Not exact matches
Germany's Ifo business climate index — a key chart of morale
among German businesses — fell to 102.1
points in April from 103.3
points in March, marking the fifth consecutive month of
declines.
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D - N.D.) suffered a net
decline of 9
points, though she still has the approval of 47 percent of her constituents, compared with Trump's 48 percent quarterly approval rating
among those voters.
U.S. homeownership rates are down eight percentage
points since 2009, with
declines evident
among most major demographic groups except older Americans.
Most recently, the Dow was trading down 250
points, or 1 %, at 23,908, with losses led by a
decline in shares of McDonald's Corp., which was
among the best performers
among the Dow's 30 components in Monday trade after reporting better - than - expected quarterly results.
Much of this comes about from the significant reductions in tax rates (reduction of two - percentage
points in the GST, a six - percentage
point decline in the general corporate income tax rate,
among others), without offsetting reductions to program expenses.
Among other
points, the new data shows that the number of UK - born Christians decreased by 5.3 million since the 2001 Census, but Christianity's overall
decline was slowed as this was topped up by 1.2 million Christian immigrants.
In New York City, Cuomo
declined by 17 percentage
points, and
among non-whites, he dropped 22 percentage
points.
And the number who denied the scientific consensus that human - caused climate change is happening
declined by 10 percentage
points among Catholics and 6
points among the US population in general.
«What we found was that
among 80 percent of the men in the study, the hassles they encounter from their early 50s on tended to
decline until they reached about 65 to 70 years of age, and then they rose,» Aldwin
pointed out.
Among the more - educated, the
decline, though smaller, is still a substantial 16
points — from 63 % to 47 %.
The education world continues to digest the headline finding from the 2017 EdNext Poll: a dozen - percentage -
point one - year
decline in support for charter schools, with similar drops
among Republicans and Democrats.
Average scores on the ACT test were constant
among Michigan students, while the nation's average score
declined by 0.2
points.
Among Democrats, the
decline was from 59 % to 39 %, a drop of 20 percentage
points.
Twenty - eight percent of suburban fourth - graders were functionally illiterate in 2011, no better than the levels four years ago; this compares poorly to the one - and two -
point declines, respectively,
among big - city and rural districts.
Meanwhile, Massachusetts, generally the top performing state in the nation, showed a significant
decline in math and reading scores
among high school seniors, falling 2 and 3
points respectively.
The study doesn't necessarily
point to a
decline in morality
among young people.
The
decline was under three percentage
points for students with high incidence disabilities, but considerably higher
among students with low incidence disabilities, at over 8 percentage
points.
While the functional illiteracy rate of 22 percent for Virginia's young white male fourth - graders is five
points lower than it was in 2003 (and better than the four percent
decline nationwide), it is much lower than Florida's 11 percent
decline in functional illiteracy, and the 16 percent
decline among Alabama's young white men.
Fifty - three percent of the Dominion State's young black men in fourth grade were functionally illiterate in 2011, a mere one
point decline from nine years ago; this trails the eight percentage
point decline nationwide, and the even more dramatic 13 - and 16
point declines in functional illiteracy
among young black male fourth - graders in respectively, Florida and Alabama.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, homeownership
among millennials is currently on the
decline, down 0.7 percentage
points to 34.1 % of millennials owning a home.
Pimentel and Wilson
pointed out that «As the world population continues to expand, all vital natural resources will have to be divided
among increasing numbers of people and per - capita availability will
decline to low levels.
David Pimentel and Anne Wilson
pointed out that «As the world population continues to expand, all vital natural resources will have to be divided
among increasing numbers of people and per - capita availability will
decline to low levels.
The net share of consumers who think home prices will go up over the next 12 months posted the biggest drop
among HPSI components,
declining 4 percentage
points and continuing the downward trend from January.
Customer satisfaction with digital appraisal apps improved by 26
points among Gen Y consumers, but
declined by 16
points among Pre-Boomers.
The apartment sector performed the best
among the core commercial real estate property types,
declining only 250 basis
points from its cyclical high to its cyclical low.
During the same period,
among Millennials who want to own a home, the desire to buy now if they could afford to also
declined, from 74 % to 68 %, a drop of 6 percentage
points.
Among all Millennial non-homeowners, only 35 % now believe buying a home in America today is a smart and secure investment, representing a steady
decline from 43 % — a drop of 8 percentage
point — in Q2 2017.
Indeed, the homeownership rate
among householders under 35 years of age is now at its lowest level on record at 36.3 % — a 7.3 percentage
point decline from its peak reading back in mid-2004.
Those who support the premise of waning desire will
point to the
declining homeownership rate, especially
among those 35 and younger, as evidence.
Indeed, the homeownership rate
among householders under 35 years of age is now at its lowest level on record at 36.3 percent — a 7.3 percentage
point decline from its peak reading back in mid-2004.