Sentences with phrase «sharp drops in»

Recent data by the Canadian Real Estate Association pointed out sharp drops in house prices since house price monitoring started in 1988.

Starter homes have seen the steepest price increases as well as sharp drops in inventory — and a greater proportion of them are fixer - uppers that require additional investment from buyers.

In a recent study of newlyweds who became first - time parents, Gottman found that two - thirds suffered sharp drops in happiness during their child's infancy, under the strain of new parenthood.

The firm would hedge losses by purchasing options to sell stocks at prearranged prices, thus protecting against sharp drops in value.

There has been sharp drops in the May and June snow extents over the NH.

This year began with sharp drops in the S&P 500 and Treasury notes and a spike in VIX (see chart).

Commenting on the «ping - pong» pattern of scores examined over a number of years, Stanford University professor Linda Darling - Hammond notes that score gains made over one or two years are often followed by sharp drops in scores in subsequent years (Darling - Hammond, The Right to Learn, 1997).

ICT and Design and Technology have also seen sharp drops in curriculum hours.

A number of states and the U.S. Geological Survey have issued reports in recent weeks highlighting sharp drops in regional water levels due to increased groundwater pumping.

The city tried the strike force idea twice last year and saw sharp drops in crime; this year it's been made permanent.

Crowd figures obtained by F1 Fanatic show sharp drops in audiences at some races.

U.S. stocks experienced sharp drops in August 2015, when China devalued its currency; in January 2016, as oil prices dropped; in June of 2016, after the «Brexit» vote; and in the run — up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Sharp drops in oil production and real estate activity weighed on the Canadian economy in January.

With the collapse of global oil prices, the largest recyclers like Waste Management have reported sharp drops in recycling revenue and stagnated recycling rates across the country.

The world's top oil and gas companies, including Exxon and Chevron, reported sharp drops in quarterly results last week due to lower oil prices and weaker refining margins.

NORTHERN Star Resources was better placed than most to ride out last month's sharp drop in the gold price to less than $ 1,400 an ounce.

May 2 (Reuters)- Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said on Wednesday.

Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said on Wednesday.

For TransCanada, the financial imperative to build Keystone may have fallen off recently amid a sharp drop in oil prices that could make extracting and transporting the product much less lucrative.

More importantly: notice the sharp drop in positive sentiment during the final stage of the sales cycle, where the buyer and seller may be verbally wrestling with each other to come to a win / win agreement.

For all the defiance, pressure on the Russian economy is slowly mounting under the combined influence of sanctions and, more importantly in the short term, the sharp drop in the price of oil, its main export.

In the commodities space, oil prices are headed for their eighth consecutive week of falls on Friday, the longest losing streak since 1986, according to Reuters, after the news of a sharp drop in Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the health of the world's biggest energy consumer.

John Hardy, head of forex strategy at Saxo bank, also told CNBC that «assuming that we don't have a growth slowdown or sharp drop in inflation if the euro rises especially rapidly,» the ECB is likely to announce tapering in September for starting to actually slow down its purchases in early 2018.

The recall, which could cost the two firms hundreds of millions of dollar each, revives quality concerns at a time when Hyundai (hymtf) and Kia (kimtf) face a sharp drop in China sales and sluggish demand in the United States and South Korea.

In the second consecutive quarter showing a sharp drop in corporate profits, the auto sector looked up a bit

SNC - Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX: SNC): Pierre Duhaime left the company amid an internal accounting investigation in March into questionable payments and a sharp drop in quarterly earnings.

He called it «an unintended consequence of the Trump - led efforts to stop many Muslims from coming to the U.S.,» resulting in «a sharp drop in foreign tourism to our nation that imperils jobs and touristic income.»

The Missoula, Montana - based online tour - package company, which he founded in 1999, saw a sharp drop in off in 2001 bookings, as consumers stopped traveling for several months following the attacks.

The Australian share market has closed 1.6 per cent lower, as a sharp drop in oil prices pulled back energy stocks, and resources stocks weakened.

WA recorded Australia's strongest growth and sharpest drop in regional small business numbers over the five years to 2000 - 01.

Seadrill was forced to seek bankruptcy court protection from creditors after a sharp drop in oil prices in 2014 cut oil firms» appetite for exploration, pushing rates for rigs down and leaving many idle.

The decline in copper prices and even sharper drop in oil prices led the Phoenix - based firm to take big losses in the final quarter of 2014.

Population growth rates have fallen in Western Australia and across the country as a whole, with WA experiencing a sharp drop in overseas migration and a net loss of people through interstate movements.

The scandal triggered a sharp drop in Facebook shares amid concern the revelations could threaten the social network's business model of offering a free service in return for data that could be marketed to advertisers.

The energy sector was certainly hard hit by the sharp drop in oil prices.

Chevron posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit that still beat Wall Street's expectations due to cost cuts and strong refining margins.

Media giant Viacom said on Wednesday it cut the compensation of its top two executives, executive chairman Sumner Redstone and CEO Philippe Dauman, as the company faced business pressures and a sharp drop in its share price.

Binns said a sharp drop in the oil price could work in the venture's favor, since the new technology was cheaper for companies to buy and operate than more traditional helicopters.

Poloz's bold and unexpected move to cut rates this year — not once, but twice — has been credited for dampening the impact of the sharp drop in global oil prices on the Canadian economy.

I would guess that there is a much sharper drop in the chance of your business surviving for 2 years during a recession caused by a financial crisis where it is much more difficult to raise funding.

There we can see the sharp drop in oil and gas output, which constitutes 10 per cent of our economy, and the slowdown in non-energy commodity production, which represents a further 8 per cent.

But he said the sharp drop in share prices of health insurers Tuesday — Cigna Corp.'s stock fell 7 % and Anthem Inc. dropped 5 %, for example — «was an overreaction.»

This probably occurred because the big wage increases in 2010 - 11, which were counterbalanced by the sharp drop in real interest rates during that period, were finally able to take effect in 2012 when real interest rates rose sharply once again.

At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin has nearly gained back losses from the extremely sharp drop in price yesterday.

The news came as Chevron also reported a sharp drop in third - quarter earnings that still beat Wall Street's expectations due to cost cuts and strong refining margins.

Dollar drop big, but not big enough: The RBA might be «delighted» about it, but the sharp drop in the Australian dollar in recent weeks is not enough to move the dial on economic growth and activity, experts say.

A sharp drop in markets, even when followed by a rebound, can be a shock for investors.

Locodel Solutions Pvt Ltd, the company behind hyperlocal delivery startup Grofers, reported a sharp drop in revenue and a multifold jump in losses for 2015 - 16.

For 2015 - 16, Locodel Solutions Pvt. Ltd had reported a sharp drop in revenue and a multifold jump in losses.

There has been a sharp drop in investment in new projects.