Sentences with phrase «reaches its highest level since»

«The total volume of small - business financing increased by 18 % over the same period last year, and reached the highest level since Feb. 2008, its latest data show».

The jobs - to - applicants ratio rose to 1.40 from 1.38 in the previous month to reach the highest level since August 1991, separate data showed on Tuesday.

Doug Ramsey of the Leuthold Group noted last week that on Jan. 5 his preferred gauge, the 14 - week Relative Strength Index, reached its highest level since 1959 — and then the market pushed higher still into last Friday and Tuesday's morning peak, before stocks reversed by the close.

Last Wednesday, gold reached its highest level since August 2016 as jitters grew over Syria and Russia — with a potential trade war with China still in the picture.

According to Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA), investment activity in Canada's venture capital (VC) industry has accelerated since 2011, reaching its highest level since 2006.

The benchmark 10 - year U.S. note yield rose to a four - year high last week, while the short - term two - year yield reached its highest level since 2008 on Tuesday.

Sterling saw some strong buying on international currency markets Tuesday, reaching its highest level since the country voted to leave the European Union in June 2016.

The construction industry is certainly recovering: housing starts were up 6.8 percent in May, builder confidence reached its highest level since 2006, and mortgage applications continue to rise.

Small - company owners and entrepreneurs have faith in their rescuers: The optimism index of the National Federation of Independent Business jumped 38 points in December, reaching its highest level since 2004.

According to the latest monthly report from the American Petroleum Institute (API), U.S. demand in February reached its highest level since 2007.

Investors hedging against a sharp fall in equity markets in the coming 12 weeks has also reached its highest level since the onset of the global financial crisis, the bank said.

The European Union's official statistics agency Monday that the proportion of the workforce without jobs rose to 12.1 % in May from 12.0 % in April to reach its highest level since records began in 1995.

Nevertheless, the savings rate during last quarter averaged 5.5 %, reaching its highest level since Q4 2012.

That came to fruition last week as upside volume reached its highest levels since early - November 2015 when the price briefly spiked above $ 500 (see chart above).

Gold prices on Wednesday reached their highest level since January amid a declining dollar and growing geopolitical concerns

In the process, market prices reached their highest level since early March, a sign that investor sentiment had turned bullish.

Copper and Aluminum also rose sharply with the latter reaching its highest level since 2011.

A measure of implied volatility known as the CBOE VIX surged this week, reaching its highest level since Oct. 26.

Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), refinancing application volume increased by 21 % during the week ending on July 1, reaching its highest level since January 2015.

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), refinancing application volume increased by 21 % during the week ending on July 1, reaching its highest level since January 2015.

Homelessness in New York City has reached its highest levels since the Great Depression, according to advocates, with shelter populations in December exceeding 59,000 people, including about 23,000 children.

Councils have voiced funding concerns after figures show secondary school applications have reached their highest level since 2009.

Support for teacher tenure slides, but the percentage of the public thinking teachers deserve a salary increase reaches its highest level since 2008.

UCLA's 2015 survey of US students found that «interest in political and civic engagement has reached the highest levels since the study...

Debit: Meanwhile, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's latest round of gratuitous money printing increased inflation fears this week as evidenced by the so - called break - even rate between nominal and inflation - protected Treasury debt; it reached its highest level since 2006.

MCLEAN, VA --(Marketwired - Feb 15, 2018)- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing the 30 - year fixed mortgage rate reaching its highest level since April 2014.

The River Ouse in York reached its highest levels since records began in 1642.

That came to fruition last week as upside volume reached its highest levels since early - November 2015 when the price briefly spiked above $ 500 (see chart above).

A measure of implied volatility known as the CBOE VIX surged this week, reaching its highest level since Oct. 26.

HireRight discovered that job applications with a little white lie sprinkled here and there has reached its highest level since 2011.

The median home price in California has reached its highest level since 2007, coming in at $ 522,440 for February 2018 (data compiled by the California Association of Realtors — CAR.)

The median home price in California has reached its highest level since 2007, coming in at $ 522,440 for February 2018...

«Sales to individual investors reached their highest level since 2012 (1.20 million) as investors took advantage of record low mortgage rates and recognized the sizeable demand for renting in their market as renters struggle to become homeowners,» Yun says.

Following this news, the 10 - year Treasury reached its highest level since January 2014, climbing above 2.90 percent.

Americans are more positive about the direction of the economy, as consumer confidence reached its highest level since October 2007, according to a Thomson Reuters / University of Michigan index on consumer sentiment.

Consumer confidence improved in November, rising 15 points and reaching its highest level since July.

RISMEDIA, December 14, 2010 --(MCT)-- A gauge of U.S. consumer sentiment rose in early December, reaching the highest level since June 2010, but remains below pre-recession levels, according to the Reuters / University of Michigan index.

The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index («Index») increased in January, reaching its highest level since September 2010.

Existing sales in 2016, Yun expects, will total roughly 5.36 million, exceeding 2015's 5.25 million and reaching their highest level since 2006's 6.48 million.

The number of single family homes and condos flipped during 2017 reached its highest level since 2006, according to a report from ATTOM Data Solutions.

While small, it didn't significantly change last week's news that the Purchase Index reached its highest level since October 2015.

Fairfax — While 2017 homeownership rates have reached the highest level since mid-2014 according to Census Bureau data, and 2017 home prices reached new highs for the past decade, we are starting this year off with solid rises in home values, said Lorraine Arora, the 2018 NVAR Chairman of the Board and Weichert, Realtors ® Fairfax regional managing broker.

Existing home sales should continue to grow, as the NAR Pending Home Sales Index increases 1.7 % in November, reaching the highest level since April 2010.

According to data released by Ticor Title of Nevada for March 2013, the number of Notices of Default (NOD) reached its highest level since October 2011 and the start of AB284.

Pending sales (mutually accepted offers) in the four - county Puget Sound region reached their highest level since 2005.

Despite tight housing inventories and rising home prices, the homeownership rate rose slightly in the third quarter and reaching the highest level since 2014, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday.

Fixed mortgage rates have reached the highest level since 2014 and are likely to rise further.

Perhaps most important is that the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index for March increased more than 4 percent, reaching its highest level since the end of the home buyer tax credit period.

As of the second quarter, annual inventory growth for assisted living reached its highest level since NIC began reporting the data in 2006 — 5.9 percent.

In a similar vein, a survey of Florida real estate professionals conducted in the first quarter of 2011 by the Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies at the University of Florida found that positive sentiment among commercial real estate owners and investors had reached the highest level since 2008.