Sentences with phrase «points of the year amid»
Dubai's main stock market and Abu Dhabi's index have closed at their lowest points of the year amid mounting anxiety over plunging oil prices.
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On Sept. 5 of this year, the Dow dropped 234 points amid a series of potentially volatile political events, including the debate over raising the debt ceiling, a possible government shutdown, and threats from Trump over trade policy with China.
In addition, as it became known today, US consumer spending increased significantly in December, as households have purchased cars and a wide range of services amid rising wages, pointing to robust domestic demand, which could push the economy up to the more rapid growth in early 2017 of the year.
Amid delays that were based, in part, on political point - scoring, the system lasted only five years before the Welsh Assembly Government moved forward with a referendum to get rid of the LCO system and devolve further powers in one go — evidence, perhaps, that a system which requires the agreement of both devolved and central governments on policy changes might prove detrimental to effective governance.
Cook - Deegan pointed to one «bright spot» for biomedical research amid all this uncertainty: in last year's lame duck session of Congress, the 21st Century Cures Act passed with bipartisan support.
Less than a year and a half later, in November 2008, the spread widened to almost 20 percentage points amid the panic selling of the financial crisis.