Arctic sea ice reaches its peak at the end of the winter; last year that winter peak
set a record low.
The sea ice fringing Antarctica also
set a record low for its annual summer minimum (with the seasons opposite in the Southern Hemisphere), though this was in sharp contrast to the record highs racked up in recent years.
According to a tweet from meteorologist Ryan Maue, overnight lows in California could be record warm for this time of year, on the same day the Midwest
sets record lows.
That marks the second straight year that the winter maximum ice extent
set a record low.
It might be time to rethink the adjustable loan, as the Monthly Treasury Average has just
set another record low.
With mortgage interest rates
setting record lows since last fall, the number of people seeking credit counseling to improve themselves in the eyes of lenders has grown.
Yields are compressed across investment sectors, with the yield on the Dow Jones Corporate Bond Index
setting a record low last week, and a spread over Treasury yields that I doubt will even compensate for a very, very low level of corporate defaults — much less what one might anticipate should the U.S. join the recession that is already evident among much of the developed world (which I expect it will).
Update January 12, 2017 It has been a scary week for the Mexican economy, protests across the nation and the peso
setting record lows falling to 22:1 against the dollar.
Even in a much warmer climate, we're still
setting record low minimum temperatures on a few days of the year.
Arctic sea ice shrank to its lowest level in 38 years last month,
setting a record low for the month of May and setting up conditions for what could become the smallest Arctic ice extent in history, according to National Snow and Ice Data Center data released Tuesday.
Even in a much warmer climate, we're
setting record low minimum temperatures on a few days each year.
Last year
set another record low, with demand halving to 18 million tonnes (Mt).
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the sea ice around Antarctica has
set record lows each of the past two years.
Sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic
set record low extents every day in December, continuing the pattern that began in November.
Arctic sea ice is now 28 % beneath its historic average extent,
setting a record low for October.
Global environmental change explains the warming trend over the last decade, but it doesn't explain why the last two winters have
set record lows in certain parts of America and Canada.
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If it does, this will be the third year in a row to
set a record low maximum.
With sea ice levels so low, it is possible that the Arctic will
set a record low end - of - winter peak, which usually occurs in mid-March.
Congressional Republican lawmakers have
set record lows on the 2017 League of Conservation Voters (LCV) scorecard, released Tuesday.
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2016 is the 69th year of records at SeaTac, so each day has a probability of 1/69 of
setting a record low temp.
To get through the entire year of not
setting a record low we get a probability of (68/69) ^ 365 = 0.00485 or 1 in 206.
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But so far five of the first six months of 2016
set record low averages, said NASA sea ice scientist Walt Meier.
Per the NOAA National Snow and Ice Data Center, «While Arctic sea ice has
set record lows, Antarctic sea ice has set record highs.»
Yesterday in Boston,
we set a record low temperature.
Data analysis from 2015 on Bitcoin shows that every year Bitcoin
sets a record low in the middle of January.
Not exact matches
The data
sets aren't huge — 232 participants in October before the election and 152 after, with a total of 772 negotiations
recorded — and there may be some other difference that explains the later group's more aggressive behavior, though
Low tried to control for factors, like party affiliation, that might offer alternate explanations for the shift.
Record -
low interest rates, as
set by the Fed in recent years, have squeezed bank margins.
With all in sustaining costs hitting a
record low of A$ 912 an ounce last month, cash is pouring into the company and
setting it up for a renaissance year.
The reading on the economy follows a report Thursday by Statistics Canada that foreign direct investment in Canada amounted to $ 33.8 billion, the
lowest level since 2010 and well off the
record of $ 126.1 billion
set in 2007.
By the late morning Eastern time on January 20, the central bank's benchmark could be 0.25 %, matching the
record low set during the financial crisis.
«We're also witnessing impressive recoveries in the Williston Basin with
record -
setting wells that are among the best in the
Lower 48, even though severe winter weather impacted some of our timing there.
DETROIT (AP)-- U.S. sales of new cars and trucks fell in August, ending summer on a
low note for the auto industry and making it less likely that this year's auto sales will match the
record set in 2015.
Speaking by phone from Montreal on Wednesday, economist Paul - Andre Pinsonnault predicted Governor Stephen Poloz will cut the policy rate by a quarter point to 0.25 percent next month, matching a
record low set in 2009 during the global financial crisis.
Since Governor Abbott took office, more than 600,000 new jobs have been created and Texas
set a new
record for the
lowest unemployment rate in four decades.
However in this unprecedented sellers market with
record setting condo prices, bidding wars and ultra
low inventory - buyers...
This similarly surprising result saw the British pound sink to
record -
low levels; the simple truth here was that forecasters were speculating that a win for Trump would see a similar
set of circumstances for the US economy.
Last year already
set a
record for corporate borrowing in Europe's bond markets, where rates are significantly
lower than in the US.
U.S. stocks have
set all - time
records this year, with
lower market volatility — but pullback predictions have increased.
The world's top cryptocurrencies corrected
lower on Saturday, as investors scaled back their positions following a week of
record -
setting gains.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has voted to keep its trend -
setting interest rate at
record lows, as policymakers continue to rely on
record stimulus to keep the economy humming.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has voted to keep its trend -
setting interest rate at
record lows, as policymakers continue to rely on
record stimulus to keep...
Strong earnings growth and
low volatility helped markets
set record highs amid a synchronized global economic expansion.
That compares with the
record low of 0.05 percent
set in April 2015.
But America is
setting national
records for
lowest general fertility and shows a growing inclination to restrict legal and illegal immigration.
The report found, among other things, that 43 of the
lower 48 U.S. states have
set at least one monthly heat
record since 2010, sea levels are expected to rise between one and four feet by the end of this century, winter storms have increased in intensity and frequency, and the past decade was warmer than every previous decade in every part of the country.
Hurricane Wilma
set a
record for
lowest barometric pressure
recorded in our hemisphere.
Macquarie Group looks
set to report its second highest profit on
record, aided by a
lower Australian dollar, as the financial services giant flagged earnings may climb as high as $ 1.52 billion for the year ending March 31.