Sentences with phrase «spending by quarter»

If you are willing to plan your spending by quarter, it can be easy to boost your cash back earnings in the appropriate quarter.

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Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist at RBC, expects positive results for consumer spending in the quarter overall (up an annualized 2.8 % in Q2 from a weaker Q1), but noted that retailers are still dealing with modest levels of spending by households.

The Commerce Department said Wednesday that business spending and home construction both increased by 4.6 % and 13.4 % respectively in the second quarter, while consumer spending rose by 1.8 %.

NEW YORK, May 2 - U.S. consumers spent a record $ 100 billion online in the first quarter, helped by holiday promotions, Adobe Analytics said on Wednesday, highlighting the ongoing switch to web retailers from brick - and - mortar stores.

U.S. health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related costs.

Economists at Macroeconomic Advisers boosted their forecast for fourth - quarter economic growth by three - tenths of a percentage point to an annualized rate of 2.4 percent, on the «unexpected strength» in consumer spending.

China's economy expanded at a steady 6.7 % in the third quarter and looks set to hit Beijing's full - year target, fueled by stronger government spending, record bank lending and a red - hot property market that are adding to its growing pile of debt.

Changes to Facebook's news feed as part of an initiative to crack down on the share of low - quality viral videos reduced the amount of time users spend on the network by 50 million hours a day in the fourth quarter, the company reports.

More than one - quarter of a worker's day on average is spent answering and reading emails, according to research released in 2012 by the McKinsey Global Institute.

An analysis by Bloomberg found the company spends more than $ 6,500 every minute and has had negative free cash flow for five quarters.

After being pushed by Icahn, Apple is in the midst of a multibillion buyback program, spending roughly $ 3 billion in the first quarter of 2016 alone.

While the company was putting some emphasis on profitability — a second - quarter report to investors in 2015 obtained by Canadian Business highlights improvements to product margin and gross profit, for example — it continued spending heavily on marketing.

Value menu traffic for total QSR increased by 10 percent and consumer spend by 13 percent in the first quarter of 2018, reports NPD.

Value menu traffic for total QSR increased by 10 percent and consumer spend by 13 percent in the first quarter of 2018.

A decline in advertising demand at USA TODAY was offset partially by an increase in national advertising at Newsquest... At USA TODAY, a substantial increase in technology advertising spending, the largest category in the quarter, was more than offset by declines in the entertainment, automotive and financial categories.»

Consumption growth was robust in the third quarter, supported by the new Canada Child Benefit, while the effects of federal infrastructure spending are not yet evident in the GDP data.

The company has spent most of the past year working toward this blockbuster quarter, while making heavy investments in its manufacturing processes in preparation of the launch of the Model 3 electric vehicle, which is expected to roll out by the end of next year.

In the second quarter, though, these drags on growth were offset by strong consumer spending, resulting in a solid pace of PDFP growth.

We measure the effectiveness of our spending by evaluating the «payback period,» which we view as the number of quarters it takes for a quarterly cohort of sellers» cumulative transaction revenue net of transaction costs to surpass our sales and marketing spending in the quarter in which we acquired that cohort.

We measure the effectiveness of our spending by evaluating the «payback period,» which we view as the number of quarters it takes for a cohort of sellers» cumulative transaction revenue net of transaction costs to surpass our sales and marketing spending in the quarter in which we acquired that cohort.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)-- The U.S. economy grew 1.7 % in the second quarter, aided by stable consumer spending and a ramp - up in business investment, the government said Wednesday.

By contrast, 27 quarters into the early 1990s recovery, per capita government spending was 3 percent higher than at the trough, 23 quarters following the early 2000s recession (a shorter recovery) it was 10 percent higher, and 27 quarters into the early 1980s recovery it was 17 percent higher.

And, since the process began, companies have cut investment spending each quarter by more than we expected, so this has been framed as a downside risk.

For example, the very strong growth in consumption spending in the first quarter was supported by a temporary boost from the Canada Child Benefit.

By then it was starting to emerge that demand in Australia was in the process of moderating — though it is worth noting that domestic final spending still rose by 1 per cent in the June quarter of 2008 and 5 per cent over the year to June, both very robust outcomeBy then it was starting to emerge that demand in Australia was in the process of moderating — though it is worth noting that domestic final spending still rose by 1 per cent in the June quarter of 2008 and 5 per cent over the year to June, both very robust outcomeby 1 per cent in the June quarter of 2008 and 5 per cent over the year to June, both very robust outcomes.

We may very well have a better first quarter GDP figure driven by inventory building, but there is no substantial basis to expect robust growth in GDP, profit margins, or capital spending.

China will take in more than six of every 10 dollars spent on ecommerce in Asia - Pacific this year and nearly three - quarters of regional spending by 2017.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- U.S. consumers spent a record $ 100 billion online in the first quarter, helped by holiday promotions, Adobe Analytics said on Wednesday, highlighting the...

Also, Adobe said that merchants spent 47 percent more on Google Shopping Ads year - over-year last quarter, meanwhile they decreased spending on text - based ads by 6 percent during the same period.

(A recent study by three Boston University researchers found that patent trolls have cost publicly traded companies an average of $ 83 - billion annually over the past four years, more than a quarter of all U.S. industrial research and development spending during that period.)

Homeownership tends to encourage spending on durable goods and hence its depressed levels could explain why real U.S. consumption growth over 2011 - 2017 has been much weaker (by about half a percentage point annualized every quarter) than the pre-recession average.

Consumer spending, by far the biggest piece of the economy, accelerated in the first quarter, and the moribund housing sector also showed signs of improvement.

Keying off a healthier labour market and buoyant consumer sentiment, household spending rose by 2.1 per cent over the year to the September quarter.

The pick - up in consumption in the March quarter appears to be continuing and is being supported by further increases in consumer confidence; household spending increased by 2 1/2 per cent in the June quarter and consumer confidence is now at its highest level in 4 years (Graph 3).

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.

While economic growth in the fourth quarter came in strong, helped by expanding consumer spending, firms aren't raising prices.

Some investment spending is likely to have been delayed until the September quarter to take advantage of lower prices, though this has been offset to some extent by businesses needing to invest in systems in preparation for the introduction of the goods and services tax and the new business reporting requirements.

Spending on improvements gained 2.0 % (12.0 % y / y) while multi-family building rose 0.5 %, up by roughly one - quarter y / y.

Growth in the quarter was driven primarily by private spending, with consumption, housing and business investment all rising strongly.

The increased spend means that it is estimated that around a quarter of new developments in Australia are being funded by overseas investors, with most in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, the newly - published report states.

Breaking the GDP report down, we see that in addition to overall modest strength in the economy (growth was still off from the fourth quarter's 2.9 %), the upturn was helped individually by positive contributions from nonresidential fixed investment, exports, private inventory investment, federal government spending, and state and local government spending.

A quarter of all UK digital ad spend (# 3.3 bn) will be funneled in to social media platforms in 2018 according to eMarketer forecasts, with the total invested in the medium set to overtake TV by 2020.

That said, a new leaf seems to have been turned this year with hedge funds returning to positive flows in the first quarter of 2017.1 Renewed interest has been spurred by the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, which some industry experts are predicting should bring meaningful tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending that we think could prove a boon to hedge strategies.

Revenue gains were offset by higher spending, and expenses outpaced revenue in its ground and freight businesses in the quarter ending on Nov. 30.

September's retail sales numbers were inflated by hurricane - related gains, but even allowing for these one - offs, this and other reports pointed to a very strong final month for third - quarter consumer spending.

But recent data has indicated a moderation in household spending and fixed - income investment by businesses since fourth quarter 2017.

The average number of days for - sale apartments in new developments spend on the market increased by 47 percent between the fourth quarter of 2014 and the fourth quarter of 2015, according to appraisal firm Miller Samuel.

Over the past year, capital spending rose by more than 17 per cent, with the main categories of investment — machinery and equipment investment (abstracting from civil aircraft deliveries), buildings and structures, and spending on computer software — all recording robust growth in the quarter and over the year.

Equipment investment also rose in the quarter, underpinned by strong spending on computer equipment, to be 3.8 per cent higher than a year ago.

In the last quarter of 2017, time spent on Facebook every day declined by 5 percent, or 50 million hours, a drop the company attributed to its intentional efforts to prioritize more meaningful content.