Sentences with phrase «rate in the first quarter»

Growth in consumer spending, representing two - thirds of U.S. economic activity, slid to 1.1 percent rate in the first quarter, the slowest pace since the second quarter of 2013 and following the fourth quarter's robust 4.0 percent growth rate.

As result of the weakness in consumer spending, the economy grew at a 2.3 percent rate in the first quarter after expanding at a 2.9 percent pace in the final three months of 2017.

Real consumer spending increased at a 2.25 percent annual rate over the second half of 2009 and looks to be growing at about that rate in the first quarter of 2010.

Labor costs had fallen at a 0.3 percent rate in the first quarter.

Manufacturing output rose at an annual rate of 1.4 % during the period, compared with a 9.8 % rate in the first quarter.

A report from the Labor Department showed hourly worker compensation accelerated at a 3.4 per cent rate in the first quarter after rising at a 2.4 per cent pace in the October - December period.

Productivity contracted at a 1.1 percent rate in the first quarter.

H&M said it's maintaining its targets for sales growth of at least 25 percent from e-commerce and new businesses this year, even though it missed that rate in the first quarter.

The U.S. economy posted a 2.3 % annual growth rate in the first quarter of 2018 as consumer spending turned in the weakest performance in nearly five years.

Goods spending declined 1.1 percent at the annual rate in the first quarter, pulling back from the 7.8 percent gain in the fourth quarter (the strongest quarterly gain in nearly 12 years).

Nonresidential fixed investment rose 6.1 percent at the annual rate in the first quarter, extending the 6.8 percent gain in the fourth quarter.

Homeownership rates in the first quarter were also highest among homeowners aged 65 and older, at 78.6 percent, and lowest for homeowners aged 35 and younger, at 34.3 percent.

The Hispanic homeownership rate in the first quarter, according to the report, was 46.6 percent.

The Midwest held the highest homeownership rate in the first quarter, at 67.6 percent, while the West held the lowest at 59 percent, the Census report shows.

Non-Hispanic White Alone * homeowners, as defined by the Census, held the highest homeownership rate in the first quarter, as well: 71.8 percent.

He expects the Federal Reserve to end tapering of monetary policy by the end of the year and to hike the Fed funds rates in the first quarter of 2015.

The markets with the lowest office vacancy rates in the first quarter are Washington, D.C., at 8.7 percent; New York City, 9.0 percent; Little Rock, Ark., and Seattle at 11.5 percent; and San Francisco, at 12.0 percent.

That would be a significant improvement from the anemic 1.1 percent rate in the first quarter but not booming growth.

Surging sales were attributed to low mortgage interest rates in the first quarter.

On Friday, the Commerce Department said the economy grew at a 0.8 percent annual rate in the first quarter.

At 9.5 percent, Washington D.C. had the lowest vacancy rate in the first quarter.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- The Apartment vacancy rate in the first quarter fell to its lowest level in more than a decade, and rents posted their biggest jump in four years, as Americans eschewed home ownership and renting retained its popularity, according to real estate research firm Reis Inc..

Real GDP grew at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.3 %, accelerating from a 0.6 % rate in the first quarter.

Not exact matches

Pfizer posted slightly higher sales and a 14 percent jump in profit in the first quarter, thanks to lower restructuring costs and a much - lower tax rate, but its revenue still missed Wall Street expectations.

With economic indicators suggesting gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of four percent in the first quarter, the Bay Streeters insist the future is bright.

Barrick is in a stronger position now to focus on growth opportunities following two credit upgrades from rating agencies in the first quarter of the year.

Same - restaurant sales at KFC rose 2 percent in the first quarter of 2018, the slowest growth rate in four quarters.

Same - restaurant sales at KFC rose 2 percent in the first quarter of 2018, missing analysts» target with the slowest growth rate in four quarters.

Among those that Moody's rates, there were nine defaults in the first quarter, an «all - time high,» as Moody's put it, «reflecting the fallout of changing consumer behavior and advancing e-commerce for traditional brick - and - mortar retail.»

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.

The company's adjusted effective tax rate for first - quarter 2018 was 16.2 percent, compared with 16.9 percent in 2017.

The company's effective tax rate for first - quarter 2018 was 16 percent, compared with 16.5 percent in 2017.

«We are seeing in the short - term (specifically in the first quarter) some headwinds that will cause near - term sales to be below run rate consumption,» Chief Financial Officer Paulo Basilio said.

The negative growth rate of the first quarter, partially related to severe weather in the Northeast, also shows how dependent the economy is on external factors.

Despite earning the biggest premium for sticking around, ADP found that the 24 - and - under crowd's turnover rate exceeded 50 % in the first quarter.

«The industrial capacity utilisation rate in the first three quarters reached 76.6 %, 3.5 percentage points higher than the same period last year.»

Though «Daily Show» host Trevor Noah's ratings ticked up in the first quarter of the year and «The President Show» resonated with audiences, if not with some critics, network representatives still remember fondly Stewart's and Colbert's domination of the 11 - t0 - midnight time slot among key demographics pined over by advertisers.

Millennials had been driving the nation's overall homeownership rate, showing the biggest gains throughout 2017, but they dropped back in the first quarter of this year.

That was in line with growth rates in the first through third quarter of last year and well above that posted in the fourth quarter, he said.

The ABA does not track delinquency rates for traditional mortgage payments, which rose in the first quarter according to a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

From the fourth quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2011, real GDP decreased at an average annual rate of 0.2 percent; in the previously published estimates, real GDP had increased at an average annual rate of 0.2 percent.

Only 5.5 % of Verizon (vz) customers upgraded their phones in the third quarter when the iPhone 8 first went on sale, down from a 6.3 % upgrade rate last year when Apple released the iPhone 7, the carrier said as part of its financial report on Thursday.

O'Reilly's show, «The O'Reilly Factor,» has been the most watched program on Fox News and was coming off the highest - rated first quarter in its history, averaging 4 million viewers, according to Nielsen.

As for «challenged,» CNN just finished its second highest rated first quarter in the past nine years.

Despite rapidly accelerating revenue, the rate that Twitter added monthly active users slowed — less than 4 %, to 241 million, in its first quarter as a public company, and as low as 1.4 % in a recent quarter — worrying investors that Twitter might not be the mainstream product that its soaring valuation promised.

Canada's economy likely grew at an annualized rate well in excess of 3 % in the first quarter.

The central bank has cut interest rates for more than a year and flooded the state - owned sector with almost $ 1 trillion of credit in the first quarter.

And the company forecast year - over-year growth of 10 percent to 29 percent in the current quarter, which is not a big jump from the 26 percent growth rate it hit during the first three months of the year (some of that can be blamed on foreign exchange rates).

In the first quarter, its index showed 4.8 % growth — less than the government's official release of 6.7 % growth, but the highest rate Capital Economics» index had measured since the end of 2014.

But it was Walmart's fifth straight such period of decelerating increases, and well below the industry - wide rate of 15.1 % in the first quarter, let alone Amazon's 20 - plus percent gains, which Walmart was matching until recently.