Sentences with phrase «sharp increases»

Royal Bank of Canada is raising the posted rates on some of its fixed - rate mortgages, becoming the second big bank this week to make adjustments following sharp increases in government bond yields.

Although mortgage rates have seen sharp increases in the last two months, the July 12 week did not.

Sharp increases or decreases in salary can prolong the loan process, and if a candidate is already on the fence for approval, the announcement of a new dependent (and liability) can tip the scale out of your favor.

For - profit colleges have seen sharp increases in enrollment in recent years despite alternatives such as public community colleges being much cheaper.

In that time, the student population has nearly doubled, with sharp increases in English Language Learners and students who qualify for Free and Reduced Lunch.

There will be extra funding for «sparsity», such as rural areas and small schools, places with a high level of mobility in its school population and funding where there are sharp increases in pupil numbers.

Nearly all state pension plans failed to meet their target rates of return in the years following the financial crisis, which has necessitated sharp increases in contributions from employers and employees.

But the growth has come in fits and starts, and it has slowed noticeably since sharp increases in the mid-1990s.

Fourth - grade math scores for these students both in Texas and in the nation display sharp increases since 1992 (Figure 9).

Rhode Island, New Zealand, and southern California recently reported sharp increases in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Preethi Srikanthan and colleagues from UCLA's Department of Medicine write in a May 2010 issue of the medical journal PLOS, «With the ongoing obesity epidemic in the U.S. and the disturbing increases in the incidence of obesity in children and young adults, our data suggest that we can expect to see sharp increases in sarcopenia and diabetes in the coming years.

In the 1980s doctors in China were alarmed by sharp increases in the incidence of metabolic and blood sugar issues.

While the rate had been declining for years, experts suggest that sharp increases in Alzheimer's disease, suicides, and drug overdoses (especially among less educated whites) have fueled the recent rise.

Electronic cigarettes (E-cigs) have experienced sharp increases in popularity over the past five years due to many factors, including aggressive marketing, increased restrictions on conventional cigarettes, and a perception that E-cigs are healthy alternatives to cigarettes.

«There continue to be sharp increases in the percentage of people with dementia as the oldest age groups continue to grow in number.

«We knew roads were very dangerous for the environment — leading to sharp increases in illegal logging, fires, land speculation and poaching,» said co-author Dr Mason Campbell.

When PM2.5 becomes trapped in the valleys, this often leads to sharp increases in PM2.5 to levels considered to be unhealthy (> 35 micrograms per cubic meter, and at times approaching 100 ug / m3).

Benbrook, who was not on the NRC panel, says that sharp increases in the price of biotech seeds, which started in 2007, could eat away at farmer's economic gains.

Like cross-town rival Ford, which saw sales of its brawny Mustang and immense Lincoln Navigator models jump 70 percent or more, General Motors Co. and Fiat Chrysler, the smallest by market share of the former U.S. - owned and so - called «Big Three,» reported sharp increases in demand for many of their largest vehicles.

By a vote of 1628 to 26, members of the statewide union of so - called academic student employees ratified the 3 - year contract granting them an immediate and retroactive 1.5 % pay increase, future pay hikes tied to faculty raises, and continued complete remission of tuition and fees (including health care fees) despite recent, sharp increases in these charges.

Ulster County's Resource Recovery Agency (UCRRA) has given final approval to a $ 14.3 - million budget for 2015 which calls for sharp increases in collection fees but for the third year in a row requires no direct support from county property owners.

President Trump will instruct federal agencies today to assemble a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes sharp increases in Defense Department spending and drastic enough cuts to domestic agencies that he can keep his promise to leave Social Security and Medicare alone.

At stake is about $ 25 million in yearly revenue without which county officials say they would have to make some serious reductions in service and / or sharp increases in the property tax.

The statement dated October 17, 2016 and signed by Duncan Amoah, the Chamber's Executive Secretary attributed the «current prices to sharp increases on the world market prices as the cedi has been relatively stable over the past two

Looking at the skills challenges by sector, financial services and construction have seen very sharp increases in skill shortages since 2013.

But both parties saw sharp increases in the number of voters who want to hear less about religion from politicians.

I reported some 14 months ago that there would be sharp increases in the number of muslim suits in the employment, and student sectors, based on the year I spent undercover in a local seattle mosque.

The Wall Street Journal pegs the total cost of his platform, which includes sharp increases in Social Security and Medicare, plus free tuition, at $ 18 trillion over 10 years, the biggest increase in public spending since the Second World War.

Export earnings increased by almost 12 per cent over 2004, mainly the result of sharp increases in resource export prices.

Manufacturing sector surveys, such as the ACCI - Westpac, Colonial State Bank and Australian Chamber of Manufacturers» surveys, suggest there were sharp increases in input costs in the first half of this year, and point to further pressures in the September quarter.

The strength in global growth has been associated with a rapid expansion of trade and sharp increases in commodity prices and freight charges (for further details see «Box A: Developments in World Trade»).

These small businesses continue to provide six of ten jobs in B.C., and unexpected and / or sharp increases to the minimum wage can have a very real impact on their ability to do so.

In the manufacturing industry, the sharp increases seen in the September quarter in the prices of materials used and articles produced were followed by further price rises in December.

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.

They feel that there were no changes in their driving or other particulars and yet they see sharp increases in the costs.

A dynamic is put in place in which debt keeps labor down — not only by eating up its wages in debt service, but in making workers suffer sharp increases in the interest rates they have to pay or even risk losing their homes if they miss a payment by going on strike or being fired.

Royal Dutch Shell (rds - a), France's Total (tot) and Norway's Statoil (sto) reported sharp increases in cash flow from operations in the second quarter as profits beat analyst expectations, meaning they can all comfortably pay dividends and reduce debt.

These declines in well - being mirror other studies finding sharp increases in mental health issues among iGen, including in depressive symptoms, major depression, self - harm, and suicide.

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.

Expedia's stock surged after the travel company reported better - than - expected quarterly sales and a sharp increase in booking volume.

While gasoline is relatively inelastic, a sharp increase in prices can cause quite a stir on the home front.

A sharp increase in air freight demand has been a boon to passenger airlines as well.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo kicks off this week, while a new report shows a sharp increase in gaming among Canadians, especially women.

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.

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.

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

Explaining the sharp increase in electronic searches, a department spokesperson told NBC News: «CBP has adapted and adjusted to align with current threat information, which is based on intelligence.»

I felt a subtle boost and, more notably, a disturbingly sharp increase in mental focus.

The decision proved to be a turning point for Cain Express, which, in the years since, has seen a sharp increase in revenue growth, especially exports.

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.