Sentences with phrase «rise over last quarter»

In an encouraging sign, employment levels are at or above normal activity in 128 markets — an 8.5 % rise over last quarter.

The Welsh economic inactivity rate has risen over the last quarter, in stark contrast to other parts of the UK where it has fallen, new figures released today show.

Not exact matches

Ford Credit saw earnings before taxes rise 33 percent over the same quarter last year, to $ 641 million, but the company now expects full - year EBT to be flat or lower than last year.

Sales of small businesses with revenues of about $ 350,000 rose eight percent in the second quarter of 2011 over the same period last year, but the news isn't quite as good as it sounds.

Its gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter rose 6.9 percent over the same period last year, beating expectations and putting the country on track to meet the International Monetary Fund's 2017 growth forecast of 6.5 percent.

Last month, the brand reported fourth - quarter sales of $ 8.7 billion, a 1.8 percent rise over the year - earlier period, along with a comparable sales increase of 1.3 percent.

The CPI published last week showed that prices rose by 0.4 per cent in the June quarter and by 1.9 per cent over the past year.

Over the last quarter century, APEC has shaped and transformed the global economy and supported half a billion people in their rise out of poverty.

Consumption indicators over the last few months were mixed with retail sales volumes rising in the third quarter, in spite of declining in September, while seasonally adjusted consumer confidence measured by the GfK / EC survey rose modestly in October.

Data through September 2013, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P / Case - Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed that the U.S. National Home Price Index rose 3.2 % in the third quarter of 2013 and 11.2 % over the last four quarters.

The retailer reported better - than - expected earnings for the fourth quarter of last year, bringing in revenue of $ 8.7 billion, a 1.8 percent rise over the year - earlier period, and positive same - store sales.

 Mr. Poloz himself bent over backwards in his last Monetary Policy Report to not use that term — even though the Bank's own numbers (projecting negative GDP growth for both the first and second quarters of 2015) suggested a recession was indeed already underway. Instead, public officials are normally sanguine and rose - coloured in their public pronouncements, hoping to incrementally shift consumer confidence with their cheeriness, and thus spark more spending. [A ridiculous extreme of this approach was provided when George Bush blithely encouraged Americans to go shopping in the days after the 9 - 11 terrorist attacks.]

However, after announcing that their sales for the second quarter had risen by more than 20 percent investors had solid grounds to place faith in the stock which has seen numerous ratings upgrades over the last few months.

Management warned that while their results last quarter were helped by encouraging consumer responses to new varieties like Sam»76 and Angry Orchard Rose, it's too early to gauge whether those varieties will be able to sustain their strength over the long run.

Last Saturday he returned his second punt of the year for a touchdown, going 82 yards in the first quarter of the Badgers» 24 - 3 win over Penn State, a victory that gave Wisconsin a share of the Big Ten title and all but assured a trip to the Rose Bowl.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing an increase in school aid of over three - quarters of a billion dollars, a rise of about 3 percent over last year, but some say that's not enough to meet school districts» rising costs.

Governor Cuomo is proposing an increase in school aid of over three - quarters of a billion dollars or around 3 % from last year, but some say that's not enough to meet school districts» rising costs.

Governor Cuomo is proposing an increase in school aid of over three - quarters of a billion dollars, or around three percent from last year, but some say that's not enough to meet school districts» rising costs.

ENDS Notes to Editors UK Alcohol duty context For a short video summary of the issues around alcohol pricing, please visit: https://vimeo.com/191959217 Following heavy lobbying from the alcohol industry, the last four Budgets have seen real terms cuts in alcohol duty Alcohol is 60 % more affordable than it was in 1980 — the alcohol duty escalator, introduced in 2008, which ensured that duty rose above inflation, helped mitigate this trend, but this progress has reversed since the duty escalator was scrapped in 2013 In real terms, spirits duty has halved, and wine duty fallen by a quarter since 1978 - 9 The Government estimates suggest that the duty cuts since 2013 will cost the Exchequer # 2.9 billion over four years The University of Sheffield estimated that an additional 6,500 people would be hospitalised each year as a result of the alcohol duty cuts in 2015 The report The report was peer reviewed by academic experts the fields of economics, public health and public policy prior to publication.

The Welsh unemployment rate has risen by 3,000 over the last quarter, new figures released today show.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have blamed Labour's lack of a coherent economic strategy for a rise in Welsh unemployment over the last quarter, while UK average unemployment is falling.

From a quarter to half of Earth's vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely due to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change on April 25.

Though revenue at Lagardère publishing rose only 0.4 % in the first quarter over the same period last year, sales at its U.S. subsidiary, Hachette Book Group, increased 5.4 %.

While the market has pushed eREIT valuations down over the last quarter, and particularly the past two weeks, due to fears of rising rates, history tells us that eREITs generally do well during periods of slowly rising rates and some eREITs will even beat the big market indexes under these conditions.

Over the last century, the average surface temperature of the globe has risen by about 1 degree Fahrenheit, and the rate of warming has accelerated in the last quarter - century.

For the last 50 years, global temperature rose at an average rate of about 0.13 °C (around one - quarter degree Fahrenheit) per decade - almost twice as fast as the 0.07 °C per decade increase observed over the previous half - century.

In a more dramatic rise, the investigations department saw a 32 - per - cent increase in the first quarter of 2013 over the same period last year.

Injured Workers and Poverty Survey 2010 Many Losses, Much Hardship The Impact of Work Injury FAST FACTS • Before injury, 89 % were employed full time; after injury 9 % • Nearly one in five lost their homes after injury • Nearly one quarter had moved in with family or friends at some point after their injuries • One in five injured workers could no longer afford a car • Food bank use rose from 5 to 77 people after work injury • 20 % reported an overnight hospital stay the last 12 months (most because of the work injury) compared with 7 % for the general population of Canadians • Over half had not been able to afford medications in the past 12 months • 57 % of injured workers in the study were unemployed For more information: wwwinjuredworkersonline.org

Bitcoin's popularity among cryptocurrency investors has continued to strengthen, as indicated by the rise in its market dominance over the last 3 months (up 10 %); an overall good quarter for...

Cyber criminals began attempting to turn a profit this way primarily due to the substantial, accelerated rise in the value of cryptocurrencies over the last quarter of 2017, making this form of crime incredibly profitable.

Rental vacancies increased over the last quarter in the suburbs, where vacancies rose from 6.8 percent to 7.5 percent.

According to the Miami Association of Realtors, the median sales price for a Miami - Dade condo was up 24.6 % from last year (comparing first quarters) and already in May 2013, the sales prices for these condo properties has rise 4.5 % over the first quarter of 2013.

Ten percent of respondents expect home prices in their area to «rise a lot» over the next twelve months, the same as last quarter; 61 percent expect prices to «rise a little» an increase of ten percentage points over last quarter.

Unlike the common trend in other business centres over the past year, vacancy rates in Calgary were on the rise, going from 3.20 per cent in the last quarter of 2007 to 3.50 per cent in the third quarter of 2008, says the report.

«Rents have plateaued over the last four quarters after rising rapidly over the last couple years,» said Michael Burke, a Greenbrae real estate agent with Decker Bullock Sotheby's International who has studied Marin's rental market.