Sentences with phrase «remain low by»

NAHB expects this sales level to sustain itself through the end of the year as pent up demand continues to feed the market, as interest rates remain low by historic standards and as the supply of existing homes for sale remains low.

Although they've been heading up recently, student loan interest rates remain low by historical standards, so a fixed - rate loan might be a safe bet.

The general view is that rates will remain low by historical standards due mainly to the fact that our economy is expected to remain in slow growth mode.

Financing costs are rising, although they still remain low by historical standards.

First, financing costs are rising, although they still remain low by historical standards.

It's important to remember that interest rates and mortgage rates remain low by historical standards, and with guidance from a skilled real estate professional, prospective buyers can be empowered to find a home that meets their needs and financial objectives.»

Although they've been heading up recently, student loan interest rates remain low by historical standards, so a fixed - rate loan might be a safe bet.

While interest rates and inflation are rising, they nonetheless remain low by historical standards, the Journal adds.

Rates remain low by any historical measure thanks to years of easy money.

Notwithstanding the increases seen, variable lending rates remain low by historical standards.

Despite this, corporate gearing ratios remain low by historical standards.

Rates remain low by any historical measure thanks to years of easy money.

Although they've been heading up recently, student loan interest rates remain low by historical standards, so a fixed - rate loan might be a safe bet.

And car ownership remains low by global standards.

The share of foreign currency issuance denominated in US dollars remained low by historical standards at just over 50 per cent; financial institutions issued substantial amounts in euros, pounds sterling and Canadian dollars.

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And wages, depressed by global competition and consumers» addiction to cheap togs, remain stubbornly low.

Fuel prices remain relatively low, the jobs report continues to show that we are near full employment, and small business lending has rebounded from the depths of the credit crunch to record levels by some measures.

Prioritize each task and, by 5:00 or 6:00 pm (whenever your work day is supposed to end), push all the remaining low - priority tasks into the next day's to - do list.

The high court's action was a blow to Vivendi SA's Capitol Records (vivef) and units of Sony (sne), which warned of rampant online copyright abuse if a ruling by a lower court shielding Vimeo from liability remained in place.

Quadratic Capital Management's Nancy Davis — who correctly predicted the blow - up in the popular wager on low volatility by hedge funds before last week's plunge — thinks the market will remain turbulent.

He won by 342 votes to 198 with 2 abstentions in the lower house, a much wider margin than in Wednesday's vote in the Senate, where he remains vulnerable to further defections by allies like one that forced him to resign temporarily last week.

Wylie's gambit seeks to resolve two issues: the assumption by publishers that existing contracts written before the advent of e-books automatically confer digital publishing rights, and the assumption that authors» royalty rates should remain at historic levels despite lower e-book production costs for publishers.

«That is because the weekly earnings gains enjoyed by low - wage workers who remain employed is considerably bigger than the weekly earnings lost as a result of lower employment.»

In some verticals like coffee and tea, the proportion driven by the «vital few» was higher and in the 80 percent plus range, and in some verticals like retail it was slightly lower, but the principle of the vital few remained remarkably consistent across all verticals: A relatively smaller percentage of customers drove the vast majority of visits and thus revenue for these small businesses.

It said U.K. GDP would be more than 3 percent smaller by 2020 than if the country remained in the EU and more than 5 percent lower by 2030.

Alexander agrees that we'll remain in a low - interest - rate environment for at least two or three years, though he can see the Bank of Canada increasing rates by, at most, 1 % between now and 2015.

The economy may be healthy enough for them to raise interest rates, but the new 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent target for the benchmark fed funds rate, up a quarter point from where it had been, remains far below the historical norm — and, by all indications, the Fed still expects rates to stay low for at least a few more years.

«While the strategic rationale for launching the (low - cost carrier) unit as a defensive move against further penetration by other low - cost leisure carriers such as Sunwing Vacations, Transat and WestJet make sense, we remain skeptical of the magnitude of earnings impact until additional scale is obtained later this decade with additions to the mainline fleet.»

Limited fiscal headroom means the government is likely to cut remaining fuel subsidies but analysts expect authorities to soften the blow by targeting spending to low - income households.

Traffic to a site called Rap Genius remains low after it was nuked by Google for unannounced violations last week.

With showrooming and webrooming so prevalent today, it can be almost impossible to remain aware at all times of the lower prices being offered by your competitors.

«While everyone is focused on valuation and bubbles (to some degree rightfully so), the fact remains that the last few years have been supported by a low level of net equity issuance that has, all else equal, supported prices,» says Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG.

The Fed noted that rental vacancy rates in northern New Jersey and upstate New York remained near multiyear lows, while rents rose by about 4 % year - on - year.

But the stock has shown signs of recovery in the turbulent 18 months since then, and SNC's share price has remained well above the low levels experienced by the market in 2008 - 2009.

«We believe the bias for stock prices in general remains to the upside, underpinned by a growing economy, low interest rates and increasingly, cheaper oil... With operating margins at elevated levels, top line growth is poised to more quickly bleed through to the bottom line, thus supporting earnings.»

Total CPI inflation remains near the bottom of the Bank's target range as the disinflationary effects of economic slack and low consumer energy prices are only partially offset by the inflationary impact of the lower Canadian dollar on the prices of imported goods.

Demand will remain strong / prices high and yields low thanks to the need for income and portfolio stability by rapidly aging populations in Japan, Europe, and U.S.

In these circumstances, banks will respond to higher cash rates by rationing credit, to ensure that their average default rates remain low.

Another unusual aspect of current global interest rates is that long - term rates, which are set by the demand for and supply of funds in capital markets, have remained quite low in the face of rising official interest rates.

Despite interest rates remaining very low by historical measures, any dental organization looking to utilize external funding for projects this fiscal year should be aware of potential changes and possible budget implications.

World growth will remain low on average but negative in the UK and Europe; price inflation will remain sufficiently subdued for a while longer so as to impose no constraint on monetary expansion; central banks will sustain a regime of negative real interest rates and rapid monetary expansion; the risk of a eurozone collapse is off the table for now; finally, stock markets should continue to perform better than expected, even though the four - year old cyclical bull market is long by historical standards.

While rates remain extraordinarily low by historical standards, in the last few months we have witnessed a modest change in the environment.

Core inflation has been lower than expected in recent months... Core inflation is expected to increase gradually over coming quarters, reaching 2 per cent by the middle of 2013 as the economy gradually absorbs the current small degree of slack, the growth of labour compensation remains moderate and inflation expectations stay well anchored.

Associates of Summers say he would bring a similar perspective to the Fed, following the path set by Bernanke in emphasizing the need to keep unemployment low, as long as inflation remains in check.

Despite interest rates remaining very low by historical...

The franc was driven lower by the -0.75 % Swiss deposit rate along with the widespread expectation for the SNB to remain strongly committed to negative interest rates until after the ECB starts tightening.

Metro Vancouver's office vacancy has dropped to the lowest in North America, but gross office rents for the region remain among the most affordable, according to figures released by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).

In the meanwhile, I expect that the negative effects of lower oil — primarily, cuts to investment continuing to be borne out by the data - will remain front and center.

Currency volatility, as measured by the CVIX, remains about 20 % above the fall lows.

These concerns are exacerbated by political rhetoric connected to the presidential election, and we think the likelihood of significant reform remains low.