Sentences with phrase «rate over a couple»

If you start over by paying bills on time and using credit carefully, you will probably be able to rebuild your credit rating over a couple of years.

That being said, if you can potentially lower your rate over a couple of points, it may be worthwhile to run the numbers to see your long - term savings.

Not exact matches

Though the rebound in growth over the past couple of years has seen unemployment across the bloc fall, the jobless rate remains elevated at 8.5 percent.

Foxconn's daily production rate has more than tripled over the past couple of months, from a previous rate of 50,000 - 150,000 units per day to 450,000 - 550,000 units per day.

In the last couple decades, the growth in the number of women's businesses (up 68 percent), employment (up 11 percent), and revenues (up 72 percent) blows past the growth rates of all but the largest publicly - traded businesses, and tops growth rates among all other privately - held businesses over this period.

Over the past couple of years, insurance companies like Progressive and State Farm have created tracking devices that can lead to lower insurance rates for safe driving.

«But the recent movements in the Canada-U.S. exchange rate do not appear to have reflected those developments, and the depreciation we saw over the last couple of weeks is not helpful for the economy.

Consider as an example, an older married couple who has built up a lot of home equity over the years and wants to refinance to a lower interest rate.

Default rates have increased over the past couple years along with the rise in income - driven repayment plans.

For those who prefer simpler methods, a third measure, which just takes out volatile food items and petrol, and adjusts for the recent change to the child care rebate, shows essentially the same trend over the past couple of years, though at a slightly lower rate (Graph 15).

In 2013, the 2003 - 2012 rates were permanently extended for everyone except singles making over $ 400K and couples making over $ 450K.

-- In one of the indicators I'm watching most closely, the labor force participation rate has ticked up slightly over the past couple of months.

As a result, we should have grown much faster than the 2 1/2 percent pace evident over the past couple of years and seen an inflation rate much higher than what we experienced.

In fact, long bonds are in the midst of a correction as we speak because interest rates have finally risen over the past couple of months.

Messaging platforms have grown at an incredible rate over the last couple of years.

Though the US dollar has remained the strongest fiat currency in a pool of rapidly devaluing fiat currencies over the past two years, if one calculates the declining purchasing power of the US dollar in the past couple of decades when using real rates of inflation inside the US (versus the bogus rates produced by federal entities), then one can easily reach the conclusion that the US dollar has crashed as well.

In all likelihood, this will become more of an issue for the market as the rate increases over the next couple of years, if indeed it does.

Bay Area mortgage refinance rates are very attractive right now, and home values have risen steadily over the last couple of years.

Over the past couple of years, speculators have also used short sales of gold to obtain low cost funds to invest in other assets — for example, by shorting gold (borrowing it and selling it in the spot market), market participants have been able to obtain US dollars at between 1 and 2 per cent, well below the rate of return available on US assets.

For «A» rated corporates, the spread over government bonds of comparable maturity is currently about 100 basis points, which is noticeably wider than a couple of years ago (Graph 32).

While the inevitable climb of mortgage rates has had false starts over the past couple of years, the recent hikes could be the first phase of a long - term trend.

For a bank to put out rates a couple of points over prime, their profit margin is still very good, and when you are the lowest cost in your industry you can pick and choose who and where you put your dollars.

Over the past couple of years gold has rallied when the greenback has been making gains, as well as when it was weakening, therefore investors must now take note of the inverse relationship between US real interest rates and gold, which has been observed more consistently.

Announcing an immediate cut to the corporate tax rate coupled with a commitment to ensuring that Canada's average combined statutory rate falls below the OECD average over the medium term;

Chan believes the 12 to 13 percent growth rate in home prices is unsustainable, and instead sees prices going up anywhere from 4 to 7 percent on a year - over-year basis over the next couple of years.

Overall, unit labour costs are expected to increase at an average rate of between 2 1/2 and 3 per cent over the next couple of years.

One factor supporting the Australian dollar over the past couple of years has been that interest rates right across the yield curve in Australia, and perceived returns on other assets, have been higher than those in a number of other countries, particularly those which experienced a recession and a collapse of share prices in the early part of this decade.

Whether the price surges in Vancouver and Toronto trigger crippling busts will be determined over the next couple of years because the Bank of Canada has stated definitively that interest rates will be moving higher.

The international comparisons shown here suggest, however, that growth in unit labour costs in Australia has still been on the high side over the past couple of years, given the rate of unemployment.

Profits after interest have tended to decline over the past couple of years, reflecting the impact of the 1994 interest rate increases and a tendency for corporate leverage to increase, but they remain at high levels compared with historical averages; they can be expected to receive a further modest boost as interest - rate reductions in the second half of last year begin to feed through into profit results.

The sudden and sharp declines in equity markets over the last couple of sessions is still being attributed to higher interest rate expectations although the move appears to have been exacerbated by a combination of automated trading and panic selling.

However, factoring in the extremely high supply, rate of inflation over the first couple of years and ambiguity about how useful the coin will actually end up being should be enough to keep buyers on their toes.

Actually crime rates have fallen over the past couple decades.

The unemployment rate for married men is just over 3 percent (and for married women not much higher), which is why relatively few married - couple families in 1992 had incomes below $ 16,960, the cut - off point defining the bottom 20 percent.

Davis Family's incredible Cabernet catapulted to fame after winning over palates and votes a couple of years ago at the Houston Stock Show and Rodeo to be named the Grand Champion — the highest rated wine in the competition.»

The problem is no one knows whats happening media makes up everything to sell papers, There is more than a good chance we have not offered the price they want and are probably haggling over a couple of mill, Do nt rate mahrez, Would rather pay more for lemar.

He needs to mature physically and mentally, but has improved at a rapid rate over the last couple years.

Over the past couple of weeks, there has been a lot of speculation over the future of the Arsenal full - back Hector Bellerin, who has been linked with a return to his hometown club Barcelona with some sources in the media even claiming that a # 44 million deal was in place to take the highly - rated Spaniard back to the Nou COver the past couple of weeks, there has been a lot of speculation over the future of the Arsenal full - back Hector Bellerin, who has been linked with a return to his hometown club Barcelona with some sources in the media even claiming that a # 44 million deal was in place to take the highly - rated Spaniard back to the Nou Cover the future of the Arsenal full - back Hector Bellerin, who has been linked with a return to his hometown club Barcelona with some sources in the media even claiming that a # 44 million deal was in place to take the highly - rated Spaniard back to the Nou Camp.

its time to accept that we need at least a couple of centre backs, ospina is over rated and we need goals from midfield

According to UEFA's league coefficient, La Liga has been the top league in Europe over the last couple of years, and has produced the continent's top - rated club more times (20) than any other league.

Peres was, by most measures, the league's best right back / wingback over the past couple seasons, and had drawn the attention of some massive clubs, everyone from City to PSG were hot for his signature, but Roma got him at a bargain rate.

This is over four times the rate for children living in married couple families.

And then over the next couple of days, it really goes down and they drop a tone of water rate.

If the existing surcharge expires, individuals making over $ 1 million a year — or $ 2.1 million for couples filing jointly — will see their current tax rate drop from 8.82 percent to 6.85 percent.

«The rate of growth has been accelerating over the last couple of years,» the report said.

The proposed city income tax hike would raise the rate for individuals making more than $ 500,000 and married couples earning over $ 1 million from 3.876 percent to 4.41 percent.

The coalition has been criticised for removing child benefit from single - earner couples whose income is over the higher rate tax threshold, hitting better - off women who give up their careers to look after their children.

During a debate over the consolidation held at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs this spring, Consensus representatives painted a grim picture: Syracuse is facing sluggish economic development and high poverty rates coupled with a fleeing population.

And they said that without a higher rate of reimbursement from the government, they won't be able to afford the increased wage when it phases in over the next couple of years.

The survey also indicates that Cuomo's approval rating now stands at 54 percent, down 13 points over the past couple of weeks.