Sentences with phrase «sharp reduction in»

Fitch's subject group reported an aggregate underwriting loss in 2017 for the first time since 2011, and a sharp reduction in operating profits.

The price surge in 2017, the central bank said, is driven by market speculation that could eventually see a high risk «of a sharp reduction in prices».

We offered several hypotheses that could explain this sharp reduction in new skill introduction.

Furthermore, a transition towards a society powered completely by renewable energy without a sharp reduction in agricultural emissions would still tip the global climate into dangerous territory.

But by April 2006 there was a sharp reduction in productivity, coinciding with a decrease in soil moisture.

Appropriate reform * would assure food producers «automatic market access» to corn stocks «in the event of a natural disaster and a sharp reduction in corn production.»

Subsequently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has predicted increased flooding over the next 30 years, and then a sharp reduction in the water supply that feeds these three countries.

As microbial activity is stimulated, there is a sharp reduction in dissolved oxygen levels and an increased risk of dead zones (high confidence).

I have long supported a sharp reduction in payroll taxes with the difference made up in CO2 taxes.

Oil Impact on Emerging Markets Differentiated Markets perceive the sharp reduction in oil prices as a net negative for all emerging markets, rather than a major source of differentiation.

«It's clear that they're more exposed to a sharp reduction in real estate values in Canada than any of the other major banks,» Shanahan said.

«We found instead there is a very immediate and sharp reduction in reported total debt held by people that were the most flooded,» he said.

This has resulted in a sharp reduction in the number of Grameen Bank members living below the poverty line: 20 % compared to 56 % for comparable non-Grameen Bank members.

A year ago, North Carolina's Blue Ribbon Commission on Testing and Accountability issued a report recommending a sharp reduction in the number of tests that the state required.

Sleep deprivation produces a «double hit» to the brain in this regard: there is a sharp reduction in frontal lobe activity leading one to misjudge hunger and eat more junk and also leading to an exaggerated activation of reward centers (mostly the amygdalae) after eating.

What one person may call a sharp reduction in their intake of carbohydrates maybe a relatively mild reduction for someone else.

Scientists examining the disappearance of large prehistoric mammals have found evidence that humans and their ancestors drove a sharp reduction in the size of land mammals as hunting skills and weaponry advanced.

Key to the laws» success, he suspects, was a sharp reduction in public exposure to semiautomatic weapons.

It was at a time when there was a population bottleneck, which means a sharp reduction in the number of living individuals due to environmental events.

However, the research also showed that a sharp reduction in the emissions of certain pollutants would lead to dramatically decreased levels of ozone even as temperatures warm.

Patients with diabetes and suffering from acute kidney injury (AKI), proteinuria and uncontrolled blood sugar experience a sharp reduction in the number of years they have healthy renal function before being forced onto dialysis, according to researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine.

In a recent study, he fed a cocktail of these viruses to sheep infected with the O157 bacteria and found a sharp reduction in the quantity of that strain of E. coli in their intestines.

The result is a sharp reduction in the growth and spread of tumors, according to Moss and Singleton's findings.

A sharp reduction in Liberal Democrat MPs will further reduce the range of options available to the Conservatives.

If taxpayers and lawmakers were expecting that a new 37 - page report from the state Tax and Finance Department would provide a definitive road map of how New York might sidestep the effects of Trump's new federal tax plan and its sharp reduction in the deductibility of state and local taxes, they instead got a view of just how complicated this is.

As the period has seen a sharp reduction in public expenditure on policing, that suggests that value for money has been improving.

If you wean quickly, you will experience a sharp reduction in estrogen, progesterone, and prolactin.

This cold snap would have made life difficult for our African ancestors, and the genetic evidence points to a sharp reduction in population size around this time.

In addition, examine the number for the «failure» rate of pregnancies (miscarriages) and you will also see a sharp reduction in the number of unplanned pregnancies.

The main feature was a sharp reduction in the corporate tax rate, combined with much smaller reductions for individuals.

Oil, for instance, should level off around current levels, but it's hard to imagine a strong rebound in the absence of a sharp reduction in non-U.S. production.

The fall in spreads has been accompanied by a sharp reduction in differentiation between high and low rated credit risks (Graph 17).

When German institutions — government, businesses and labor unions — negotiated among themselves at the turn of the century a sharp reduction in wage growth for its workers, they were obviously attempting to reduce German's high domestic unemployment by gaining trade competitiveness.

A range of factors have driven this shift, including a sharp reduction in the cost to advance technology companies to proof of concept and business model validation — aided by declining infrastructure expenses, the rise of cloud - based software and service providers, and «pay as you grow» cost structures.

It is now entirely possible to save with solar energy owing to the sharp reduction in installation costs, and the costs of the solar panels themselves.

Multiple factors will come into play, from effective tax rate calculations to consumer impact to how companies will put to use the expected windfall they'll receive from a sharp reduction in their currently highest - in - the - world nominal rates.

President Donald Trump unveiled more details of his much - anticipated tax plan on Wednesday, introducing sharp reductions in the taxes both individuals and corporations would pay.

Sharp declines in relative numbers (to about one - fifth of the population), even sharper reduction in religious commitment, and deep divisions on social issues sapped the Mainline's political strength and undermined its dominant position in the Republican Party.

Dean Burch, then Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, indicated at the Senate hearing that the broadcasting industry «s response should be «immediate and decisive,» and that their response should include sharp reductions in «all gratuitous and needless violence» in the programs children watch, and «the creation of substantial amounts of new diversified programming, not just the usual diet of cartoons, to open the eyes and expand the minds of young viewers.»

The Republican lawmaker — who has announced he is running for Senate — reported sharp reductions in the minimum value of his two largest assets, Rehberg Ranch and Rehberg Ranch Land and Livestock, which had been listed at a minimum worth of $ 5 million each in 2009.

That is because human activities going back 150 years have emitted long - lasting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, meaning that sharp reductions in future emissions are needed to avoid harmful climatic impacts.

As a result, tackling emissions from coal - fired power plants represents our best opportunity to make sharp reductions in greenhouse gases.

With respect to saving the planet, over a few short years it is hard for smaller families to beat sharp reductions in per capita consumption.

In the second scenario, Pfister and her colleagues found that sharp reductions in nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds could reduce ozone pollution even as the climate warms.

The law, passed as a part of the budget bill last summer, provides little in the way of accountability for private schools while reducing funds for public education at a time when schools are seeing sharp reductions in funding over a years - long period.

This resulted in a number of bank failures in Europe and sharp reductions in the value of stocks and commodities worldwide.

We are entertaining the idea of intervening in the climate system to prevent climatic disaster because of the inability of our political and social systems to implement sharp reductions in greenhouse - gas emissions.

«Meat production represents 18 percent of global human - induced GHG emissions... While the world is looking for sharp reductions in greenhouse gases responsible for climate change, growing global meat production is going to severely compromise future efforts... a study from the University of Chicago showed that if Americans were to reduce meat consumption by 20 percent it would be as if they switched from a standard sedan to the ultra-efficient Prius.»

It will result in sharp reductions in urban air pollution, especially the most dangerous forms of particulates, starting in a few years time.

President Obama has been saying and doing all the right things when it comes to climate change lately, penning a greenhouse gas reduction deal with China and his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposing new regulations for coal plants that would see sharp reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.