Sentences with phrase «sharp increase of»

South Africa's commercial property sector and landlords of office spaces are likewise seeing a sharp increase of tenants needing to downsize on office area and, where possible, sub-let disused or non-essential spaces to reduce monthly overheads and assist with cash flow.

The change of emission rate in 2000 from 1.5 % yr - 1 to 3.1 % yr - 1 (figure 1), other things being equal, would have caused a sharp increase of the airborne fraction (the simple reason being that a rapid source increase provides less time for carbon to be moved downward out of the ocean's upper layers).

Through the market mechanism the program provides, buildings are more readily able to reduce emissions, with the ability to sell reductions credits to buildings with sharp increase of energy consumption that are more costly to retrofit — driving greater emissions reductions at a reduced cost by all participants.

This research was made possible by a sharp increase of government funding, especially from military agencies that wanted to know more about the weather and geophysics in general.

1992 sharp increase of 9 W / m2, due to the eruption of the Pinatubo.

In addition to illustrating the sharp increase of test questions since 2010, this graph, created by NYC parent Amy Gropp Forbes, shows how insignificant the shortening of the 2016 is.

During the 1990s» crack cocaine and AIDS epidemic, there was a sharp increase of lower - income grandparents who became the primary caregivers of their grandchildren.

A sharp increase of 6 percent from the year prior, a 20 percent mortgage down payment on a home of that value would mean saving nearly $ 42,000, a price tag unattainable for most first - time home buyers.

When that happens, there will be a sharp increase of businesses on the market.

For iron ore and coal, substantial increases in contract prices are set to take effect later this year, building on the already sharp increases of last year.

For instance a far sharper increase of CO2 emissions from lighting between the lower and the higher income classes has been mitigated by the use of more efficient lighting systems like tube lights and compact florescent light bulbs (CFLs).

Not exact matches

A report this month from the Institute of International Finance stated that it expects a sharp increase in capital inflows to Saudi Arabia in 2019 based at least partially on the index moves.

And Trump's policies to date — a combination of deep tax cuts and sharp spending increases — are shortening the fuse on that fiscal time bomb, by dramatically widening the already unsustainable gap between revenues and outlays.

More favourable growing conditions this season should lead to a sharp increase in the number of red and white grapes crushed, while regions such as Swan and Manjimup should continue to see increasingly larger yields over the next five years.

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.

It pointed to the continued presence of fragile fixed - income market liquidity as a key vulnerability in the overall financial system, while it repeats the risks of a sharp increase in long - term interest rates, stress from emerging markets like China and prolonged weakness in commodity prices.

Sales guru and senior vice president Tim Killenberg recently told me, «We are seeing a sharp increase in the number of line - of - business buyers who are empowered to make technology purchase decisions themselves.

While retaining its ratings on the financial institutions S&P noted «the risk of a sharp correction in property prices has further increased.»

Although ACT's credit protection metrics will fluctuate because of acquisitions and variations in gasoline prices, Standard & Poor's believes that the risk of a sharp increase in debt for a major acquisition is reduced somewhat because of the dearth of large targets.

The institute also examined the amount of education debt held by those close to retirement, and found a sharp increase over 25 years.

«Often in the hands of entrepreneurs or families, small businesses with up to 99 employees are typically more flexible when economic shifts occur but can lack the deep pockets to survive a major decline in the economy,» notes the Index besides a graph showing a sharp decline in wages during the worst years of the economic crisis and a steep increase over the last three quarters of last year.

Looking first at self - reports of ongoing stress, we found that people experience a sharp increase in stress levels in their late twenties and early thirties,» he says.

[T] he dramatic increase in leveraged bond positions by both US hedge funds and mundane money managers set in motion self - reinforcing liquidations once uncertainty over emerging markets including Turkey, Venezuela, Mexico, and Malaysia - all of which experienced sharp capital flow volatility - put pressure on speculative positions.

Citigroup said the sharp rise in stock trading revenue was a byproduct of increased market volatility in equity markets.

It works more smoothly with 4K video, too, but since the MacBook's display isn't that sharp, those increases will likely go unnoticed by the majority of buyers.

While our earnings were not immune to the sharp downward trajectory of global markets, our limited partner investors affirmed their confidence in our world - leading businesses and increased their share of funds with us.»

Now, AES» own groundwater monitoring report showed a sharp increase in the levels of arsenic, chromium, and two radioactive isotopes in groundwater near the plant after Hurricane Maria.

This year demonstrated an explosion of interest in influencer marketing bringing with it a sharp increase in attention as well as implementation successes and failures.

«If you were to look at the possibility of increased defaults, you'd have to see something to precipitate that, something that we're not seeing on the horizon: For example a sharp rise in the unemployment rate,» said Jo Horton, a senior economist at St George Bank.

The cascading effect of the sharp increase in mortgage delinquencies and the resulting steep decline in the market value of mortgage assets was a key contributing factor to the financial crisis.

A recent survey of European corporates by investment bank UBS showed a sharp uptick in French companies» capital expenditure (CapEx) spending intentions.2 We also expect to see a similar increase in the amount French companies plan to invest in their business.

However, last month's sharp decline was accompanied by increased regulatory risk and signs of fatigue in the market.

The increased availability of credit to lower income borrowers and the sharp rise in housing values contributed to the rise of consumption as a share of GDP and the decline of the personal saving rate3 (Chart 7).

Over the postwar period, there have been repeated episodes of sharp interest rate increases in the advanced countries followed by financial crises in EMDEs.

Comments: A sharp increase in the number of people without insurance could hurt hospitals» finances as they treat more uninsured patients.

And, as the BlackRock Investment Institute's Jean Boivin noted recently, a range of secular factors is likely to keep a lid on a sharp increase in rates for some time to come.

Due to a sharp increase in ICOs and the desire of many ICO issuers to generate publicity for their offerings, many blockchain «news» organizations have been increasingly willing to abandon their journalistic integrity by publishing paid promotional content, without disclosing the source of the content.

Not only is it hard to believe that monetary policy is anything like that powerful (particularly as the last of the increases — in August — had so little time to have effect), but the proximate cause of the sharp slowing is clearly found elsewhere.

The sharp rise in fuel prices coupled with Al Gore's documentary dramatically increased the popularity of alternative energy.

My column this week on the positive aspects of the CRTC's usage based billing decision has generated some sharp disagreement, with some arguing that the pricing set by the Commission is faulty and virtually guaranteed to increase consumer prices (Search Engine covers the issue and arrives at the same conclusion, Peter Nowak does as well).

Valeant's prescription drug sales began to unravel last year as its history of large price increases drew sharp criticism and the attention of lawmakers as well as New York and Massachusetts attorneys general, which opened investigations.

Ensure your entire workforce stays sharp in the face of rising costs, changing regulation, and increased competition.

Agents claim there has been a sharp increase in private — or board room — auctions where a handful of serious buyers, or their representatives, make bids in an office, typically a real estate agents» board room.

«The sharp move in interest rates has been accompanied by an increase in volatility, pockets of liquidity dislocations, and unstable and changing correlations.»

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That was in sharp contrast with an increase in use of 12.7 percent recorded a year earlier, the National Energy Administration said last week.

That was followed by a sell - off which nearly halved bitcoin's price to what might be a bottom of around $ 1,800 on July 16th, with a sharp price increase soon after to $ 2,300, a segwit bull - run to $ 2,700, a Bitcoin Cash crash back to $ 2,300 and now the recent bull run to an all - time high.

The robust rate of spending by US households and businesses has resulted in a sharp increase in imports into the US, with the volume of imports increasing by 9.2 per cent over the year to the December quarter.

Exports of gold are largely responsible for the sharp increase in resource exports to India over the past year, although this has been at the expense of alternative markets such as in east Asia and the EU, as Australia's total gold exports have not increased significantly over this period.

The large amount of equity raised was offset to some extent by a sharp increase in the value of buybacks in the quarter.