Sentences with phrase «remain lower while»

This trend has reversed in recent weeks, with larger discounts applied to global and Canadian heavy crude leading to bitumen prices remaining low while world oil prices have gained some of the lost ground.

Recent unemployment has fallen, however, confidence in the market remains low while company finances are squeezed with rising costs and falling demand.

However, if T levels remain low while FSH levels are high, the problem likely lies with the testicles» inability to produce testosterone.

Although statistics show that homeownership in the state is above average (73.5 percent, compared with the nationwide average of 68 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau), the numbers also indicate that incomes remain low while average home prices continue to climb.

Not exact matches

While the radio broadcasting sector remains under secular pressure, top - line declines were in the low single - digit range on average across the peer group in 2017.

• Credit card delinquency rates remain low, at only 0.87 per cent of total outstanding balances as of April 2016, while credit card debt only makes up five per cent of total household debt in Canada.

Oil and gas companies need to prove to investors that they can shift to a low - carbon energy mix, while remaining profitable, says Bill Hafker.

Private equity returns remained strong but were lower than the prior year quarter, while income from our fixed income investment portfolio increased due to a higher average level of fixed maturity investments and higher short - term interest rates.

While the number of employed young people remains desperately low, some experts suggest entrepreneurship as an increasingly worthy option.

The jobless rate, though much lower than it was, remains a dispiriting 7.4 %, while that for those under age 24 is a staggering 16 %.

When the scientists modeled disease transmission, they found that while an «infected person's 11 nearest neighbors faced a greater than 80 percent chance of infection,» Wired reports, «all the remaining passengers, however, had a lower than 3 percent risk.»

While the probability of a trigger, such as a severe recession, remains low, the bank said the severity of such an event has increased since its December assessment.

This all helps lower its tax bill since a portion of those costs can be expensed right away while the remaining costs can be claimed as future capital cost allowances.

While the Fed has indicated it plans to raise short - term interest rates, the uncertain domestic and global economies and the still - loosening monetary policy of central bankers in other countries suggests that rates could remain very low for a long time still.

«While economic growth remains robust, business investment is in decline, retail sales are low and forward employment indicators are subdued.

While demand for «low - end» apartments priced at $ 1 million to $ 2 million remains strong, sales of apartments of more than $ 5 million will get tougher.

«While the fourth quarter cleared a low bar, we remain cautious on Snap's forward prospects.

While at the beginning of 2011 trading in euro - dollar futures was still foreseeing a return to typical interest rates over the next few years, that view has given way to expectations that rates will remain low for a decade to come.

«While I remain a bull on what lower oil can mean for our economy, there's just no way, yet, to be bullish on this group,» he said.

«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.»

«While we expect to see even further reduced demand in the oilsands for much of the remainder of the fiscal year, we believe we are taking the appropriate steps to help us remain profitable at lower volumes,» president and CEO Martin Ferron said in a release.

While the outperformance will reward investors who have remained in actively - managed funds, it may not be enough to stem the tide of dollars flowing into low - cost passive funds, said Todd Rosenbluth, director of mutual fund research at New York - based CFRA.

«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.

While the desire to remain safe is understandable, the WHO has said that the threat of Zika spreading wildly during the Olympics is actually quite low.

In both cases, the statements are intended to send a clear signal to financial - market participants that they should expect interest rates to remain low for quite a while — and this expectation is then supposed to drive a faster economic recovery.

«In recent months, notwithstanding the impact of severe weather events such as Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, flight completion and on - time arrival rates remained high, while reports of mishandled baggage and involuntary denied boardings plunged to their lowest ever recorded.

Stock / commodity prices are dropping steadily, while bond returns in the US and even such «spendthrift» nations as France remain historically low.

Demand from individuals should remain steady given modest changes in top marginal tax rates and the cap on state and local tax deductions, while demand from banks and insurance companies should decline given the lower corporate tax rates.

That said, the trend is still clear, as the Canadian Dollar and the Australian Dollar are both trading very close to their multi-month lows, while the Yen remains the best performing major of the year so far.

As rent appreciates from renovation and inflation, so does the value of the asset, so often, as long as interest rates remain low, you can refi or take out a second loan and take out a chunk of your equity while keeping the same LTV — this is not a taxable event!

Savers are getting the short end of the stick while it remains a borrower's paradise thanks to low inflation and the Federal Reserve's refusal to raise interest rates.

While headwinds from lower business investment continue to impact Alberta & B.C., survey measures of manufacturing performance remain significantly above the lows seen in late - 2015.»

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.

The $ 330 - billion spending plan says while several economic indicators such as employment numbers and tax revenues are up, and this year's deficit will likely be lower than expected — there are risks ahead: oil prices are expected to remain low; Canadian exports may remain flat; and «possible U.S. policy actions affecting trade could restrain exports to the U.S. even further,» the budget says.

My second reason for disappointment in Jackson Hole was that Chair Yellen, while very thoughtful and analytic, was too complacent to conclude that «even if average interest rates remain lower than in the past, I believe that monetary policy will, under most conditions, be able to respond effectively».

While some investors might view the lower output as disappointing, others no doubt see it as a reminder that gold is a finite resource, one of the many reasons why it's remained so highly valued for centuries.

However, even this strategy has skeptics.324 While established brick - and - mortar retailers like Target have tried to lure online consumers through discounts and low delivery costs, 325 Amazon remains the major online seller of baby products.326 Although Amazon established its dominance in this market through aggressive price cutting and selling steeply at a loss, its actions have not triggered predatory pricing claims.

In contrast to the steady and ongoing language for higher US interest rates from the US central bank, the RBA has reiterated the need for cash rates to remain at historic lows for a while yet.

While credit utilization in these states remains low, recent studies have found that these regions have the lowest percent of the population with an open credit card or home equity line of credit.

But while it might seem like open season on humans in North Carolina, the risk of an attack remains remarkably low.

While the VIX and other measures of equity market volatility are flirting with historic lows, volatility in other asset classes remains elevated relative to the summer levels.

While volatility is still expected to remain high, today's low is likely the final bottom of the correction and investors could already add to their holdings.

Some housing analysts expect them to remain low for the foreseeable future, while others are predicting a gradual rise throughout 2015.

«While monetary policy will remain extremely easy, low rates by themselves do not guarantee that risk assets will perform well, especially since profit margins are extremely high (i.e. the risk is to the downside).

While lower refinanced coupons have eaten into returns for leveraged loan funds, managers say the funds will remain attractive to investors so long as distribution rates stay comfortably above 3 %.

While the current price / peak - earnings multiple is already at an elevated level above 18, what I'll call the «P / E equivalent» multiples on other fundamentals are: 21 on the basis of book values, nearly 23 on the basis of enterprise value / EBITDA (which factors in the increasing share of debt on corporate balance sheets), over 25 on the basis of revenues, and 29 on the basis of dividends (largely because dividend payout ratios remain relatively low even on the basis of normalized earnings).

While yields remain near historic lows, they are widely expected to go up next year as the Federal Reserve continues raising rates to keep the economy from overheating.

S / L should now be lowered to 1.4200 to secure our profits, while the next T / P level remains projected at 1.3800 if USD / CAD bears maintain enough bearish momentum below 1.4100 and 1.4000.