Sentences with phrase «relative increase for»

While there is about a 12 percent relative increase in white students scoring above 1100 on the SAT and above 24 on the ACT, there is a 50 percent relative increase for Hispanics, and an 80 percent relative increase for black students.

A gap in storm warning looms But that relative increase for JPSS in 2012 may not be enough to lessen the impact of the program's 2011 budget shortfall.

Not exact matches

Employees who reported sitting for longer than 6 hours per day had increased prevalence of moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression relative to those who reported sitting for less than 3 hours a day.»

Suppose that beer production is 100, but for some reason - less beer on international markets, more pizza or some combination of the two - the relative demand for beer increases, and beer producers are now able to obtain three pizzas for one beer.

The cost savings to firms due to the delay remain unchanged relative to what was estimated for the NPRM, while the cost - savings from the complete elimination of the transition notice has increased.

Thus, if tokens (like API keys) can be sold to 100 % of the American population, it would represent an increase of 33x in the available US buyer base relative to a traditional equity financing for a US startup.

Transaction and advance losses for the year ended December 31, 2013, increased by $ 4.8 million, or 46 %, compared to the year ended December 31, 2012, primarily reflecting growth in GPV of $ 8.3 billion, or 127 %, offset by improvements in risk management that lowered transaction and advance losses relative to GPV.

And that's the point, really: that increased demand for the Canadian dollar affects other industries precisely because it makes the REAL price of Canadian goods higher relative to the same goods produced in other countries, not just nominal price.

Everything is relative though, which means prices for goods and services will have also gone up despite an increase in interest / dividend income.

The impact of a stronger dollar is likely to remain a hurdle for earnings, but U.S. equities are also contending with high relative valuations and a likely increase in interest rates by the Federal Reserve (Fed) in the second half of this year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 14, 2013)-- MBA's Builder Application Survey data for October 2013 shows that mortgage applications for new home purchases increased by 11 percent relative to the previous month.

For example, returns on foreign stocks are increased when the dollar's value falls relative to other currencies.

Using the desire for investors to bid up stocks at ever - increasing valuations, Higgins sees this chart as indicating a comparatively subdued enthusiasm from stock market players relative to what we saw in the 1990s.

Let's just say that the signal - to - noise ratio for investors has degraded substantially over the yearsIn spite of the large increase in investment information relative to the past, there is little evidence that active managers in aggregate have improved their performance relative to passive strategies.

CONTACT Ali Ahmad [email protected] (202) 557 - 2727 WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 15, 2015)- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey (BAS) data for April 2015 shows mortgage applications for new home purchases increased by 0.3 percent relative to the previous month.

I've increased the weight on Canada from 3.3 % (its share of global market capital) to 10 % to account for the relative cheapness of investing in Canada for me — no currency exchange fees, dividend tax benefits, etc..

The long - run trend indicates that demand for smaller, more fuel - efficient cars has increased relative to demand for light trucks because of rising gasoline prices.

CONTACT Ali Ahmad [email protected] (202) 557 - 2727 WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 16, 2015)- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey (BAS) data for June 2015 shows mortgage applications for new home purchases increased by 1 percent relative to the previous month.

Second, the debate over immigrant impacts on American wages is confined to the lower single digits — immigrants may increase the relative wages for some Americans by a tiny amount and decrease them by a larger amount for the few Americans who directly compete against them.

There were several possible catalysts suggested for this spike in concerns about a favorable outcome of the debt ceiling negotiation, which has to be concluded ahead of the Treasury's X Date, now expected as early as October 1: some cited Steven Mnuchin's interview on CNBC, in which the Treasury Secretary said that the additional spending needed to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey may reduce the amount of time Congress has to increase the federal debt limit; another possibility was month - end liquidity needs and relative positioning across the curve.

Second, regulatory and accounting changes for certain firms increased their demand for treasury securities relative to their supply.

We think there is significant upside to the Delaware acreage, relative to PDC's assumptions at the time of the acquisition, and believe that adding quality acreage when commodity prices are low can significantly increase long - term value for shareholders.

For example, the Australian, Canadian and New Zealand dollars all increased by similar amounts against the US dollar over the six months, even though Canada's interest differential relative to the US was a lot less than that of Australia and only about half that of New Zealand.

For example, when you have a mix of accounts and products with different tax treatments you can increase the impact of the tax advantaged accounts through «tax - efficient asset location,» where investments are sourced per account according to their growth potential and relative tax efficiency.

The exception to this is the price index for market goods and services (excluding volatile items), which increased by 1.8 per cent over the year, reflecting weaker quarterly growth earlier in 2003 (relative to other measures).

With a weak Canadian dollar relative to the U.S., low energy prices, and a growing U.S. economy, conditions are favourable for SMEs to increase their export presence.

The increase of money relative to a decrease in securities creates more demand for existing securities, lowering interest rates and encouraging risk - taking.

Heading into Friday's Non Farm Payrolls (NFP) report for April, economists are expecting an increase in payrolls of 193K, which would be a big improvement from March's dismal reading of 103K, in what was the biggest NFP miss relative to expectations since the September 2017 report.

Ethical concerns relative to invasion of privacy are increased as computer data banks, computer banking, and shopping make it possible for others to retrieve private information which has been stored.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

Their hostility to Ali was increased by the fact that there was scarcely an Arab family which had not lost some of its members to Ali's sword in fighting against Islam; for instance, three relatives of Mu`awiya were killed by Ali himself in the battle of Badr.

Theological like every other type of education is involved, as has been noted, in a host of dilemmas that can not be solved theologically; but its difficulties are increased tremendously by the internal conflict in which it is engaged when it substitutes the relative for the absolute.

Bordeaux Got Pricing Right for 2014 Vintage, Cazes Says Top Bordeaux wine estates that mostly held their prices or saw small increases for their 2014 wines relative to 2013 got their pricing right this year, according to Sylvie Cazes, owner of Saint Emilion winery Chateau Chauvin...

Do you know that for an airfoil lift, the air across the top of a conventional airfoil experiences constricted flow lines and increased air speed relative to the wing.

If external stresses increase — if there's trouble at work, a bad break - up for one of your teens, or you're caring for a sickly relative, for example — so does the tension inside your house.

These cells are sparse up until 38 weeks, increasing gradually after that time, and increasing 300-fold after labor has begun.7 The relative scarcity of oxytocin receptor sites is one of the main lines of defense for keeping the uterus quiescent throughout the entire preterm period — but it is not the only one.

Three studies have reported no association (49, 77, 81), whereas a fourth has suggested an increased risk of uterine rupture for women undergoing TOLAC who have not had a prior vaginal delivery (relative risk [RR], 2.3; P <.0001)(79).

That's 3 600 infants who can be saved each year if their parents for a moment place more value on risk prevention than on relative risk increase when making decisions about where their baby will sleep.

In the first week of coverage, women as a whole received a modest increase in their relative prominence accounting for 19 per cent of all individuals mentioned in the first week of the campaign, compared to just 14 per cent in both the 2005 and 2010 elections.

If Scotland were to choose to go down the independence route, not only would there be more than enough oil income to make every single Scot better off by considerably more than # 500 a year, but also for its new government to close down the submarine bases in the Clyde without having to submit to any form of blackmail on currency issues, to increase the gap in health and education funding relative to the rest of the UK, to keep the ship yards open, and a great deal more besides.

As a record number of students fight for university places ahead of the increase in fees next year, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) published new analysis of the recent higher education white paper highlighting tuition fees» effect on relative disadvantage.

If the Democrats likelihood of winning the election increases after Obama's nomination, the black dot moves further into the red zone, reflecting a bigger relative payoff for the Republicans (the code for the chart is here).

For instance, Labour's overall share of the vote increased in 2015, relative to the 2010 General Election, by 1.5 %, but the extent of the party's support / seat losses in Scotland to the Scottish National Party (returning with just 1 of the 41 seats that the party had won there in 2010) meant that most of the 701,147 votes won by Labour in Scotland were effectively wasted votes.

What Cuomo fears is that very wealthy New Yorkers will flee the state and businesses in other states will outcompete New York for talent because of our increased tax burden relative to other states.

Average premiums in the nongroup market would increase by about 10 percent in most years of the decade (with no changes in the ages of people purchasing insurance accounted for) relative to CBO's baseline projections.

Breast Cancer Care, the leading breast cancer support and information charity in the UK, has produced a new report, backed by Age UK, that makes clear recommendations to improve outcomes and experiences for older women with breast cancer, a demographic proven to have poorer relative survival rates and an increased likelihood of presenting later with symptoms and of receiving non-standard treatments.

The evidence in the BES suggests that the reason for the increased impact of differential turnout is not due to a change in the relative enthusiasm between Labour and Conservative supporters since 2010.

Once again Senator Klein and the IDC have put their votes where their mouths are and will fight for much needed increases in funding for legal services to protect our immigrant relatives, neighbors, friends and fellow New Yorkers and we proudly applaud and support these efforts!»

Mr. Spota and members of several families, including a relative of Scott Wayte — the Brookhaven man who was struck and killed in 2012 while crossing East Main Street in downtown Riverhead — held a press conference in Hauppauge Tuesday, saying they want the state to increase the maxiumn sentence for fatal hit - and - run crimes from seven years to 15 years in prison.

With the benefit cap meaning that housing benefit will be capped at a point where for many who rely on it will have to move away, which means areas with relative affluence with sites of former counci estates, which are now being snapped up by yuppies or young professionals renting them will increase in an area — less likely to vote Labour than those who were on receipt of housing benefit.