Sentences with phrase «point increase much»

Not exact matches

Fortune ran numbers to calculate how much extra revenue the U.S. would need to raise, over the next decade, if it lowered the rate of growth in Social Security by one percentage point, reduced increases in Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care spending by a proportional amount, and held discretionary spending below growth in GDP (albeit from the higher base established by the new laws).

The purchase worth as much as 26.5 billion rupees could increase Singtel's stake in Bharti Telecom by up to 1.7 percentage points to 48.9 percent and its holding in Bharti Airtel, the country's biggest mobile carrier, by up to 0.9 percentage points to 39.5 percent.

If the NDP is scaling down its plans to a one or two percentage point increase, then it's not clear how a NDP government could avoid the spending cuts that are built into the current budget projection, much less finance new spending.

The increase in hiring by small businesses is an encouraging sign for the economy amid estimates that the 16 - day government shutdown could have sliced off as much as 0.6 percentage point from fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth.

The cost of insuring Vivendi bonds using credit - default swaps increased as much as 4 basis points, or 2 percent, to 203 basis points today, according to Bloomberg prices.

About half of mortgages are... adjusting rate mortgages [ARMs] with trigger points that allow for automatic rate increases, often at much more than the official rate rise...

If the NDP is scaling down its plans to a one - or two - percentage - point increase, then it's not clear how an NDP government could avoid the spending cuts that are built into the current budget projection, much less finance new spending.

This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).

A lower price point delivered a much better value proposition to the consumer, yet still remained a great business decision due to the remarkable increase in demand.

So at this point I would be more thrilled about an increase in passive income, but I am very much looking forward to the day when I feel like you!!!!

Both options are worth considering, though, because VA mortgage rates can be lower than conventional rates by as much as 37.5 (0.375 %) basis points, which can increase the profitability of your rental.

She found that, all else equal, for every one - percentage - point increase in the national unemployment rate, the starting income of new graduates fell by as much as 7 percent; the unluckiest graduates of the decade, who emerged into the teeth of the 1981 — 82 recession, made roughly 25 percent less in their first year than graduates who stepped into boom times.

Recent estimates produced with models similar to JCT's have found the tax bills may increase the growth rate by 0.03 to 0.09 percentage points per year, producing as much as $ 200 billion of dynamic feedback.

Although it says the strategy is an important source of return, the prospectus also points out that the fund will not see as much upside when its holdings increase in value.

Workers who aren't saving as much as they want to can aim to get there over time by having their contribution rate increase automatically by one or two percentage points each year, financial advisers say.

St. Leo makes the point, «It is not much good if the body's strength is weakened but the soul's vigour is not increased.

Through social media, our outlets of expression have increased significantly to the point where we can say anything... about anyone... at any time... without much accountability.

In my assessment of the ecumenical agenda which I presented in Bangkok in 1996, I already alluded to the need of deepening and increasing «analytical capability»» as one of the primordial necessities of social witness in our time, and how this is so important at a time when ecumenical social thought seems to have reached a «dry spell», where it has become in fact thin and redundant, and therefore a point where it has lost much respect.

You can attribute that to the increased three - point shooting, a shot that draws fouls at a much lower rate than two - pointers.

It was a much better showing from Arsenal, which bodes well for the rest of the season, but we still get no points and Chelsea increase their lead over us to nine points.

Getting an extra point or half - point might not seem like much, but it can increase your winning percentage by 1 percent to 3 percent — a huge gain for patient sports bettors with a long - term outlook.

There are questions about his continued media status given his increasing work with the youth setup at Arsenal but Henry seems much more settled in the studio now and makes great points about strikers» movement off the ball, which is what you want him to do.

By this point you are probably longing for your pre-pregnancy clothing, and as it becomes much harder to get around and fatigue increases even more, you may feel cooped up in your home.

I'd also like to point out that our water bill has increased by only about $ 5 a month since the 3rd child arrived and that's with a whole other person's laundry, bath's, dishes, etc... as well as the diapers, so really it's not that much more water to wash the diapers at home.

After the election, one post-election poll suggested that turnout amongst 18 - 24 year old went up by as much as 16 percentage points in 2017, with another suggesting an increase of 12 points.

At the same time, she attacked Democrats for their brief, two - year stint in the majority between 2009 and 2011 that was marked by tax increases and in fighting (Democrats have pointed out that much of the conference has since turned over and the entire leadership from that era has departed in the chamber, mostly in handcuffs).

From the Marxist point of view, the 1930's depression was also caused by increased productivity: at one hand, machine churned out much more stuff than before, at the other hand, workers lost their jobs because machines did better job.

Pledges designed to increase private sector growth have been championed by Cameron and the coalition much of late, but as Labour is keen to point out, this is at the expense of falling public sector budgets.

In this case likelihood to vote didn't actually make much difference — increasing SNP & Lab by 1 point each in the constituency vote, and decreasing the Lib Dems by 1 point in the regional vote.

UPDATE: ICM's topline adjustment to take account of don't knows did indeed help the Liberal Democrats, although it only increased their reported level of support by 1 point, so it certainly doesn't explain much of the 5 point difference.

Much of the increase is due to wage increases, although the Lib Dems point out that those on the lowest salaries are also paying proportionally almost 1 per cent more in tax now than they were when Labour came to power.

Other last minute sticking points included how much to increase school aid, and whether the state should lift a charter school cap.

And at that point, shale gas production would still be increasing, with much more extracted after 2030.

That may not sound like much, but when it is compounded over the life of the loan, that single point can get awfully expensive; the increase could add $ 1500 to the cost of a $ 20,000 student loan.

But many observers point out that inflation — projected to run at least 5 % in the coming year — will consume much of the increase and that far greater investments are needed to revamp crumbling infrastructure.

Loeb points out that much of the concern over cancer risk is that, as part of standard therapy for advanced prostate cancer, tumor growth is decreased by drugs that drastically reduce rather than increase male hormones.

By contrast, magnesium is much more abundant than lithium, has a higher melting point, forms smooth surfaces when recharging, and has the potential to deliver more than a five-fold increase in energy density if an appropriate cathode can be identified.»

But this figure is on the rise in 17 out of 28 countries, including Bulgaria, where 66 % of respondents agree that science takes too much precedence over faith — a whopping 14 - point increase.

Much of the decline, the researchers point out, could be traced to an increase in faculty retirements and a dearth of new hires.

But if people continue to pump greenhouse gases into the air at current rates, global temperatures could increase by as much as 7.8 °C (about 14 °F) by 2100, the new report points out.

For patients with no complications of their diabetes, a three - hour «perceived sleep debt» — the difference between how much sleep they felt they needed and how much they think they got — was associated with a 1.1 percentage - point increase in HbA1c levels, for example from 7.5 percent up to 8.6 percent.

They may have crossed a tipping point due to increasing ocean acidification, raising the alarm that climate change impacts in the ocean are continuing to happen at a much quicker pace than scientists previously suspected.

What I'd like to know is, taking all of these factors into account, how much extra we, the consumers, will have to pay for a kilowatt - hour of coal - fired electricity 5, 10, 20 and 30 years from now (a point in time which even WV's own Nick Rahall says will be when the most productive coal seams have been mined out) because our leaders today decided to facilitate an increase in the consumption of coal through the laughably mis - named «climate bill.»

Though, researchers are quick to point out that this bleak future depends on how much greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, and on how this will affect temperature, snowfall and rainfall in the area.

But, if you are someone who is still worried about increasing calories by too much too soon, or you simply want to stay a bit more leaner and take it slower, no problem, simply increase calories from your end point by 10 - 20 % (180 - 360 calories).

Mental focus and concentration will continue to increase to the point of better memory and much better ability to complete tasks.

His post points added to the videos that Dr. Greger has previously posted point out some of the difficulties in figuring out how much and what type of antioxidants to consume, how to prepare foods, are the antioxidants absorbed (i.e adding a squeeze of citrus to green tea markedly increases absorption), do they make it into the cells or their organelles through the effects of outside factors such as stress.It is complex.

According to researchers, much evidence points to an association of fast food with aberrant behavior, and fast food increases the risk of depression.

When you reach the point where you lost as much of the fat as you wanted to lose, increase your calorie intake (by adding back some carbs) so that you are no longer in a caloric deficit and are instead at your maintenance level.

So remember this key point: BPA is excellent at triggering the release of acne causing inflammatory chemicals, and ingesting too much will increase your levels of chronic inflammation.