Sentences with phrase «several percentage points in»

Looking at the graph, it seems that when the percentage of homes with increasing values is high (above ~ 66 %) or is increasing fast (up several percentage points in a month), home prices tend to increase — or continue to increase — in the future.

[SWOOSH] Home sales took a hit last month, dropping several percentage points in February from the previous month.

The picture forms a broad contrast to altcoins Sunday, with many in Coinmarketcap's top 50 losing several percentage points in the 24 hours to press time.

Bank transfers typically eat several percentage points in 1) poor exchange rates 2) fees, either exchange or transfer fees.

The price of oil, for example, is quite volatile, often changing several percentage points in a day.

And despite the fact that from 2009 to 2010, when Rhee's Rhee - forms really took place in DCPS, proficiency rates on the DC - CAS went down (yes, DOWN) by several percentage points in both reading and math.

Oregon has been a major battleground for this issue: a ballot measure sharply restricting homosexual rights lost heavily in 1992; a scaled - down version was defeated by several percentage points in this election.

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These riches were at least as important to the Eritrean government as they were to Nevsun: by various estimates Bisha would provide about US$ 1 billion in royalties and revenues over its life, and raise the country's annual GDP by several percentage points.

President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner are unlikely to reverse several scheduled tax increases, including the 0.9 percentage point increase in the Medicare tax rate on wages and salaries of more than $ 200,000 for single filers ($ 250,000 for married filers); a 3.8 percent Medicare tax on unearned income of higher income filers; and an increase in the capital gains tax rate.

In the post-Volcker period, for example, short - term interest rates in the United States have jumped by more than two percentage points within a one - year period on several occasionIn the post-Volcker period, for example, short - term interest rates in the United States have jumped by more than two percentage points within a one - year period on several occasionin the United States have jumped by more than two percentage points within a one - year period on several occasions.

Volume / mix was 0.7 percentage points lower as strong growth in condiments and sauces was more than offset by a combination of significantly lower shipments in India, unfavorable holiday - related shipment phasing in Indonesia, as well as the impact of distributor network realignment in several markets.

Volume / mix decreased 1.6 percentage points, primarily due to lower shipments across several categories, particularly nuts, natural cheese and cold cuts in the United States as well as cheese and coffee in Canada.

In general, interest rates on a second mortgage will several percentage points higher than for a comparable - sized first mortgage; and second liens can be fixed - rate or adjustable - rate mortgages (ARM).

The number of such products released in North America experienced a 19 % jump between 2013 - 2014, and that rose several more percentage points in the following year.

Even someone like Alexis Sanchez, presently the apple of every Gooner's eye, must be having his seemingly endless optimism tampered by several others pointing out to him the miniscule percentage of points Arsenal has been able to claim against top - flight opposition in last eight years.

Conversely, a 1997 increase in the GED minimum score requirements of several states reduced the dropout rate among black and Hispanic 12th graders by 4.4 and 7 percentage points, respectively.

For several years, data suggested that the city had seen improvements among all ethnic groups, including in graduation rates, which have risen about 14 percentage points for black and Hispanic students since 2005, and a national standardized test given every other year to a sampling of fourth and eighth graders.

In western North Carolina's Macon County, the school district is dealing with an even more dire situation, where they exceed the state's funding cap on special needs by several percentage points.

JLR has increased its proportion of fleet sales from 37 percent in 2013 to 44 percent last year and is expecting a further shift, over the next couple of years of several percentage points, towards the industry average of 46 percent.

For personal loans, even a 50 - point difference in your credit score could affect your interest rate by several percentage points, according to GoBankingRates.com.

In general, interest rates on a second mortgage will several percentage points higher than for a comparable - sized first mortgage; and second liens can be fixed - rate or adjustable - rate mortgages (ARM).

However, the returns are also several percentage points lower than has historically been achieved with stocks, which is a large performance difference in this game of compounding returns over long periods.

In the past six months, 20 of the 58 rewards cards that CreditCards.com tracks have increased the top end of their APRs, many by several percentage points.

The first is that the game tracks all of your stats across every game you play; not individual player performances, but your cumulative totals in several categories including points, shooting percentage, and the like.

John Carter August 8, 2014 at 12:58 am chooses to state his position on the greenhouse effect in the following 134 word sentence: «But given the [1] basics of the greenhouse effect, the fact that with just a very small percentage of greenhouse gas molecules in the air this effect keeps the earth about 55 - 60 degrees warmer than it would otherwise be, and the fact that through easily recognizable if [2] inadvertent growing patterns we have at this point probably at least [3] doubled the total collective amount in heat absorption and re-radiation capacity of long lived atmospheric greenhouse gases (nearly doubling total that of the [4] leading one, carbon dioxide, in the modern era), to [5] levels not collectively seen on earth in several million years — levels that well predated the present ice age and extensive earth surface ice conditions — it goes [6] against basic physics and basic geologic science to not be «predisposed» to the idea that this would ultimately impact climate.»

Surveys of the climate science community since 1996 have found the percentage of climate scientists agreeing on human - caused global warming has steadily increased to the point where in the last few years, several independent surveys have found 97 % agreement among actively publishing climate scientists.

«Some low - lying developing countries and small island states are expected to face very high impacts that, in some cases, could have associated damage and adaptation costs of several percentage points of GDP,» the report said.

It may make the annual premium better by several percentage points and put some money back in your pocket, or the savings may be minimal.

In the past year, Amazon's average daily price change has been about 0.3 percent, according to FactSet, so sending the stock down several percentage points is a big drop.

And the percentage who rated agents» honesty and ethics as high or very high (20 percent) represents an increase of several percentage points from Gallup measures of the 1990s, when the high / very high number was consistently in the mid-teens.

Condo purchases were most popular from 1997 to 2007 at 11 percent for several years, but also dropped a few percentage points starting in 2008.