Sentences with phrase «robust gains in»

(Bloomberg)-- Sales at U.S. retailers rose less than forecast in November, representing a pause in spending after robust gains in the previous two months...

In addition, many children who do show robust gains in certain domains (ie, cognitive functioning or educational attainment) also continue to display other prominent areas of impairment.

While that isn't impossible, anyone calling for even higher returns after years of robust gains in stock markets around the world needs to look for loopholes in his or her logic.

«At this point we would expect another robust gain in jobs (in March) and a drop in the unemployment rate to 4.0 percent.»

Not exact matches

Despite robust job growth, wage gains so far in 2015 have amounted to a measly 2.2 %.

The longer - term trend for job creation in 2015 has been fairly robust, even if wage gains have been disappointing.

Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge over decliners, buoyed by growth in global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.

Majors witnessed a robust gain of 29 % in Q2 2016 compared to a gain of 21 % in Q1 2016.

A sustained market rally and robust client activity in 2017 translated into a year of gains for Asia's private banks, whose combined assets under management (AUM)-- excluding China onshore — surged past US$ 2 trillion for the first time.

Abstracting from short - term fluctuations, productivity growth remains relatively robust, with gains in the current expansion spread across most industries.

Retail sales surged in October by 1.5 %, crushing expectations for a muted gain, on robust demand for vehicles and alcoholic beverages.

Details of the report were upbeat, even though a smaller and more volatile survey of households showed mild job gains after robust increases in prior months.

Along with an upward revision to June's already - robust number, the latest figures left average monthly job gains so far in 2017 at 185,000, close to the strong pace set in 2016.

GANDHI ON FAITH Faith gains in strength only when people are willing to lay down their lives for it... Faith is not like a delicate flower which would wither away... Robust faith in oneself and brave trust of the opponent, so - called or real, is the best safeguard... A living faith can not be manufactured by the rule of [the] majority... What is faith if it is not translated into action?

Robust gains are anticipated in areas in which e-commerce purchases have not had much of a foothold until relatively recently, such as pet food and household items.

He added: «These savings are robust, and with efficiency gains now of around # 15 billion, we continue to show substantial progress towards our target.these savings free up resources to invest in schools, hospitals and other vital frontline services.»

As discussed above, we currently find little robust evidence that attitudes towards the SNP and expectations about a hung parliament resulted in gains for the Conservatives from Ukip or in vote losses for Labour from former Lib Dems.

«Monitoring gross changes in forest cover — both losses and gains — is now not a technical challenge because there are many satellite data providers to choose from, robust methods for imagery interpretation, and increased computing power; what is needed is the global commitment to allocate the resources to get the job done,» says Brown.

Fourth, the observed autosomal divergence of gain and loss hotspot patterns in proximity to genes supports a model in which developmental / regulatory mechanisms (based on GO term results) are robust to large amounts of transposon driven DNA gain and loss.

To gain insight into what brain regions may be driving the relationship between social distance and overall neural similarity, we performed ordered logistic regression analyses analogous to those described above independently for each of the 80 ROIs, again using cluster - robust standard errors to account for dyadic dependencies in the data.

This product has a lot of great properties, among them being the ability to provide robust moscles and help you gain high muscle mass in the first few weeks after usage.

This is a robust and entertaining documentary that while lacking in ingenuity, gains major points for simply being about such a musically gifted group as Quest.

If research continues to show that comprehensive character education has positive effects on student achievement as well, then the movement may in time gain more robust political and financial support from education policymakers.

Regardless, our results indicate that, under a robust system of performance evaluation, the turnover of teachers can generate meaningful gains in student outcomes, particularly for the most disadvantaged students.

States like Florida and Indiana, which have robust school choice programs in place, are making small gains.

«our results indicate that, under a robust system of performance evaluation, the turnover of teachers can generate meaningful gains in student outcomes, particularly for the most disadvantaged students.

The authors conclude, ««our results indicate that, under a robust system of performance evaluation, the turnover of teachers can generate meaningful gains in student outcomes, particularly for the most disadvantaged students.

For 2018, it sits on a more robust architecture, gains a more powerful engine option, and features ride and handling characteristics honed on the rigorous Nurburgring Nordschleife racing course in Germany.

Despite recent gains in access to content, today's library eBook experience is still inadequate to support robust reading.

The robust gain was boosted by the strong performance of sovereign bonds; the S&P Indonesia Sovereign Bond Index rose 10.78 % in the same period.

Stock market gains have come from a combination of confidence in the global economy and robust earnings growth for...

Through CommonBond, our members gain access to a robust suite of low fixed - and variable - rate student loan products to refinance existing student loans after graduation or to finance an MBA while in school.

Clorox, whose brands include its namesake bleaches, Glad trash bags and Hidden Valley salad dressing, continues to enjoy robust sales and earnings gains in 2017.

The building blocks of economic growth are not robust, with an aging population in the Western world, weak productivity gains and governments and consumers constrained by heavy debt loads.

Providing humane, long - term housing as well as more robust veterinary surgery facilities will allow us to continue our dramatic gains in saving lives.

With each pot win, players level up their characters and gain access to tables with bigger buy - ins, unlock backroom games and face off in heads - up play with faction leaders, providing them with a robust poker RPG experience.

This decision was not made lightly; the Cranky Food Friends team put hard work and long hours into this game, but in the end, it did not gain a robust enough following to make the game viable over the long term.

In fact, Spencer reiterated that part of the reason why Xbox Live is required as a login on the Nintendo Swtich is so that you gain access to the more robust parental control settings and safety features offered through the Xbox Live service.

Today's Art and Design Education (ADE) students at Pratt Institute are gaining real - world knowledge and experience in their field with the help of the robust network of ADE alumni who teach in New York City's...

Hana J's work deals with experience of ambiguous identity materialising in sculpture and installation questioning placement, function and dislocation, gaining a delicate balance between a fragile vulnerability and robust autonomy.

For the next decade — as the emerging science was becoming increasingly robust, and as international efforts to curb heat - trapping emissions gained steam and calls for action grew more urgent — the company persisted in emphasizing the lingering uncertainties of climate science and the costs of ambitious policies, the documents show.

Matthew Jones, partner, EIP, said: «If European car makers and the automotive supply chain fail to consider their IP strategy and operate without robust IP protection in place, they risk leaving themselves exposed to all competitors, not just the Chinese, to gain a competitive advantage.

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This group has robust client feedback mechanism in place and is gaining market share at the expense of other law firms.

U.S. employers added a modest 103,000 jobs in March after several months of robust gains, though the government's overall jobs report suggests that the labor market remains fundamentally healthy.

Crypto tokens are in the earliest stage of development, and will likely be the last to gain traction as they require a robust cryptocurrency and crypto commodity infrastructure to be built before they can reliably function.

Altcoins are also showing robust growth, with all the top 100 coins in the green, gaining as much 97 percent over the last 24 hours to press time.

As more consumers use their mobile devices in day to day activities from online banking to managing their connected devices, malware writers are rapidly evolving their techniques to exploit unsuspecting users to gain access their information, further underscoring need for robust protection.

The resulting price action has stayed robust, despite the lofty gains already in 2017.

All communities have developed a community profile with local demographics to gain a deeper understanding of local needs and trends and engaged in robust conversations about the quality and capacity of existing services.