Sentences with phrase «recent years the lower»

Instead, the U.S. has found ways to cut taxes at the corporate level and has applied in recent years lower tax rates to dividend income, so that the combined burden of taxation on distributed income is lower, but it is still a sub-optimal solution which has been widely recognized to exist since at least the 1950s.

We can then see that, first, in recent years the lower stratosphere has had a flat trend, or possibly even a slightly warming trend.

Not exact matches

In recent years, both Microsoft and Google have found success in the education market thanks to their lower cost laptops and tablets.

But in recent years, as the Bank of Canada held interest rates to historically low levels and consumer debt skyrocketed, the federal government tightened mortgage restrictions on regulated financial institutions, including HCG.

He did it in his recent Tesla master plan, referring to the low chance of success he knew he had when starting Tesla by citing the fact that Ford is the only U.S. car company to have avoided bankruptcy — knowledge he didn't have when he launched Tesla in 2003, six years before GM and Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

For one thing, those 10 - year Canada bonds are yielding just 1.14 % and could lose value should interest rates rebound from their recent lows, as many market - watchers expect.

The Fed permitted the quantity of money to decline by one - third from 1929 to 1933, just as the Bank of Japan permitted monetary growth to be low or negative in recent years.

But researchers looking at data from the Department of Homeland Security believe that the number of people entering the country illegally has fallen to historically low levels in recent years.

Regardless, the fact that this metric has fallen into the lower range of readings over the past ten years — outside of the very low readings during the crisis — suggests that recent movements in volatility have come amid relatively subdued trading volumes.»

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

In fact, the number of new divorces before Alberta courts doubled in recent years, suggesting the low divorce rate trend isn't nationwide.

«We expect the stagnation trend to continue and potentially accelerate next year, exacerbated by lower oil prices, tighter monetary policy and continued uncertainty on the geopolitical front,» noted Barclays economist Eldar Vakhitov in a recent report.

The culture also shifted in recent years from super individual competitor to making others successful and teamwork, which reduced the stress level at work to low,» says one employee.

But now, just about two years later, and with Einhorn's stake in the company 40 % larger (excluding call options), shares of GM are 3.5 % lower from when Einhorn first initiated his most recent stake.

With little success to toast on the field or at the ballot box for that pair in recent years, it's not surprising that champagne consumption is on the low end of our list.

(Overall sales of PCs, servers, and storage systems were down year over year in the most recent quarter, and Dell's revenue in 2015, pre-merger, was $ 58.1 billion, 6 % lower than in 2012.)

As University of California Davis economist Ann Huff Stevens asserts in her contribution to the 2008 book Laid Off, Laid Low, «In recent years, a conventional wisdom has emerged, suggesting the extent to which U.S. workers and employers form long term relationships has deteriorated.»

Look for this to continue in 2016, as the lowest unemployment rate in 15 years means employers will be fighting for recent, debt - strapped graduates.

While more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the average in recent years, the number of fatal accidents compared with the total number of flights was a record low, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

However, the most recent labour force survey from Statistics Canada showed signs of hope: youth unemployment was 13.9 % in March, a 0.8 % decrease from the previous month and 0.5 % lower than the same period last year.

To wit: in recent years, Japanese jails have added safety bars in cells and begun offering low - sodium meals to accommodate a surge of criminal senior citizens, shoplifting to cope with hard times.

That said, Apple does have a history of building lower - cost devices geared toward the average consumer, especially in recent years.

The figures show «that in recent years spending has increased from its lowest level of # 507.20 seen in 2012,» the ONS said.

However, awards show ratings in general have fallen in recent years, with the Oscars hitting an eight - year low last February with just over 34 million viewers.

In recent years Whole Foods has attempted to stress value, and even launched a lower - priced Whole Foods 365 line of stores, but for the most part it is still thought of as an expensive place to shop for groceries.

In recent years, those clients have gained access to new, lower - cost channels such as direct market access (DMA), electronic trading facilities that allow them to bypass intermediaries and execute their own trades.

Inflation rates in the United States and elsewhere in the world have been exceptionally low in recent years, and policymakers worry that economies are vulnerable to debilitating deflation.

However, recent moves by larger rivals Delta Air Lines Inc and American Airlines Group Inc to match those low prices have hurt unit revenue and pushed Spirit's stock down 46 percent last year.

CalPERS, which suffered through a 2.4 percent return for its most recent fiscal year, conceivably could lower the target to 6.5 percent over time.

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.

In fact, only one film in recent years saw lower ticket sales before taking home the golden statue with the «Best Picture» inscription.

«Mt Cuthbert is a low cost copper producer recognised by its ability to return profits during the recent twenty - five year low copper price slump.

A recent WSJ article, «Venture - Capital Firms Draw a Rush of New Money,» highlights that VC firms are raising new funds from LPs at the highest rate in 15 years, even though cash liquidity is sitting at a seven - year low.

Recent lower oil prices have helped Morocco cut those costs and shrink its budget deficit from nearly 5 percent of gross domestic product in 2014 to 4.3 percent this year.

California lost lower - income residents to other states over a recent 11 - year period, while gaining wealthier households from elsewhere in the U.S..

Comparing the most recent distribution of estimates with previous points in history (see chart below), there is greater clustering around the mean and noticeably shorter tails, suggesting a lower likelihood of major price swings over the next year.

«The unusually «friendly mix» of strong growth and low inflation that in recent years provided such a potent boost to risk appetite can not continue,» Goldman wrote.

The elder Buffett has shunned bonds in recent years, saying that near record - low yields aren't enough to compensate for the risk of inflation.

Demand for U.S. Treasurys in recent days helped push both the 10 - year and 30 - year bond yields to near their all - time lows Thursday, July 12.

On Thursday the euro rose off four - month lows as the dollar's recent rally came to a halt after the U.S. Federal Reserve did little to alter market expectations for further interest rate rises this year.

While inflation has been low in recent years, it can have a powerful impact over the course of 20 or 30 years.

For example, some investors may have taken on more risk in their portfolios in recent years by moving into lower - quality bonds or dividend stocks, in an attempt to generate additional yield.

For those who prefer simpler methods, a third measure, which just takes out volatile food items and petrol, and adjusts for the recent change to the child care rebate, shows essentially the same trend over the past couple of years, though at a slightly lower rate (Graph 15).

Inflation rates have been very low in recent years, which is another reason the Fed hasn't felt compelled to raise the federal funds rate.

Emerging - market companies have piled on debt in recent years, allured by low interest rates from yield - starved investors.

Our most recent buy entries into $ FB (Facebook) resulted in two separate price gains of 49 % and 12 % earlier this year, but we would still consider re-buying $ FB in our newsletter if it presents us with a low - risk re-entry point (such as a cup and handle pattern) in the coming weeks.

In recent years, money has flooded into low - cost index funds and out of more expensive actively managed funds, thanks in part to a greater focus on the large bite fees take out of already lackluster retirement balances over the long term.

Although rates have popped from recent lows, it's possible that higher yields remain range - bound in the months (years?)

It has been noted that the accompanying productivity figures will also probably be revised substantially lower on Tuesday, making a lie of the widely assumed «productivity miracle» of recent years.

If 2 percent really was consistent with a neutral monetary policy, then the very low real rates of recent years — buttressed by our large - scale asset purchases — should have been extraordinarily accommodative.