Sentences with phrase «rates fell to»

Last July, amid concerns that the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union would cause a recession, mortgage rates fell to 3.45 percent.

Conversely, occupancy rates fell to 87.4 % for independent living properties during the second quarter of 2010, down from 87.5 % in 1Q10 and 88.0 % a year ago.

In this week's economic review, the unemployment rate dropped due to lack of participation in the labor market, home prices continue to rise at a strong pace, and mortgage rates fell to a 2017 low.

Meanwhile, mortgage rates fell to near yearly lows.

Interest rates fell to their lowest levels in nearly 12 months by the end of the 3rd quarter.

Cap rates fell to an average of 5.8 percent in April, down from 6.0 percent the year before.

More immigrant households and others took the homeownership plunge in the 1990s, too, as interest rates fell to levels not seen since the 1970s.

For power centers — where big - box stores are tenants — cap rates fell to 8.05 % from 9.5 %, according to Grubb & Ellis.

Mortgage interest rates fell to historic lows for the third week in a row, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.The average 30 - year fixed rate dropped to 3.79 percent, down from last week's 3.83 percent.

After the Federal Reserve pledged to acquire as much as $ 1.25 trillion in mortgage - backed securities to free up money for mortgage loans, mortgage interest rates fell to a record low of 4.78 percent twice in April.

Today's FHA rates fell to record levels recently and most mortgage companies have started to offer home loans insured by the FHA as they are truly one of the best government initiatives in our country's history.

Did you know that in 2013 HARP mortgage rates fell to their lowest level since September of 2012?

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that FHA interest rates fell to their lowest level in 2011.

The 6 - month change in employment (using Household Survey data) had turned negative and the spread between 2 - year Treasury yields and the Fed Funds rates fell to less than -1.3 percentage points.

Most buyers will pay only a few dollars more per month than they would have back in 2013, when interest rates fell to record lows on virtually every type of auto financing.

On the very last day of 2016, open rates fell to 17.75 % and spam soared to 35.99 %.»

Having closed our TIPS positions when real interest rates fell to negative levels, we closed the bulk of our precious metals positions shortly thereafter when gold soared over $ 1000 an ounce.

Money fund management fees declined considerably as interest rates fell to near - zero levels, apparently as fund managers worked to preserve a non-negative yield for their investors.

Under the Republican tax plan, the pass - through rate falls to 25 percent.

Nonfarm payrolls grew by 98,000 in March, well below the 180,000 anticipated, despite the unemployment rate falling to 4.5 percent.

In the euro zone, new unemployment data showed the rate falling to 9.5 percent in February from 9.6 percent in January.

Uncertainty over when and if the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates heightened last week when August's jobs report showed the economy added 50,000 fewer jobs than expected even while the unemployment rate fell to 5.1 %.

Today's GDP release showed that lower disposable incomes translated into personal saving rates falling to 2.6 % from 4.5 % in the fourth quarter.

«The general picture is little changed on last month, with the overall employment rate and that for women both at record highs, the inactivity rate at a joint record low and the unemployment rate falling to its lowest since early summer 1975,» Matt Hughes, a senior statistician at the ONS said.

This of course contrasts with the Labor Department's news yesterday that U.S. employers — of all sizes — added 120,000 jobs last month, and as a result the unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent, after a prolonged period at 9 percent.

It took three months to implement an automated bar - code system, but our error rate fell to less than 2 percent.

The unemployment rate fell to 6.7 percent, from 7 percent, but that was less about job creation than about people, fed up or unsuccessful in their job searches, dropping out of the labor force.

America's unemployment rate fell to 7.8 % in September, while Gallup's U.S. Job Creation Index — which looks at the country's net job creation — is up 263 % since it bottomed out in April 2009.

In terms of credit card performance, the strength of our risk management capabilities and the quality of our portfolio resulted in new historic lows for the 30 plus delinquency and net chargeoff rates... The 30 - plus [day] delinquency rate fell below 2 %, and our 90 - plus [day] delinquency rate fell to below 1 %.

The changes saw the corporate tax rate fall to 21 percent from 35 percent and are predicted to lift consumer spending and U.S. growth.

The state added 14,000 net jobs to payrolls last month, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 % from 4.4 %...

For the US, speculative - grade defaults rose to 3.9 % from 3.4 %, while in Europe the rate fell to 2.4 % from 2.8 %.

Franchisees» six - month business outlook rating fell to 1.81, meaningfully below the 2.8 survey's historical average, Kalinowski said.

Meanwhile, the availability rate fell to 10.7 percent from 11.2 percent in July.

Despite disappointing job growth last month, the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since early 2008, sharpening the debate within the Federal Reserve over whether to raise interest rates when policy makers meet in two weeks.

They also saw the jobless rate falling to 3.6 per cent by the end of 2019, further below their 4.5 per cent estimate of unemployment's long - run sustainable rate.

The unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, its lowest level since 2001, but for the wrong reason: labor force participation fell by two - tenths of a percent.

Spain's household savings rate fell to its lowest level on record in the third quarter of last year as high unemployment and wage deflation in the latest recession obliged them to devote more of their disposable income to consumption, according to figures released Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

Late last year, the household savings rate fell to 2.5 %, close to the lows witnessed in 2005.

While the positives include the unemployment rate falling to 42 - year lows, a weaker pound sterling is leading to a spike in consumer inflation; in the event of a negative outcome in the negotiations with the European Union, the UK currency could slide further, leading to a rise in consumer prices and leaving the Bank of England in a very precarious situation in which easing interest rates will be ruled out due to high inflation, and hiking rates will lead to a slowdown in economic activity.

Annual inflation rate falls to a record low in January, a development that will increase pressure on the ECB to act more decisively to head off the threat of falling prices.

$ $ $ (Business Insider) The U.S. economy added 236k jobs in February and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent.

The unemployment rate fell to 4.1 %, a 16 - year low.

Based on the surge in firms reporting difficulties filling job vacancies, we suspect the unemployment rate fell to just 4.2 % in August, with further declines looking likely over the coming months.

US unemployment rate falls to lowest level since 2001 The US economy created 261,000 new jobs in October as the labor market rebounded from disruptions linked to hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

«The market should continue its slow march back to normal, as annual (price) appreciation rates fall to more sustainable levels around 3 percent,» said Stan Humphries, chief economist at real estate data provider Zillow.

Wage growth has declined since 2015, despite Japan's unemployment rate falling to its lowest level for 23 years.

Canada generated more than 420,000 new jobs in 2017, while the average annual unemployment rate fell to 6.4 per cent — the lowest rate since 2008.

They also saw the jobless rate falling to 3.6 percent by the end of 2019, further below their 4.5 percent estimate of unemployment's long - run sustainable rate.

The National savings rate fell to 2.9 %, the lowest since November 2007.