Sentences with phrase «rate period of several years»

If you're in an adjustable rate mortgage, be aware that many ARMs start changing their rates after a fixed - rate period of several years.

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However, he says there's good reason to think Canada can manage the risks from debt, which he says is a natural consequence of several factors, including the combination of a strong demand for housing and the prolonged period of low interest rates maintained in recent years to stimulate the economy.

These numbers might not spell all - out trouble if it weren't for Amazon's performance during the same period: The company's electronics and general merchandise business — basically the core of its retail operation — grew 35 percent in North America in the quarter, marking the segment's highest growth rate in several years.

However, ARM rates can increase after an initial period of several years, inflating your monthly payments and upsetting your finances.

Poloz said debt is a natural consequence of several factors, including the combination of a strong demand for housing and the prolonged period of low interest rates maintained in recent years to stimulate the economy.

The findings are the result of a huge and challenging field effort: over a three - year period, local students and technicians spent several weeks every month at each site to measure each tree's woody growth rate and the number of small roots that had grown.

«Specifically, we developed a model to predict seasonal variations of respiratory mortality rates in terms of monthly changes in air pollution levels and several other factors such as smoking during an almost 20 - year period.»

This does not seem a very large loss rate, but it has taken place relentlessly for more than 2 billion years, and the equivalent water or CO2 lost over this time period is in excess of several meters of liquid water spread over the whole surface of Mars.

First, in studies over longer periods (up to 5 years) it has been found that the rate of whole brain atrophy in MCI is correlated with cognitive decline in several tests, including the MMSE [5].

And even if you decide to go ahead, you may want to «annuitize» gradually, spreading your money among annuities from a few different highly rated insurers over a period of several years, to avoid the risk of investing all your dough when interest rates and annuity payments are at or near a low.

However, he says there's good reason to think Canada can manage the risks from debt, which he says is a natural consequence of several factors, including the combination of a strong demand for housing and the prolonged period of low interest rates maintained in recent years to stimulate the economy.

Comments: Several commenters opposed the Department's proposal to apply an interest rate that is the average of the annual interest rate on Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans over the six - year period prior to the end of the cohort period.

Given the incubation period for rabies, from five days to several years, with 20 - 60 days being the norm, unquarantined importation of street dogs from poor countries with low rates of vaccination for rabies, is a disaster waiting to happen.

Massachusetts in particular is a magnet and a distribution center for relocated surplus pets and strays... Some diseases and parasites pose serious health risks for human health as well as for dogs and other species... Dogs are a leading vector for rabies in many poor countries... Given the incubation period for rabies, from five days to several years, with 20 - 60 days being the norm, unquarantined importation of street dogs from poor countries with low rates of vaccination for rabies, is a disaster waiting to happen...»

The difference between Non-renewable and renewable energy sources are distinct; nonrenewable energies take several years to form, and can not be regenerated in a short time period: While on the other hand; renewable energies can be regenerated or replenished at a comparable rate of consumption.

Just as changes in the rate of air temperature change over multi several year periods could be due to internal variability, even cessations (* which over a ten year plus period we haven't even seen) or drops in them (which we haven't seen) it's not likely.

My arithmetic for a 2x C02 would be: Present Warming: 0.75 deg C Current warming Rate 0.15 deg C per decade Time to 2x C02 (BAU scenario) approx 100 years So 0.15 x 10 +0.75 = 2.25 deg C Further warming due to time lag at end of 100 year period ~ 0.75 deg, probably over several decades.

I don't know offhand about the rate of warming over the last 30 years relative to other 30 - year periods **, but I do know offhand that evidence supports the most recent warmth is unusual for the last several hundred or more years.

Premium rates have to do with actuary tables and are determined by actuaries that have taken several exams over a period of 6 - 10 years.

While vacancy rates were on the decline over the past year (from 5.60 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2007 to 4.50 per cent in 2008) and rents continued to escalate ($ 21.36 to $ 22.90 per sq. ft. for the same period), softening demand due to weak economic conditions and the expected supply of several million square feet of new office space will pose challenges for some of the prestigious towers in Toronto's financial district during 2009 and 2010.