Sentences with phrase «quarter point of»

Just use that number and divide by how many slices you get out of the bread (slice it first, or estimate from mid point and quarter point of loaf, taking into account that end slices and middle slices might vary a little).

So it would be unfair to call Poloz a currency manipulator: he has dropped Canada's benchmark interest rate to within a quarter point of its record low because otherwise inflation would drop below 1 %, the low end of the Bank of Canada's comfort zone.

Not exact matches

The OECD data shows that 72.4 per cent of Canadians aged 15 - 64, what is normally considered the working age, were employed in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to 73.7 per cent who had a job in the second quarter of 2008, for a differential of minus 1.3 percentage points.

Before Yellen addressed the Economic Club of Washington, her counterparts in Ottawa released their latest policy statement, in which Canada's central bank said it was keeping its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 %, a quarter - point shy of the lowest level ever.

Delivery contributed to 16 % of Company sales in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 3 percentage points year over year.

The underlying combined ratio of 95.5 % increased 1.1 points, primarily driven by (i) loss cost trends that modestly exceeded earned pricing, the impact of which has been moderating in recent quarters, and (ii) normal quarterly variability in both loss activity and expenses.

«But it seems that launching low - cost long - haul flights without connecting services is challenging,» Gagey said, pointing to Norwegian Air Shuttle, which on Thursday reported a bigger than expected loss for the last quarter of 2017.

«A lot of people are banking on it to make up for the first - quarter number, it needs to deliver... I really think that that number might be the trigger point on does this market have the legs to go higher.»

The Bank of Canada announced this morning that it is dropping its target interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.75 %.

A few things stand out about this particular rate change: first, the magnitude of influence that just a quarter percentage - point change had on the stock market; second, the current rate with an upper range of.50 % compared to the various long - term averages of about 5 %; and third, the rate remains historically low, with only minute incremental changes, despite the relatively good news we continue to read about the economy.

Gross domestic product contracted at an annual rate of 0.5 % in the second quarter and 0.8 % in the first, which is exactly what the Bank of Canada predicted in July when it dropped its policy rate by a quarter point.

Millions of Americans will, of course, be affected with rates going up by a quarter point.

Citing sluggish growth abroad and lower oil prices, the Bank of Canada this morning lowered the overnight lending rate one quarter of a percentage point, to 0.5 %.

They also point to IDC's acknowledgment that its shipment figures were down in part because of Apple's release of its Apple Watch Series 2 towards the end of the quarter, not allowing the company to enjoy the full benefit of the new smartwatch's availability during the third quarter.

You can opt to do it during a scheduled performance review or select another time that may seem like an opportune point in the year to discuss a raise, preferably right after a great quarter of financial results.

Third Point: The hedge fund run by Daniel Loeb disclosed Thursday that it bought more than 45 million shares of Ally Financial (ALLY) during the second quarter, giving Third Point a 9.5 % stake in the auto lender.

And it also means that bond market traders believe we're likely to see at least a quarter point hike in interest rates by the middle of next year.

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.

From what your team knows at this point, could you see yourself becoming one of our customers between now and, say, the end of this fiscal quarter?

The numerical index upon which the survey is based fell 28 points into negative territory — the largest drop since the fourth quarter of 2010.

The 7 - 2 vote for the rate move, the Fed's third this year, raises the benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent.

He does point out that merchandising could take a bit of a hit in the next quarter — it had to pull some of its products from JC Penney shelves as part of the settlement — but it will rebound as it adds new offerings to stores.

Economists at Macroeconomic Advisers boosted their forecast for fourth - quarter economic growth by three - tenths of a percentage point to an annualized rate of 2.4 percent, on the «unexpected strength» in consumer spending.

This raises the benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent

In the AFC title game, against the Jaguars» league - best passing defense, Brady took control of the game, carving up Jacksonville to erase a 10 - point fourth - quarter deficit in minutes.

More significantly, small business owner outlook for the next 12 months, an index component, tumbled 19 points, the largest drop since the fourth quarter of 2008, at the height of the financial collapse.

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.

«Particularly with oil prices hitting lows at some point in the first quarter... lots of sub investment - grade firms could be under a lot of stress, and for those with stronger balance sheets, those companies could take this as an opportunity to buy and acquire assets,» Deshpande said in a phone interview.

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

He points to activist investors as a particular thorn in the side of management, forcing it to focus on quarter - to - quarter earnings and giving up board seats instead of investing in research and development.

The Federal Reserve had been expected to raise its benchmark interest rate a quarter point to a target range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent.

Health care followed in second place with 17 percent of venture capital dollars, up two percentage points from the first quarter of 2014.

Harrison pushed CN's ratio down to about 67 % over his tenure from a starting point of 76 % (about where CP's ratio sat in the third quarter of 2011).

First quarter sales of $ 15.2 billion were up 10 percent over the prior year, including 6 points of organic sales growth and 3 points of foreign exchange.

Indeed, as labour economist Jim Stanford recently pointed out, our GDP growth fell behind six of the G7 in the second and third quarters of last year, beating only Italy with an average advance of 1.7 % during the six - month period.

And despite so - called stimulus spending totalling nearly three - quarters of a trillion dollars, he points out that there is still very little momentum in the world's largest economy.

Our own national economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.3 % in the fourth quarter of 2010, a full percentage point above what the Bank of Canada expected.

Goldman Sachs cut its second - quarter GDP growth estimate by three tenths of a percentage point to 1.0 percent.

Other analysts have pointed out the obvious, but still true, fact that the Master Plan Part Deux doesn't address any of Tesla's near - term concerns — like that it's missed its car shipment goals for two quarters in a row.

As the company points out, users in the fourth quarter accounted for $ 6.39 billion of Facebook's revenue, compared to the $ 5.03 billion users accounted for in the third quarter.

Analysts at JPMorgan pointed out Thursday that shares of Royal Caribbean and Carnival have outperformed on average the S&P 500 during the third and fourth quarter over the past five years.

Prior to the market correction, which has reduced Tesla's 2018 gain to about 3 % ahead of earnings, there was no real major dip, so you could argue that the staggering losses and the capital obliteration — over $ 1 billion per quarter at his point — are, well, somehow rationally priced in.

Third Point's Dan Loeb sold out of Snap shares in the second quarter, one quarter after buying the social media stock, according to a filing Friday.

The pork shortage, along with the bad weather that afflicted the eastern half of the U.S. this winter, lowered Chipotle's comparable sales growth by about 2 percentage points to 10.4 % in the first quarter, below the 11.8 % analysts were projecting.

Analysts expect the 16 - day shutdown will shave between 0.2 and 0.6 of a percentage point off fourth - quarter annualized GDP growth.

The tepid confidence level is somewhat at odds with how business owners view their current financial situations — 67 percent gave their situation a rating of good, the same as the prior quarter and an increase of two percentage points compared with the second quarter of 2015.

CFO Karen Hoguet specifically pointed to warm weather as one of the reasons for the struggles at Macy's at the end of the third quarter in fiscal 2015.

Traders also see about a 22 percent chance of a fourth quarter - point increase.

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.