Sentences with phrase «point decrease of»

26 percentage point decrease of learners at lowest levels, meaning 26 % more learners could now recognize numbers and moved the numeracy level scale.

Not exact matches

The combined ratio of 95.5 % decreased 0.5 points due to higher net favorable prior year reserve development (1.0 point), as well as a benefit (0.2 points) from catastrophes, partially offset by a higher underlying combined ratio (0.7 points).

Ford said that over the next couple of years it will increase its SUV mix 10 percentage points and decrease its car portfolio 10 percentage points in North American.

«A decrease in nominal GDP growth resulting solely from a one - year, 1 - percentage - point decrease in the rate of GDP inflation» reduces the budgetary balance by $ 1.9 billion.

The reasoning behind all of these actions — shoring up streaming rights, decreasing losses, etc. — point to Spotify potentially planning an initial public offering for sometime next year, as has been reported.

More than one third of business owners said they expect to decrease capital spending in the year ahead, an increase of about 10 percentage points from the previous quarter.

The fourth quarter reading also represents a 17 - point decrease from the first quarter of 2015.

In tandem with that reading, 9 percent of repsondents said they planned to decrease head counts at their companies in the next 12 months, which represents a decrease of two percentage points, compared to the third quarter.

The index reading of 33 decreased three points from the third quarter and it decreased 10 points from the first quarter.

Though some experts argue that employee tenures at the top are decreasing, she points to U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics, which find that managers stay with a firm an average of 6.1 years (up from 5.3 years in 1983), as proof that the jury is still out.

As the International Buiness Times points out, recent studies «found that disrupted sleep schedules of six - hour bouts decreased metabolism in volunteers, which could translate to annual weight gain of 10 pounds.»

Similarly, 72 percent of business owners said they expect their financial situation 12 months from now to be good, an increase of one percentage point from the first quarter; 11 percent said they expect their situation to be poor, a decrease of one percentage point from the first quarter.

Twenty - five percent of people who started new businesses in 2015 were aged 20 to 34, a decrease of nearly 10 percentage points compared to 1996, according to a Kauffman Foundation report released this summer.

More importantly, 23 percent said they plan to add workers, a decrease of three percentage points from the first quarter; 9 percent said they planned to scale back on the number of workers they have, an increase of two percentage points.

The first two points are limited in the impact they demonstrate: The Temple study showed no decrease in DUI deaths on weekends, when the cost of UberX rides tends to rise with demand - based pricing, while the data from Seattle is only from that one city.

Other cities earn a relative score, where a one - point increase or decrease equates to a 1 % change in the cost of living.

Page 287 of the 2014 Budget has an estimate that a 1 - percentage point decrease in GDP growth would reduce «the budgetary balance by $ 3.7 billion in the first year, $ 4.5 billion in the second year and $ 6.0 billion by the fifth year.»

He also pointed to better programs to decrease rates of obesity and smoking, which contribute to chronic disease like cancer, stroke and heart disease.

The company has a history of share buybacks too; Lewenza points out that its float of outstanding shares has decreased by 25 % since 2006.

As a result of this new dynamic, since 2010 a one point increase in the VIX Index has been associated with about a quarter point decrease in equity multiples.

A 1 percentage point reduction in tax rates increases investment by 4.7 percent of installed capital, increases payouts by 0.3 percent of sales, and decreases debt by 5.3 percent of total assets.

OnDeck also extended the maturity date of its asset - backed debt facility that finances its line of credit offering to May 2019, increased the facility's borrowing capacity to $ 100 million, and decreased the funding costs by 200 basis points.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year, fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less decreased to 4.33 percent from 4.46 percent, with points increasing to 0.43 from 0.41, including the origination fee, for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year fixed rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less increased to 4.23 percent from 4.20 percent, with points decreasing to 0.32 from 0.37, including the origination fee, for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

[4] Consider the estimated effects of a decrease in the cash rate of 100 basis points.

While my workload at my job won't be decreasing anytime soon, I've gotten to a point where I've adapted and can manage it better without needing to work so many hours so I'll be returning to blogging and interacting with fellow members of the DGI / early retirement community online in the coming weeks.

For the first quarter of Fiscal 2017, the Company's consolidated pretax profit margin was 10.9 %, a 0.2 percentage point decrease compared with the prior year.

Excluding items impacting comparability, the adjusted tax rate decreased 8.9 percentage points from 27.8 percent to 18.9 percent primarily due to the ongoing benefit of the lower U.S. federal tax rate.

SG&A expenses declined 2 % or $ 70 million to $ 3.47 billion, or 27.7 % of sales, a decrease of 50 basis points as a percentage of sales compared to last year.

Sales and marketing expense was $ 854 million or 11.9 % of net revenues compared with $ 832 million or 12.4 % of net revenues for the third quarter last year, a 50 basis point decrease in these costs in relation to revenue.

Pricing decreased 0.4 percentage points reflecting timing of trade promotion recognition in the prior year that more than offset price increases in cheese.

ISM ®'s New Export Orders Index registered 57.7 percent in April, a decrease of 1 percentage point when compared to the 58.7 percent reported for March, indicating growth in new export orders for the 26th consecutive month.

Pricing decreased 3.7 percentage points primarily due to an increased level of promotional activity versus the prior year.

The Employment Index decreased 3 percentage points in April to 53.6 percent from the March reading of 56.6 percent.

Not surprisingly, NERA shows far superior economic outcomes for this scenario, with U.S. GDP decreasing by half of one percentage point compared to a no - policy scenario in 2025.

Rest of World Segment Adjusted EBITDA decreased 11.6 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 180 million, including an unfavorable 3.0 percentage point impact from currency.

Volume / mix decreased 1.7 percentage points driven by a combination of distribution losses on Planters in the club channel, lower shipments in natural cheese and service - related losses in cold cuts.

He said that was in line with the bank's guidance, which had been for a SFr200 million reduction for each percentage point of tax rate decrease.

Year - to - date PTPP earnings of $ 165.9 million increased 6 % as the positive impact of very strong 9 % loan growth was partially offset by an 11 basis point decrease in net interest margin, an 8 % increase in non-interest expenses and 6 % lower non-interest income.

Most people are good for the first few percentage points of decrease.

Additionally, as expected, SG&A as a percent of revenue, decreased 20 basis points and landfill operating costs as a percent of revenue also decreased.

Rental revenues net of expenses were $ 12.8 million, a $ 0.7 million, or 4.9 percent, decrease from the third quarter of 2015, primarily reflecting the lower plus points revenues in the quarter.

This factor manifests itself from logic: if a higher Keyword Density or TF - IDF is positive, at some point, a total lack of frequency / density will decrease relevance.

The April PMI ® registered 57.3 percent, a decrease of 2 percentage points from the March reading of 59.3 percent.

This comes out to a 60 % growth rate, but the figure changes significantly based on the observation points: if the index experiences very slow growth for most of the term, only to see rapid growth late in the term, then the average appreciation will decrease, since 67,500 divided by 5 is 13,500, or 35 % growth.

At that point, supplies of new diamonds will begin to decrease by one to two percent a year.

That would be fine if the entire point of this story is how polls and studies and trendlines show an ever decreasing church attendance rate overall, especially among younger people.

Rather than waiting around for a hypothetical and unlikely legal scenario to play out, our efforts would be better spent working to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies using the tools we already have... which brings me to my next point.

Some VPAG supporters have pointed out that as the number of truly practising Christians decreases the influence of non-Christians increases.

In this painting the elongated finger of John the Baptist points in naked objectivity from the Scriptures to the mangled, gigantic Christ; the painting bears the inscription, «He must increase but I must decrease.»