Sentences with phrase «reduce decline rates»

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The decline in the rate of new business creation over the past 30 years has not reduced U.S. productivity.

MF Global's stock price declined two - thirds in the final week of October 2011 and its credit rating was reduced making its debt high - yield debt following huge quarterly losses.

This gain in credibility contributed to a rapid decline in long - term interest rates, which in turn significantly reduced public debt charges and contributed to stronger economic growth and government revenues.

In fact as consumption declines with the rising savings rate, it tends to reduce the need for productive investment, so that both productive investment and consumption tend to drop.

The US dollar has declined more than 10 % against major currencies this year — despite two rate hikes and the Fed's announcement that it plans to reduce its massive balance sheet.

In Canada and the United States, for example, the annual growth rate of the labour force slowed from around 1 1/4 per cent in 2006 to less than 1/2 per cent in 2016.11 This decline has reduced potential output growth and investment demand.

In the most recent period, following the tightening of monetary policy in May, market interest rates declined for a time as participants assessed that the cumulative tightening over the previous six months might have been sufficient to reduce the risks on inflation.

It is possible that a large part of the decline in implied volatilities of interest rates can be attributed to reduced uncertainty about the future path of monetary policy at that turning point.

Indonesia reduced its official rate by a total of 75 basis points to 7 per cent in response to further declines in inflation.

Moreover, a number of features of the US sub-prime market which have contributed to its current problems are not present in Australia, including large teaser rates, a marked decline in lending standards, and an originate and distribute model where the originator has a reduced incentive to care about the quality of the loan written.

In Europe, the European Central Bank reduced its official interest rate in June by 50 basis points to 2 per cent; the Bank of England also lowered its policy rate in July by 25 basis points to 3 1/2 per cent; and official interest rates in Sweden declined by 75 basis points to 2 3/4 per cent in moves of 50 and 25 basis points in June and July.

The employee premium rate could be reduced in 2015 by a minimum of 5 cents, with a decline of at least 7 cents for employers, with larger reductions in 2017.

Households were responding to declining interest rates by paying off their loans more quickly rather than reducing loan payments.

Again, empirical work suggests that, at current levels of approvals and credit growth, a once - only 10 per cent decline in approvals would reduce the monthly rate of credit growth by around 0.3 of a percentage point after about three months (Graph C3).

Effects of reducing withdrawal rate over time (planning a gradual decline in consumption during retirement).

High rates of denominational switching and interdenominational marriage, reduced levels of denominational identity and cross-denominational tensions, and pervasive contacts across denominational lines all point toward a declining monopoly of specific religious traditions over the securement of religious convictions.

The slowing population growth in the U.S. mirrors to a lesser extent the situation in other developed nations, including Russia, Japan and France which are seeing reduced growth or population losses due to declining birth rates and limited immigration.

More recently, rates of higher order births (three or more infants) have declined as changes in assisted reproductive techniques (ART) to reduce multiple pregnancies have been implemented (Smith 2014; Umstad 2013).

In addition we have rising interest rates, crowding out of the private sector, reduced business confidence, and declining economic growth.

Additionally, the proposal to reduce the tax rate for corporate manufacturers will help an industry that has experienced a steep decline in employment.

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

These include lowering expense projections for retirement and health insurance expense to reflect lower projected usage and rates not available at the time the budget request was prepared; lowering utility cost estimates to reflect the significant decline in energy demand and prices resulting from reduced economic activity and lowering other operating cost estimates to reflect lower anticipated price changes.

Cuomo has proposed a slew of business tax code changes that include reducing the rate and raising the exemption threshold for the estate tax, merging a dedicated bank tax into a corporate tax and reducing the overall rate, creating a new rebate for upstate manufacturers and the accelerated decline of an energy surcharge that the state extended in 2013.

He also cited neuroimaging studies showing that prolonged periods of reduced audio stimulation can lead to faster rates of atrophy, changing the brain's structure Additionally, social isolation caused by hearing loss may contribute to further brain decline, Lin said.

After six months of treatment with edaravone on top of standard - of - care, data showed the intravenous drug reduced the rate of functional decline in patients by about a third, Dr Jean Hubble, VP of medical affairs, at Mitsubishi Tanabe's U.S. unit MT Pharma America Inc (MTPA), said.

Much has been written about the Death of the West: how declining birth rates, falling populations, and population aging will reduce Europe and end the supremacy of the US while Asian superpowers, such as China and India, see their economies grow to match their huge populations.

It was widely believed that this «population bomb ``, a product of drastically reduced mortality rates and the absence of a corresponding decline in the birth rate, would eventually lead to an overcrowded planet, with resources outstripped and humanity doomed.

The researchers found that the addition of vitamin D3 to ciclesonide did not significantly reduce the rate of first treatment failure (a composite outcome of decline in lung function and increases in use of beta - agonists, systemic steroids, and health care utilization) compared with placebo; 28 percent and 29 percent of participants in each group, respectively, experienced at least 1 treatment failure during 28 weeks.

While the successful public health campaign to improve infant sleep environments has long been associated with declines in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), an analysis of 30 years of data by researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and Dana - Farber Cancer Institute suggests that Back - to - Sleep is one of several trends that explain the reduced rates of SIDS.

Reducing the rate of decline will require a commitment to place - based adaptive management strategies which actively engage local communities across a range of representations in conservation planning.

Reduced food supply owing to lower POC fluxes could exacerbate these impacts because the metabolic cost of increased rates of calcification become greater as pH declines (Wood et al., 2008).

Over an average post-treatment follow - up period of 22 months, the rate of decline on the MMSE among NGF - treated patients was reduced by as much as 51 percent.

PET scans demonstrated an increase in the brain's use of glucose, an indication of increased brain activity, while mental - status tests showed a slowing of the patients» rate of cognitive decline was reduced by 36 to 51 percent.

Lower rates of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cognitive decline, and even reduced body weight and inflammation are associated with eating a whole - foods, plant - based diet.

California has been the consistent leader in the US by making use of public policies in reducing cigarette smoking throughout this period, and in California, there were faster decreases in smoking prevalence in comparison to rest of the US, along with declines in lung rates of cancer.

The scientists, medical professionals, and athletes on the ground floor of the keto movement can barely contain their excitement over its power to reliably reduce excess body fat, enhance neurological function, protect against diseases of cognitive decline, and slow the rate of inflammation and oxidative damage that are the essence of the (accelerated) aging process.

Your central nervous system output and thyroid and leptin levels decline, which reduces your resting metabolic rate.

Despite a growing number of efforts to reduce childhood obesity in recent years — and even some data showing declines — new data shows the rates of overweight or obese children continue to rise in the U.S., with severe obesity increasing significantly.

Recent research ranges from reducing the levels of heterocyclic amines (carcinogenic compounds that are formed when meats are barbecued, boiled or fried) by up to 40 percent, it can inhibit the growth of certain types of skin and breast cancers, and it can even help prevent brain decline which may explain the low rate of Alzheimer's disease in India.

Following a traditional Mediterranean Diet is associated with improvements in cognitive function, slower rates of cognitive decline and reduced Alzheimer's disease.

Every time you reinforce the training, the rate of decline reduces.

For a high - poverty urban district like LAUSD, where declining birth rates, reduced immigration, gentrification and the expansion of charters have left neighborhood schools scrambling for resources, education researchers believe that community schooling offers the first meaningful bang for its buck in delivering equity for its highest - needs students.

The decline «could have reduced the number of girls who left school to care for children and thus resulted in higher graduation rates.»

Shortages are projected to grow based on declines in teacher education enrollments, coupled with student enrollment growth, efforts to reduce pupil - teacher ratios, and ongoing high attrition rates.

However, both rates have declined in the last year and the gap between them is reducing.

While there are many reasons for these declines, unfair terms, including reduced royalty rates, are clearly a major part of the problem.

Continuously declining long - term rates created two tailwinds for his portfolio: 1) It continuously reduced borrowing costs for highly leveraged companies; and 2) Drove up values of high yielding stocks (look at what utilities, MLPs and REITs have done over the same time period).

If you don't qualify for a mortgage based on this rule, you will either be deemed as a b - lender (and don't get the cheapest mortgage rates), the maximum mortgage you can obtain will be reduced, or be declined for a mortgage by that lender.

It will be many more years before investor cap rates decline which will intrinsically result in higher values and reduced LTVs.

Mortgage rates for 30 - year U.S. loans fell to a five - week low, a decline that's likely to be extended after the Federal Reserve refrained from reducing its monthly bond buying.