the beginning of the year, and it is now down 12 percent in trade - weighted terms compared with the year before.