Sentences with phrase «show little growth»

Her students are frustrated by the test and show little growth.

Accordingly, retail sales have shown little growth since the middle of 2004.

The prime industrial market has shown little growth over the past year, indicating that the market may have reached a peak rate.

Not exact matches

The Bank of Canada's latest quarterly survey of businesses shows that companies expect little sales growth over the next 12 months and that their investment intentions are stuck near the lowest levels since the Great Recession.

Its work shows that marginal tax increases have little effect on economic growth, provided the revenue is used to pay for things such as education and healthcare.

Fisheries has shown very little growth, while oil and gas was booming before oil prices slumped in 2014.

A new analysis from a nonpartisan thank tank showed that the Republican tax plan would do little to boost economic growth and would cause the federal deficit to balloon.

South Korea's success in 2012 tops off years of incredible growth and gives every Korean the right to show off a little — in true Gangnam style.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics «experimental» annual estimates of States» real Gross State Product (GSP) show that WA's economic growth for the year was 4.6 per cent, a little above the national average (4.3 per cent).

Again, the smooth trend (6 - mos average, in this case) in wage growth deserves a close look, and it shows remarkably little acceleration given the persistent tightness of the job market.

The bagged / loose leaf tea segment (DMM / grocery) continues to lag, showing little to no growth, although it appears to have recovered some of the market share losses in 2016.

Unemployment across the 19 - country eurozone has fallen to its lowest level in a little more than nine years on the back of strong economic growth, official figures showed Thursday.

Looking to the Eurozone, Mr Bootle noted major divergences between countries; Ireland and Spain showing particularly strong growth whilst Italy had very little.

«We did see a little slow down but I think it shows the success of small brewers in recent years and that we can question whether double - digit growth is a good thing or a bad thing,» he added.

Slowing United States property sales had little impact on house prices in the last three months of 2015, which showed continued growth.

In another well - flagged move, the Bank of England (BoE) raised interest rates in the United Kingdom (UK) for the first time since the global financial crisis, following data showing third - quarter UK growth was a little higher than consensus forecasts.

The year's final financial performance (to be reported Feb. 6) will show a year similar to 2013, with maybe a little growth in revenue.

Economic data in the United States have been a little more positive, showing, among other things, stronger - than - expected GDP growth in the second quarter, improvements in business sentiment, a rise in capital goods orders and a small pick - up in industrial production in the past couple of months, though the performance of the labour market has so far remained disappointing.

Notwithstanding the positive signals from the labor market and the pickup in sentiment, consensus estimates for US first - quarter 2017 growth showed little change, staying in the 1.5 % — 2.0 % band that has prevailed in recent years.

The Italian economy has been even weaker than France and Germany, showing little overall growth in the year to the December quarter.

In contrast to prices, apartment rents have shown little or no growth over recent years.

The rapid expansion in China has shown little sign of abating and other parts of non-Japan east Asia have generally been experiencing satisfactory growth.

Basically their figures showed that growth in gross product and growth in welfare rose together from 1939 to 1947 but that since then a large continuing growth in product was accompanied by very little improvement as judged by the Measure of Economic Welfare.

The survey also showed cross-party agreement on the degree of priority given to LEPs but the picture is a little more complicated when it comes to the Northern Powerhouse, the series of policies to support economic growth in Northern cities.

«This result shows that when young stars grow they do so episodically, in little growth spurts, rather than steadily,» said co-author Pieter van Dokkum, the Sol Goldman Professor of Astronomy and chair of Yale's Department of Astronomy.

«During our initial trial of the mini-Horhizotron, root dry mass of the herbaceous species tested and root length measurements showed little difference in growth between the substrate treatments or between the mini-Horhizotron and containers for the species tested at the end of the experiment,» the authors wrote.

If you're tired of busting your butt in the gym with little to show, tired of not being able to remember the last time you had a growth spurt... you would be insane not to give this a shot!

On top of this, there is some evidence that high levels of BCAAs alone can trigger muscle growth (or prevent muscle catabolism) via certain pathways (again, can be addressed later), though there is little clinical data showing any significant increase in muscle mass in trained athletes through BCAA supplementation.

A colleague informed him of a startling trend: liver cancer was plaguing affluent Filipinos at a much higher rate than their less - wealthy counterparts — a phenomenon that, despite a slew of other lifestyle differences, Campbell believed was linked to their higher intake of animal protein.1 Bolstering his suspicions, Campbell also learned of a recent study from India showing that a high protein intake spurred liver cancer in rats, while a low protein intake seemed to prevent it.2 Intrigued by this gem of little - known research, Campbell decided to investigate the role of nutrition in cancer growth himself — an endeavor that ended up lasting several decades and producing over one hundred publications (none of which pertained to Fight Club).3

Gains among Texas fourth graders were sustained over a longer period of time, but also show evidence of little growth since 2005, with Hispanic and the lowest - performing students actually scoring lower in the latest assessments than in 2007.

According to Deming, positions that require both cognitive and social skills have shown more wage growth in the past few decades than those that require high - levels of mathematical or analytical training but little social prowess.

The more proficient students, which included both gifted and above - average learners, showed little or no growth.

More specifically, a student who performed far above grade level expectations at the fall screening but showed no growth across the course of the school year has different needs than a student whose fall score was below benchmark and had no or little growth over the course of the school year.

It's good news for the county as the Nation's Report Card shows little overall growth since 2015 in math and reading scores for students in the United States.

I thought the main character showed a little more growth in this one.

Growth in corporate profits and stock prices are showing little correlation this year.

I've seen a study (I think it was presented by Cliff Asness at a CFA Institute conference, though I'm not 100 % sure) which showed that there is very little correlation with dividend payout and a company's growth rate.

This will of course result in a curve that over estimates CO2 growth lately since earlier layers show too little CO2.

Little hope can be provided in this respect by so - called «dematerialization» (the notion that growth can involve a decreasing impact on the environment), since it can be shown that the expansion of output overwhelms all increases in efficiency in throughput of materials and energy.

But in his book, Dr. Lomborg cites figures from the United States Census Bureau, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Environment Agency to show that the rate of world population growth has actually been dropping sharply since 1964; the level of international debt decreased slightly from 1984 to 1999; the price of oil, adjusted for inflation, is half what it was in the early 1980's; and the sulfur emissions that generate acid rain (which has turned out to do little if any damage to forests, though some to lakes) have been cut substantially since 1984.

Most important, harvesting plants just at the peak of their growth would add greatly to biomass production because mature plants generally show little net growth and harvest of CO2.

Calgary's big firms are still showing a little overall growth, although nothing to write home about, with Vancouver looking pretty steady overall.

I blogged about the trends that this survey shows last year (short version: little growth at the big firms).

Overall, participating law firms showed little sign of confidence about their prospects for growth in 2010.

Using the numbers shown in Example 1, if the additional $ 318 of annual premium that is required to purchase the rider is invested in a stock mutual fund inside a Roth IRA, in 30 years the fund will be worth a little over $ 50,000, assuming an annual growth rate of 10 %.

These stats reflect Reddit's record growth; a little math shows that the site averaged more than 3 billion monthly page views per month during 2012 — not too surprising for those whom have watched the service grow, but nonetheless noteworthy.

As shown by CoinDesk's latest quarterly report, months of infighting among network developers seems to have done little to cause bitcoin's price to decline or its rate of new wallet or ATM growth to decrease.

«With price growth showing little sign of slowing, prospective first - time buyers will be the most sensitive to any sudden uptick in rates in the months ahead.»

WASHINGTON (February 10, 2016)-- A moderating pace of sales had little impact on the trajectory of home prices during the final three months of the year, which picked up speed and showed continued growth in most of the U.S., according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors ®.

Rental properties in areas that show prominent and steady job growth, population growth, and affordable cost of living are generally going to turn a bigger profit than a property in a high poverty area with little to no job growth.