Sentences with phrase «reflect recent increases»

«We saw new - home sales edge up a slight 0.8 percent in June solely because last month's figure was revised downward, but this still reflects a recent increase in new construction resulting in new - home sales up 9.1 percent over the past year,» says Joseph Kirchner, senior economist for realtor.com ®.

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These products — largely innovative and pricey specialty medications that include breakthrough Hepatitis C treatments and immuno - oncology drugs — reflect the increased productivity and improved pipelines of pharma's R&D departments in recent years.

Net written premiums of $ 574 million increased 6 %, reflecting an increase in domestic surety premiums, continued strong retention and an increase in new business in domestic management liability, while renewal premium change remained consistent with recent quarters.

As of this morning, we owned 4,730,739 shares of Apple, an increase of 22 % in position size, reflecting our belief the market continues to dramatically undervalue the company, even when taking into account the recent market appreciation, which in turn makes our proposal unchanged with respect to a $ 150 Billion buyback.

Lee added that this recent price rise also reflects increased awareness about the digital currency.

This could reflect an increasing popularity in the use of HELOCs in recent years compared to the past.

More broadly, global trade has slowed and financial stability risks have increased — with the recent market turmoil partly reflecting lower confidence in the effectiveness of policies.

The recent increase in oil prices in 2015 corresponds to weakening of the dollar that may reflect disappointingly weak first quarter 2015 U.S. GDP growth.

It is doubtful that the recent classification changes announced by the Department of Finance will be reflected in the Main Estimates, thereby increasing the confusion between spending in the Main Estimates and in the Budget and related documents.

While I continue to believe that the dollar faces substantial risk of further erosion in its exchange value, as well as a near doubling of the CPI over the coming decade or so (both reflecting the massive increase in U.S. government liabilities in recent years), those prospects are not likely to emerge until risk - aversion about credit default materially abates.

Much of the recent growth in margin debt has reflected an increase in the average loan size, which has risen by around $ 13,000 to $ 107,000 over the past year.

Recent movements in the exchange rate have also been reflected in indexes of trade prices; the export price index rose by more than 16 per cent over the past year, with higher prices for base metals, chemicals, and petroleum aided by higher world prices and increased demand.

The fall in sentiment and the apparent softness in retail sales in March are likely to reflect several factors including the March interest rate increase, the publication of the weak December quarter national accounts and associated commentary, and the recent steep rise in petrol prices.

While, in trend terms, the prices of these services tend to increase more quickly than the overall CPI, the recent outcomes partly reflect the relatively high wage increases in these sectors over the past year.

In contrast to other movements in the current account deficit during recent years, which were mainly the result of fluctuations in Australia's trade balance, the most recent increase largely reflected rising payments on Australia's stock of net foreign liabilities — the net income deficit (Graph C1).

The recent fall in new dwelling construction reflects a decline in the construction of new houses, while activity in the medium - density sector increased strongly over the first half of the year.

The recent decreases in sales of new and existing homes, as well as the potential decline in future existing home sales may partially reflect the increase in mortgage rates.

Paul Grave, globalDairyTrade manager, said the result reflected supply increasing globally in response to what has been a very strong price signal over recent months.

The latest increase reflects the continued upward movement in global dairy prices in recent times.

District officials said they expect revenue to grow because they foresee the equalized assessed valuation of property increasing by about 8 percent, reflecting the record - breaking growth of recent years in Waukegan and in the areas of Warren, Libertyville, Benton and Newport Townships served by the Park District.

Nevertheless, in this space, I want to reflect on why the so - called «embittered sliver» — that 81 per cent of his PLP; not to mention all Labour MEPs, hundreds of Councillors, all living former leaders and all but three MSPs, and as recent polls indicate, an increasing portion of the membership — could possibly want to see the back of him.

Two recent large studies reflect growing evidence that ADHD increases children's risk for abusing tobacco, alcohol and other drugs when they are older.

Qin; her mentor Elisa V. Bandera, MD, PhD, professor of epidemiology at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey; and fellow researchers evaluated the impact of three index - based dietary patterns: the 2005 Healthy Eating Index (HEI - 2005), which was based on the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans; the 2010 Healthy Eating Index (HEI - 2010), which reflects the most recent dietary guidelines and has an increased emphasis on quality; and the Alternate Healthy Eating Index - 2010 (AHEI - 2010), which is based on a different nutrition guide, the Healthy Eating Pyramid.

Indicators shows that Federal investment in both academic and business sector R&D has declined in recent years, reflecting the effects of the end of the investments of ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), the advent of the Budget Control Act, and increased pressure on the discretionary portion of the federal budget.

As China has undergone rapid economic and social change in recent decades, an increase of individualistic values has been reflected in the word choices of Chinese authors.

While study participants also were much less likely to use any formal sources of assistance or support in resolving problems with cannabis than those whose problems were with other substances, that finding was less common in those who resolved a cannabis problem more recently, which may reflect the increased availability and potency of cannabis in recent years.

If everything holds to form, 2016 may turn out to reflect the talent and increasing influence of older actors in the Oscar race more than any year in recent memory.

As reflected by the recent controversy of child pornography involving under - aged students in at least 70 public and private schools throughout Australia, the increased rate at which the use, and misuse, of technology in schools has generated a multitude of new legal issues surrounding the use of social and other digital media that most could not have anticipated a few short years ago.

After Virginia increased the level of difficulty of its tests in recent years, scores had fallen, but the gains in the 2014 - 2015 school year reflect an upward trend attributed in part to teachers and students becoming accustomed to the more rigorous tests.

[12] Recent research suggests it generally takes about three years for property tax revenues to reflect increased property values.

They were written to reflect recent advances in research and practice and address the increasing focus on preparing all students for postsecondary success.

Created by educators — Board - certified teachers and researchers with distinguished expertise in CTE — the standards were written to reflect recent advances in research and practice and address the increasing focus on preparing all students for postsecondary success.

This reflects the increasing understanding that in rapidly changing knowledge economies, critical thinking and problem solving are important parts of the new global skill set, whereas the labor market demand for routine cognitive competencies — the kinds of skills that are easy to teach and test — has declined rapidly over recent decades.

A data analysis task was chosen in response to the need to increase the preparation of PSTs to teach statistics, as reflected in the increased emphasis on statistics in recent years in the K - 12 curriculum (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2000; National Governors Association Center for Best Practice & Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010).

This reflects research trends that show higher participation in AP classes across the country for Hispanic students, but could also be a result of external factors, such as the recent increase in Hispanic residents living in New Haven and its surrounding suburbs.

The recent drop to 1.5 reflects the recent decrease in interest rates as prices have held firm, i.e. the denominator, Actual Price, stayed at the same level while the Affordable Price increased due to falling interest rates.

But overall, the scope for capital gains seems compelling, noting particularly the recent 10 - 15 % pa rent increases (albeit, interrupted by the recent heavy - handed two year rent freeze), though obviously this should already be reflected within the IRES portfolio valuation / yield & investors» total return expectations — a 1.0 Price / Book ratio still seems appropriate: Continue reading →

If we look at UTV's recent history, they went on an acquisition spree about 5 - 6 years ago, and are still paying the price... EPS declined from GBP 23.08 p in 2006 to the most recent FY of 16.7 p — reflecting an increased interest bill plus a painfully dilutive rights issue, rather than significantly poorer performance.

They then adjusted the borrowers» debt amounts to reflect 2013 dollars, calculated a debt increase to represent the higher propensity to borrow among recent graduates and simulated what effect today's income - driven repayment plans would have had on those borrowers.

Even with the recent increase, which reflects the Fed's efforts to raise short - term rates, the return on these mutual funds is so low that it might not seem worth investing.

But overall, the scope for capital gains seems compelling, noting particularly the recent 10 - 15 % pa rent increases (albeit, interrupted by the recent heavy - handed two year rent freeze), though obviously this should already be reflected within the IRES portfolio valuation / yield & investors» total return expectations — a 1.0 Price / Book ratio still seems appropriate:

In recent years, the attractiveness of the city has increased with the business tourism industry, which is clearly reflected in the long list of facilities aimed at business events.

There are approximately 10 percent more core gamers saying that their spending has decreased versus a year ago than there are those stating that their purchases have increased, reflecting a decline that is in alignment with recent retail sales patterns.

Through recent installations that include filmed performances, where projections of the «ghosted» human body wash over sculptural elements, the artist attempts to create an alienating / disorienting illusory effect that reflects an increasing loss of the corporeal gesture in the every day, the infinite attempt at calibrating the body to technology, as well as the entrapment of the human psyche within it; manipulating and playing with memory, space and time.

The recent group exhibition at Jim Thompson Art Centre reflected on the increasing global mobility in the artistic community and beyond.

I was reflecting yesterday about the increase in our waste orientation in my recent lifetime.

This increased confidence is also reflected in likely stronger Holiday sales over recent years.

«Our study clearly showed that European migratory bird species with declining breeding populations in Europe in the last decades (1990 — 2000) responded the least to recent climate change as reflected by the temporal trend in spring migration phenology, or even delayed their timing of spring migration, whereas species with stable or increasing populations advanced migration.»

In recent years, expanded supply of low cost natural gas, increased energy efficiency, growing market penetration of renewable electricity sources, and substantial reserve margins have contributed to low prices reflecting low marginal costs in wholesale energy and capacity markets.

This is reflected by the major market trends, as while global smartphone sales increased by nearly 4 % during the recent quarter, Microsoft's range of Windows handsets failed to capitalise and actually dropped below 1 % of the overall market share.