Sentences with phrase «rates year by year»

If they determine you're loyal, they will keep raising your rates year by year to make you more profitable for them.

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Only two years ago they were rating AAA all the toxic bonds that created the crisis,» said Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, adding that the downgrade was executed «not because of what Greece is doing but because of the decisions being taken by the EU that are not considered as going far enough.»

The number of active Corporate VCs — which serve as the investment arms of giant firms and include Intel Capital, Bloomberg Beta and GE Ventures — has grown by 15.5 percent year - over-year between 2011 and 2015, compared to a growth rate of 12.8 percent overall for VCs of any type in the same period, according to data from CB Insights.

Buoyed by uncommonly low interest rates, the industry has boasted of double - digit returns; the past few years, at least anecdotally, have been especially rich.

In the past year, the median outlook for the Fed's top rate in this hiking cycle has risen by nearly 60 basis points to 3.24 percent.

At constant exchange rates and business scope, year - on - year sales increased 5.2 %, driven by a 6.0 % positive price effect reflecting ongoing actions to raise selling prices along the entire acrylic chain.

By contrast, while the cost of older, branded pharmaceuticals continue to rise and contribute to increased spending, when discounting is considered, prices of these drugs increased, on average, 2.8 % in 2015, the lowest growth rate in years.

In surveys by the UnitedHealth Foundation, Minnesota has ranked among the nation's 10 healthiest states every year since 1990, thanks to a strong statewide health - care network and very high rates of physical activity among residents.

Keep in mind that this exemption is based off the depreciation of your building over the past 39 years, and that you must also multiply by your tax rate.

Perth has suffered the biggest drop in house prices, falling 2.4 per cent in the June quarter, as capital city house prices across Australia decline by the sharpest rate in nearly than three years.

The rate of new firms entering the marketplace has fallen by nearly half over the 40 - year period from 1978 to 2012, to 8 percent, compared with a steadily increasing rate of new firm closures, up two full percentage points, to about 10 percent, over the same period, according to the Brookings Institution, a policy think tank.

These amounts are derived by translating current year results at prior year average exchange rates.

Assuming that other sites car brands advertise on are plagued by a similar rate of fraudulent web traffic, Solve Media calculated car companies would waste $ 541 million out of the $ 2.5 billion eMarketer estimates the auto industry will spend this year on digital branding in the U.S.

WESTERN Australia's hotels increased their total earnings by 20 per cent in the past financial year despite low occupancy rates.

But last year, Malaysia sank to its worst - ever rating in the influential Corruption Perceptions Index compiled by Transparency International.

He shares the consensus view that the 30 - year bull market in bonds is now spent and recommends buying floating - rate notes issued by corporations that reset their coupon according to market rates every three or six months.

Williams said the Heritage estimate was correct based on the methodology the foundation used — the analysts estimated a carbon tax rate of $ 36, which would increase by 3 % each year from 2015 to 2035.

By next year, there are questions to answer about what data should guide policy and the extent to which preventing asset - price bubbles should influence the benchmark interest rate.

«The injury rate at our Fremont factory is half what it was in the final years of the UAW plant operated by GM / Toyota immediately before us, and we care deeply about the safety and well - being of our people and strive to do better every day.

If cutting rates by 500 bps over the last few years didn't spark a recovery then why would cutting from 25 bps?

Futures markets reacted after the jobs data by pricing in the risk of three, or even more, rate rises from the Federal Reserve this year.

The decrease in income tax expense was primarily driven by the lower U.S. corporate income tax rate, partially offset by the inclusion in the prior year quarter of a $ 15 million benefit from the resolution of prior year tax matters.

The study, published by the Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) Climate Corps program, says that solar and wind jobs have grown at rates of about 20 % annually in recent years, and sustainability now collectively represents four to four and a half million jobs in the U.S., up from 3.4 million in 2011.

Ontario's rates are heavily influenced by U.S. rates, which have just begun to increase after years at historic lows.

If rates rise across the board by one percentage point, it would amount to about $ 91 billion a year in extra income and thus extra spending money for these people and businesses.

Overcapacity in recent years and a preference for rock - bottom costs of sending goods by sea had led to a slump in air freight rates.

As for «peak earnings,» Michael Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist and CIO of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, said in a note to clients on Sunday that» [W] e think the market is digesting the fact that the tax cut last year has created a lower quality increase in US earnings growth that almost guarantees a peak rate of change by 3Q.»

The increase in income tax expense was primarily driven by the inclusion in the prior year quarter of a $ 17 million benefit from the resolution of prior year tax matters and the increase in segment income before income taxes, mostly offset by the lower U.S. corporate income tax rate.

Naturally, his forecasts were derailed by a combination of a deluge in mortgage costs from the disastrous acquisition of Countrywide Financial, and years of extremely low rates that shrank the margins the bank earns on its giant loan portfolios.

The global smart transportation sector is expected to grow to US$ 138 billion by 2020, up from US$ 46 billion this year, at a compound annual growth rate of 24 %, according to analysis firm Markets and Markets.

The move to preemptively brand «property scalpers» a problem, however, smacks of an effort to create a villain that the government can then vanquish — a useful tactic for a government headed by a leader with a record - low approval rating facing an election next year.

By this time next year, short - term rates might be a full percentage point higher than today.

The increase in income tax expense was primarily driven by the increase in segment income before income taxes and the inclusion in the prior year quarter of a $ 7 million benefit from the resolution of prior year tax matters, partially offset by the lower U.S. corporate income tax rate.

In a year marked by a significant milestone for rising interest rates (the 10 - year Treasury note yield topping 3 percent), an unusual winner has begun to emerge in the stock market: utility stocks.

Helped in part by the reduced rates, the 10 largest tech companies are estimated to generate about $ 800 billion in free cash flow over the next three years, Materne said.

After falling to a 50 - year low, the U.S. homeownership rate has been steadily rising, driven by millennials.

It would increase the replacement rate by 10 percentage points to 35 per cent, lift the earnings cap by $ 10,000 (to $ 61,100), and be phased in over 10 years.

Last year, Poloz was guided by the numbers in front of him, not theoretical concerns about the potential damage of lower interest rates.

Up until now, this issue has mostly been watercooler fodder, but with the Federal Reserve having raised rates in December and Donald Trump's election victory causing the 10 - year treasury yield to spike by 19 % since election day, many investors are now reducing their exposure to these rate - sensitive sectors.

In a pilot program with Mohawk College in Hamilton last year, Game - Based Learning boosted course completion rates by 25 %.

If the Bank of Canada ultimately raises its benchmark rate by 50 basis points from the start of the year, that could increase borrowers» monthly payments by approximately 5 per cent, according to Rob McLister, founder of comparison site RateSpy.com.

Specifically, there are concerns about what might happen should the tide turn in the bond markets when 30 years of falling interest rates reverses at a time when the Federal Reserve is preparing to tighten monetary policy by forcing rates higher.

Over-valuation doesn't look so severe by this measure because a big component of mortgage payments — interest rates — is very low and incomes have continued to rise over the years.

This year the Bank of Montreal upped the ante by offering five - year mortgages at an interest rate of 2.99 % — leading some to wonder whether its risk management department had been ravaged by bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Record - low interest rates, as set by the Fed in recent years, have squeezed bank margins.

Reps who opted for 100 % commission and who perform at the highest level stand to increase their pay by 25 % this year because Artis also increased the commission rate they can earn.

The key message conveyed by these numbers is this: Japan's loose monetary policies of the last 15 years could not produce a growth rate strong enough to lift the economy out of deflation.

This comes after years of record low rates across the globe due to aggressive monetary policy by central banks.

Moreover, the rate of growth in the fraction of non-employers (28.2 percent) run by women has been higher than the rate of increase in their share of non-employers (23 percent) over the past five years.

«A decrease in nominal GDP growth resulting solely from a one - year, 1 - percentage - point decrease in the rate of GDP inflation» reduces the budgetary balance by $ 1.9 billion.