The homeowner vacancy
rate declined for the fifth consecutive quarter, contracting to 2.2 %, which was also its lowest level observed since mid-2006.
Although overall student achievement did not increase, the dropout
rate declined for the first time in years.
That rate declined for much of the next two decades, and, following strong returns in the stock market of the late 1990s, the rate hit a low of 0.36 percent -LRB-!)
In the most recent period, following the tightening of monetary policy in May, market interest
rates declined for a time as participants assessed that the cumulative tightening over the previous six months might have been sufficient to reduce the risks on inflation.
But
these rates declined for at least two months following a crash, indicating safer driving behavior.»
While the unemployment
rate declines for adults aged 30 years and over, the rate of unemployment among Indigenous Australians remains more than double that of all Australians.
Long - term fixed mortgage
rates declined for the second - consecutive week, giving home buyers a break after a sharp increase during the past several months.
HIGHLIGHTS Commercial vacancy
rates declined for the core property types.
Commercial vacancy
rates declined for the core property types.
Not exact matches
Further evidence of the
decline can be seen in the decreasing
rates of first - time patents since the 1980s, as well as increases in demand
for professional licensing, which could further restrict new business opportunities by requiring expensive (and often unnecessary) credentials.
The
ratings for «Parks and Recreation»
declined in small increments, but picked back up again in its seventh and final season.
At various points in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, new stock market records and historically low unemployment
rates were used as a synonym
for a booming economy, or after the financial crisis, to signal that the economy was recovering — even though many workers and households experienced stagnating or steadily
declining incomes
for years or even decades.
The
decline is noteworthy because you'd think the stars were aligned
for a boom in the construction of dream homes: the economy has been churning out jobs steadily
for a year, real - estate prices are high, and interest
rates are low.
Audiences» changing viewing habits are likely one reason
for the
declining ratings for live award shows like the Oscars, as more and more people cut ties with the cable packages that are often required to watch such programs either on TV or online.
The longer term
declining trend in shipping
rates for the last 3 years remains.
Bridgewater
declined to reveal how many employees it hired in 2015, but said it has 1,700 employees, and Dalio previously said its turnover
rate for individual employees within their first 18 months is 25 %.
She politely
declined — until he offered to pay her usual hourly
rate for her time.
Consider,
for example, the other seven MDG objectives, such as a proposed 75 % improvement in maternal health outcomes, to a 66 %
decline in mortality
rates for children under the age of five.
And as a result of the unreliable battery life,
for the first time in the history of Apple's MacBook line, Consumer Reports
declined to give the 2016 models a
rating of «recommended.»
The NFL's regular season TV
ratings were down 9 % last year, and a fair amount of blame
for the
decline went to the fact that younger viewers have become increasingly distracted by the plethora of streaming entertainment options online and social media.
The second condition
for declining rates will likely be satisfied too: housing unit sales have now been
declining for months, unemployment has remained stubbornly high, and economic growth is still sluggish.
«Twitter faces
declining expectations and easing comps as it approaches 2016, which should be a perfect backdrop
for a product - focused founder to look like a savior,» Stifel, which raised its
rating on the stock, said in a note.
After studying the
decline in U.S. crime
rates that occurred in the 1990s, it concluded that a drop of two percentage points in unemployment was responsible
for a 9 %
decline in burglary, 14 % drop in rape and robbery and 30 % plunge in assault.
Most notably, its same - store sales have been dwindling by 1 % to 2 %
for several quarters, though the
rate of
decline has slowed and the fast - food market is improving.
, the British medical historian Thomas McKeown carefully chronicles the
decline in mortality in England and Wales over much of the 19th and 20th centuries — charting death
rates for infectious diseases ranging from diphtheria to pneumonia.
Though the research uses data from SalesCycle clients, the insights behind the
declining cart abandonment
rates can be used
for all retailers.
Startup
rates may have fallen
for «good» reasons, and their
decline has not blocked growth in
rates of formation of high potential businesses.
Census Bureau data show that the
rate of business failure has been
declining for the past 30 years, and that the failure
rate correlates 0.61 with the startup
rate.
The
decline in the startup
rate hasn't cut the
rate of formation of two categories of companies with very high potential
for wealth creation and job creation: angel and venture - capital - backed businesses.
With membership renewal
rates on the
decline, and management expecting this to continue
for another six months, «this remains a top focus
for investors given concerns about the competitive environment and migration to online shopping,» Jefferies analyst Daniel Binder wrote in a note to clients.
True, farmland prices could fall if interest
rates rise and if crop prices
decline in big ways, making it difficult
for farmers to repay loans.
Savings will
decline as retired folk tend to consume rather than build assets, potentially leading to more competing demands
for capital and higher interest
rates.
The
declining trend in shipping
rates for the last 3 years remains fully intact.
Ratings for the annual Grammy Awards had been
declining steadily
for several years.
The recent popularity of junk goes counter to multiple warnings from Wall Street experts who believe the sector is in trouble due to looming interest
rate hikes and
declining earnings
for companies particularly at the lower end of the credit spectrum.
Cowen lowered its
rating for the photo messenger's shares to underperform from market perform, predicting a 30 percent
decline in stock price over the next year.
Now that transaction terms have been agreed upon, the new entity will have to contend with
rating declines across many large cable networks as more consumers opt
for cheaper and more customizable web - based services.
If they do, it will indicate a shift in the direction of the personal savings
rate, which has been
declining since June and stood at 4.4 percent in November (the most recent month
for which figures are available), according to Federal Reserve data.
For example, on a five - year average, Paris»
rating has dropped 3.7 percent to 91.1 in 2016, making it one of the ten biggest
declines in livability scores over five years.
The
decline is steeper still
for those working in certain business lines, such as credit,
rates and cash equities.
In recent years, rich countries have not kept their promises to provide aid to the developing world at a
rate of 0.7 per cent of GDP, and although aid has not
declined, it has remained flat
for some time.
Never mind that crime
rates have been steadily
declining for years.
However, the household savings
rate has been in
decline for a generation.
The consensus, according to Bloomberg, is
for an increase of 220,000 non-farm payroll jobs in April (with a range of estimates between 180,000 and 335,000), and
for the unemployment
rate to
decline to 5.4 %.
Reliable data on business creation and destruction, even at the national level, has only been available
for the past few years; until relatively recently, economists didn't even know that the startup
rate was
declining.
But as the costs
for app development have
declined and the penetration
rate of mobile gaming has increased, marketing through mobile games is growing.
Echelon is now focusing its growth on «smart» commercial & municipal LED lighting (although its fab-less chip business has apparently now stabilized after a long
decline), and if the lighting business accelerates (and it could, due to recent sales force hires and new products), I think there's a chance it can hit a break - even annualized revenue run -
rate of $ 40 million by Q4 - 2019 (pushed back from my earlier hoped -
for timeline) at which point — assuming $ 14 million of remaining net cash (vs. an estimated $ 18 million at the end of Q2 2018) and 4.7 million shares outstanding (vs 4.52 million today), an enterprise value of 1x revenue on this 53 % gross margin company would put the stock in the mid - $ 11s per share.
The
rate at which Americans start businesses has been falling
for more than three decades, and while the
decline has slowed in recent years, it has shown no sign of reversing.
The key long - term U.S. mortgage
rate declined slightly this week, after a steady rise
for most of April that pushed the
rate to its highest level in...
Capitalization
rates, despite a recent uptick in some markets, have
declined steadily
for several years.