Sentences with phrase «several years this rate»

In the past several years this rate has increased at alarming rates.

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More importantly for consumers, DBS revealed that the average amount sent in digital red packets in Singapore last year was S$ 26 (about $ 19.60)-- several times higher than the going rates of physical red packets, which is between S$ 6 ($ 4.50) and S$ 10 ($ 7.60).

The tariffs, which have increased frictions with U.S. trading partners worldwide and have prompted several challenges before the World Trade Organization, are aimed at allowing the two U.S. metals industries to increase their capacity utilization rates above 80 percent for the first time in years.

Although last year was favorable for developing countries, investors remember the painful «taper tantrum» that ensued several years ago, when the Fed signaled it would begin pulling back on its massive bond purchases that kept rates low while injecting liquidity in markets.

The OECD, in a 2007 economic outlook assessment, singled out the U.S. as having an especially sluggish rate of business investment, even several years into the post-dot-com-bust recovery.

Our outsized energy index, which has helped push the S&P / TSX Composite Index up 15 % year - to - date, also includes several rate - sensitive stocks — though they're more susceptible to movements in oil prices — and is up 33 %.

One of my constant points on this blog for the last several years has been that households» refinancing of their mortgage debt at lower and lower rates has put more money in their pockets for spending and for paying down debt.

At the end of the year, several urgent fiscal issues will converge, including the expiration of lowered individual income tax rates enacted a decade ago under President George W. Bush.

Not only have sales been meager, but the pill and its manufacturer — Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx)-- rate poorly on several measures that should be of concern to women and doctors, according to an advocacy group that on Thursday released a report card for the drug's one - year anniversary.

Taxpayers could also consider converting smaller amounts over several years to reduce taxable income and potentially their marginal rates.

«Pockets of risk have begun to emerge» following several years of exceptionally low interest rates that have changed how lenders and borrowers view debt, Morneau told a news conference in Toronto.

Plank had directed a team several years earlier to create an «electric» product, and they'd come up with the E39 compression shirt, which had sensors embedded in the fabric to track an athlete's heart rate.

While this deal has been discussed for several years, Kevin Manning, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets, says the purchase was made now because of worries over rising interest rates.

Ratings for the annual Grammy Awards had been declining steadily for several years.

Diving into the math on the rate forecasts from Fed officials shows the risk to the market could be a more hawkish central bank over the next several years.

Morgan Stanley lowered its ratings on several chip stocks, citing lower flash memory prices and meager earnings growth next year.

Morgan Stanley lowers its ratings on several chip stocks, citing lower flash memory prices and meager earnings growth next year.

Fed officials are predicting several additional rate increases this year and next, but financial markets are more skeptical.

The level of commitment varies among retailers; Greenpeace, which has rated supermarkets on seafood sustainability for several years, ranks B.C.'s Overweitea the top performer, followed by Loblaw.

For several years, surplus rooms plagued hotelmen, but recently occupancy rates have reached a profitable average of 70 percent.

But the association predicts the pace of sales will cool due to several factors, including a five - year qualifying rate for a mortgage that is forecast to reach 5.70 per cent by the fourth quarter of 2019.

However, he says there's good reason to think Canada can manage the risks from debt, which he says is a natural consequence of several factors, including the combination of a strong demand for housing and the prolonged period of low interest rates maintained in recent years to stimulate the economy.

While lawmakers expect a smooth reconciliation of rival House and Senate tax bills, House Republicans have taken issue with several items in the Senate's legislation - from a one - year delay in cutting the corporate tax rate to 20 percent to the sunsetting of individual tax cuts after 2025.

Be honest here: if you're typically late on several payments each year, it's smart to shop around for low late fees as well as low interest rates.

Hydro says it needs rate increases of near eight per cent for the next several years to keep its finances in order.

Good Housekeeping also provides testing - based reviews; though its coverage is several years old now, most of the electric blankets and heated mattress pads rated there are either still sold, or are offered in nearly identical models.

Over the last several years, many Americans have been able to save on monthly payments on their mortgages and other loans by refinancing to the low interest rates available in the market.

Typically retail firms roll over debt to buy time, but interest rates have risen since the last set of buyouts several years ago, making that prospect more expensive.

Capitalization rates, despite a recent uptick in some markets, have declined steadily for several years.

And the current 2 % target has resulted in falling 10 year Treasury rates for the last several decades, so it is clearly below the steady state value.

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 occasions.

Despite several rate hikes this year, the federal funds rate is low, which means other interest rates also are low.

The dollar index against the world's major currencies is at a four month high with the interest rate gap set to widen between the dollar and euro - zone as the US Federal Reserve plans several more rate hikes this year.

As you can see, the average student loan interest rate has been following a downward trend over the past several years.

What we have really seen over the past several years, in terms of the appreciation of markets and the decline of interest rates based on what the Fed has been doing, is a result which has eliminated the possibility of investors in bonds and stocks to earn an adequate return relative to their expected liabilities.

Nationwide house prices increased strongly for several years up to late 2003, reaching a peak growth rate of around 20 per cent in that year.

This type of loan might make sense for you if you can get a better interest rate than that of your current mortgage, you plan to shorten the term of your loan instead of refinancing for 30 years, and you plan to keep your mortgage for at least several more years.

The 15 - year fixed - rate mortgage benefits homeowners in several ways: For starters, you'll pay less overall with a 15 - year fixed mortgage than with a 30 - year mortgage.

The problem is the Fed has chosen to get their water from the small 2 % inflation pond, which has been steadily shrinking over the last several decades (not global warming, but instead dropping 10 year rates).

And so, when we think about the medium to long term for this company, there are several growth engines underneath that that we think can help sustain attractive growth rates for some years to come.

He'd likely hold rates near zero for several more years, as the Fed currently says it would do.

If history is any guide, there is a high probability that the Fed will start raising rates at the end of 2015, and for the next several years as inflationary pressure builds up.

A variable interest rate may not be worth the risk if you have several years of repayment ahead of you.

An investor would be well served to ignore the buy, sell or hold recommendation S&P attaches to each of the reports, instead looking at the growth in earnings, debt levels and the return on equity rates for past several years.

Juaristi said the report was untrue and that it had no plans to shut down, adding that it had «several years» of cash to sustain the business at the current burn rate, which is $ 1.6 million a month after the latest restructuring.

When rumours of re-orgs and laid offs surfaced in 2010, we cut 15K of expenses and after several years increased savings rate to 85 %.

The thrust of his argument is that interest rates need to go up as the Fed's been «adding enormous policy accommodation over the past several years» and, even while they've long been missing their inflation target on the downside, there's a risk of getting «significantly behind the curve.»

Coupled with low inflation and low interest rates, this rise in income should help boost economic growth beyond the lukewarm 1 - 2 % we've seen for the past several years.

Your $ 27,000 a year is great after a nice bull market, but what is the inflation rate, risk free rate, and the past several years of broader market returns in Australia?

According to Contopoulos, there have been 13 energy issuers in default this year, bringing the default rate in that sector to 7.3 percent, and he expects more in the next several months.