Sentences with phrase «percent over the rates»

These higher rates of educational attainment due to the Milwaukee voucher program represent improvements of 15 — 20 percent over the rates obtained by the comparison group of public - school students — nearly as large as those for the African American students in the New York City study.

From a lender's perspective, this meant the prospect of earning 2.1 percent over the rate of inflation — 10 times the inflation premium from the previous September.

To mortgage lenders, this meant the prospect of earning just 0.21 percent over the rate of inflation.

On the spending side, he wants to increase discretionary spending 4 percent over the rate of inflation; shore up entitlement programs (Social Security and Medicare) with an $ 81 billion boost as a prelude to a major overhaul that includes the creation of private retirement accounts; and increase pay and benefits, including housing, for the military.

Not exact matches

The rate of new firms entering the marketplace has fallen by nearly half over the 40 - year period from 1978 to 2012, to 8 percent, compared with a steadily increasing rate of new firm closures, up two full percentage points, to about 10 percent, over the same period, according to the Brookings Institution, a policy think tank.

The Federal Reserve's decisions over the past 12 months to continuously raise interest rates from the near zero percent level of the past few years have made it more profitable for big banks to lend money.

The report also forecasts short - and long - term interest rates will ratchet up steadily over the next decade to 3.2 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively, which means the costs to borrow are also certain to go up.

S&P data shows the non-financial companies in its rating universe grew capex by just 7 percent in the last 12 months, despite posting sales growth and EBITDA growth of 13.6 percent and 15.2 percent respectively over the same period.

Becoming a franchise business owner has become a winning strategy for entrepreneurs all around Australia and the globe, hitting the rates with over 90 percent prosperity.

Gravity's 91 percent retention rate over the past three years — far above the industry average of about 68 percent — has been crucial to its success.

The low cost of capital, over the same period, did not help business investments either; they increased at an average annual rate of 0.8 percent because the poor sales outlook at home did not require large expansions of production capacities, and exports were increasingly sourced from overseas factory outlets.

Meanwhile the utilities sector fell 1.37 percent, with United Utilities Group tumbling over 4 percent, after HSBC slashed its target price and rating on the stock.

Other reefs have suffered even more severely from the recent bleaching; Some Pacific islands, for example, have reported over 80 percent coral death rates, Eakin said.

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?

Though the rebound in growth over the past couple of years has seen unemployment across the bloc fall, the jobless rate remains elevated at 8.5 percent.

Moreover, the rate of growth in the fraction of non-employers (28.2 percent) run by women has been higher than the rate of increase in their share of non-employers (23 percent) over the past five years.

For the rest of this year, U.S. GDP growth will likely rebound and run above a 2 - percent rate over the next two quarters, he added.

«This acquisition will significantly expand our presence in the U.S. branded organic and natural foods industry, where sales have been growing at a 12 percent compound rate over the last 10 years,» said Jeff Harmening, General Mills executive vice president and chief operating officer.

More reviews is better — businesses with over 1,000 reviews receive 672 percent more leads and have an 18 percent higher rating.

The average email marketing click - through rate is lower than 3 percent, while good engagement on Facebook is considered to be anything over 1 percent.

In the last couple decades, the growth in the number of women's businesses (up 68 percent), employment (up 11 percent), and revenues (up 72 percent) blows past the growth rates of all but the largest publicly - traded businesses, and tops growth rates among all other privately - held businesses over this period.

The American trade deficit with China in January and February was running at an annual rate of $ 391.2 billion — a 20 percent increase over the same period of 2017.

To spur manufacturing, the former Pennsylvania senator would give factory owners a 0 percent corporate tax rate in the first year of his plan, edging up to 20 percent over three years.

A survey of over 25,800 companies showed that fully 20 percent had dumped dreaded annual performance ratings.

In Malawi, for example, which had the highest business closure rate in the world, women shuttered businesses at a rate of 30 percent over the past two years, compared to about 25 percent for men.

Second, approval rates by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have steadily risen over the past two decades, climbing from 23 percent in 1994 to 89 percent and 77 percent in 2014 and 2015, respectively.

According to MarketShare, the growth rate in marketing - related analytics hires is up 67 percent over the past year, and a massive 136 percent over the past three years.

GIC said that over the 20 years through the end of March, its annualized real rate of return, or the return excluding the global inflation rate, was 3.7 percent a year.

Facebook boasts an AI research team of over 100 researchers on staff, a luxury few other tech companies can claim, yet the Facebook Messenger AI group was shut down soon after achieving a 70 percent failure rate.

The fees can vary from less than 1 percent to a few percentage points — and interest at the prime rate to several points over prime on the balance of receivables you sell, making it steeper than most bank loans.

However, rates have retreated from over 8 percent in the last several weeks, and the credit risk of high - yield bonds can offer some diversification from the interest - rate risk of a portfolio of Treasury bonds.

It's not a surprise that this status update received a home run, with a response rate over 2.5 percent.

The Federal Reserve did not help in the process as their response to increasing oil prices and the war in the Middle East was to RAISE the short term Fed Funds rate from 5.50 to over 10 percent.

The Cupertino, California - based company is expected to post a 25 percent surge in profit over the three months to March, slightly higher than the blended earnings growth rate on the S&P 500.

The annual percentage rate on retail cards is over 23 percent on average, compared to 10 percent for the average low rate card and 15 percent for the average cash - back or rewards card, according to a CreditCards.com analysis.

«When you have thousands of people coming to your site every day, if making one little change like putting a security logo on your checkout page makes a 1 percent difference in conversion rate a day that can make a huge impact on your bottom line over time.»

At the Federal Reserve's target rate of 2 percent, inflation could erode more than $ 73,000 of a retiree's purchasing power over 20 years if that person were receiving the monthly average Social Security retirement payment of $ 1,341.

That strategy translates into a 10 percent to 20 percent growth rate year after year over the past five years.

Some of the best businesses with a huge base of regulars have monthly churn rates of 10 to 15 percent, while some of the worst are over 60 percent.

For example, a 10 to 15 percent cash advance over a 90 day period will carry up to 10 times the interest rate charged by most banks.

A 10 - times return over six years, a hypothetical holding period, means an investor rate of return of 46 percent, although returns are inherently diluted by other investments in the portfolio.

Cowen lowered its rating for the photo messenger's shares to underperform from market perform, predicting a 30 percent decline in stock price over the next year.

According to a report by Credit Suisse, retailers currently have an effective tax rate of over 30 percent - something Najarian sees as an opportunity.

The coal credits helped the company lower its effective tax rate further, to just over four percent in 2014 and 7.4 percent in 2015.

, retailers currently have an effective tax rate of over 30 percent - something Najarian sees as an opportunity.

Let her know «that the attrition rate for facilities managers is 40 percent over a three - year period,» Heil says.

The hikes ultimately will return the central bank's key short - term rate, called the federal funds rate, to about 4 percent over the next two years, which economists generally consider more a sustainable level.

History suggests that some 90 percent of rate hikes over the past 25 years already were highly anticipated by the market, with at least a 70 percent chance discounted in, according to research Goldman Sachs released this week.

«Over the last decade, our ratings are up roughly 30 percent, while broadcast prime - time ratings are roughly down 30 percent.»

They find «the average real GDP growth rate for countries carrying a public debt - to - GDP ratio of over 90 percent is actually 2.2 percent, not -0.1 percent as [Reinhart - Rogoff claim].»