Sentences with phrase «rate over the summer months»

Low - and high - income students lose math skills at more or less the same rate over the summer months.

Not exact matches

Consumer prices, usually more stable than producer prices, have also accelerated on a similar basis from a recorded inflation rate of less than 1.0 percent last summer to 2.4 percent over the 12 - months ended this past March, also a smart acceleration in a brief time.

After enrolling thousands of students in the courses — which took place in classrooms in front of computers after school, during free periods, over summer school or during winter and spring break — LA Unified Superintendent Michelle King announced earlier this month the projected graduation rate for 2015 - 16 was 75 percent, a new record.

Overall, the month of August — which this year included all of Labor Day weekend — closed out a strong summer, with an annualized sales rate of over 17 million units.

The subscription service, billed as a literary equivalent to Netflix and Spotify, allows users unlimited access (as the name implies) to over 650,000 Kindle books and an extensive library of Audible audiobooks for # 7.99 a month (at current exchange rates nearly # 2 more, incidentally, than the $ 9.99 a month charged by the American service, which launched earlier this summer).

On a brighter note, just one year ago rates moved into the high 6.80 percent range during the three month spring and summer period, but turned around and achieved a long - term run in the 6.06 - 6.20 percent range, which tells us that there is at least some hope that rates will become lower over time.

We know it will take time to sustain this rate over the peak summer months, but it can and will be done.

Card issuers» busy summer Despite leaving interest rates alone this week, some issuers have been experimenting with other card terms over the past month.

That's partially because we are on a fixed monthly rate energy bill, and partially because when I analyze my energy usage compared to last year, we're considerably higher overall even predating my Leaf purchase — and particularly over the summer months.

«This year's spring and summer home buying season has gotten off to a slow start, even as mortgage rates have trended lower over the past two months.