Sentences with phrase «state rating possible»

Not exact matches

Wolf posits several possible explanations — the relatively high cost of childcare in the United States, higher participation rates for older workers relative to Europe, and the lack of affordable housing in the most economically vibrant cities in the United States.

the percentage of return an investor receives based on the amount invested or on the current market value of holdings; it is expressed as an annual percentage rate; yield stated is the yield to worst — the yield if the worst possible bond repayment takes place, reflecting the lower of the yield to maturity or the yield to call based on the previous close

Some possible ideas for the United States include Social Security and income tax rates that move up or down in relation to the national unemployment rate, or federal grants to states that operate in the samStates include Social Security and income tax rates that move up or down in relation to the national unemployment rate, or federal grants to states that operate in the samstates that operate in the same way.

The State was downgraded to the lowest possible investment grade rating and remains on negative watch with an S&P / Moodys credit rating of BBB - / Baa3.

Iran moved this month to formally unify its official and open market exchange rates and banned money changing outside of banks, after its currency, the rial, plunged to an all - time low on concerns about a possible return of sanctions if the United States exits a multilateral nuclear accord.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Chinese state cryptocurrency to feature negative interest rates: The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has been working on a possible state cryptocurrency for some time, while cracking down on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum.

According to the statute's own language, it was designed with the «purpose of reducing the need for future tax increases, maintaining the highest possible bond rating, reducing the need for short term borrowing, providing available resources to meet State obligations whenever casual deficits or failures in revenue occur, and providing the means of addressing budgetary shortfalls.»

The aim is to keep the overall risk status at such a low level that its credit rating is the best possible in relation to that of the Finnish state and that the company's strong credit rating is not compromised through any measures of its own.

Concerns that a possible rise in inflation in the United States could lead the Fed to increase the pace of interest rate hikes has caused nerves on Wall Street, and American investment products that bet against volatility seem to have contributed to Monday's stock rout.

Most are expecting more dovish talk, even with several key Fed members stating that a rate hike this year is very possible.

Moody's Investors Service announced it would review «for possible downgrade» the credit ratings of five states, including Maryland, that could be hit particularly hard if Congress fails to raise the nation's debt limit by the Aug. 2 deadline and defaults on its financial obligations.

A range of policymakers with normally varying views on monetary policy are now stating a rate increase is possible at the next policy meeting in June.

Yet, how did these «kinds» produce observable biodiversity in only ~ 4000 yrs, well, they won't state it as such, but creationists require «hyper - evolution,» that is a rate of evolution far faster than evolutionists themselves believe is possible.

Report response rates, margins of error, and indications of other possible biases for any of the important categories for which data are reported; for example, in providing comparisons among states or denominations.

I am working on changing things around w / the way they are handled, but as you can see a reader gave me a not so great rating due to her stating that coconut is a nut (I will be addressing that in great detail in a post today) so it would be nice to have her negative rating balanced out if at all possible.

It is also possible that the unique health care system found in the United States — and particularly the lack of integration across birth settings, combined with elevated rates of obstetric intervention — contributes to intrapartum mortality due to delays in timely transfer related to fear of reprisal and / or because some women with higher - risk pregnancies still choose home birth because there are fewer options that support normal physiologic birth available in their local hospitals.

According to Daniel Denys of Austin Meade Financial Ltd., a Chicago - based consulting firm hired by the Park District, a possible «AA -» bond rating could put the district among the highest - rated park districts in the state.

As talks swirl about a possible special session to overhaul the state's tax code, state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to embrace his inner Reagan and tie tax rates to inflation.

The state Bar Association on Tuesday rated all the candidates as «well qualified» — the highest possible rating the group can bestow on judicial candidates.

Carroll says the recent controversy surrounding Governor Cuomo's possible interference with a state ethics commission has not negatively affected his popularity or his job performance rating with voters.

He also proposes that the rates by which hospitals are reimbursed be set in a non-political way, not «micromanaged» by legislators, that the state «control costs through programs that identify those individuals whose complex needs utilize many expensive resources and more carefully manage and coordinate their services,» working to consolidate where possible with the federal Medicare program and negotiating to buy pharmaceuticals in bulk.

NYSUT, under fire from Cuomo for promoting a job - ratings system advantageous to its members, hit back by noting that the state Education Department specifically cited that process as a possible approach.

A joint probe by Schneiderman and Connecticut AG George Jepsen into whether their states incurred losses as a result of interest - rate manipulation by banks in the LIBOR scandal could lead to civil enforcement action, including possible breaches of antitrust and fraud laws.

«We really should be looking at one wage rate for the state, and that should be $ 15, and that should be as soon as possible,» said Fishman, as the crowd applauded and cheered.

Nick Robinson looked at the latest polls ahead of elections on 22 May, a possible rise in interest rates, and the state of the UK economy with Conservative Damian Green and Labour's Mary Creagh, along with Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil.

«The defendants are proposing to issue a fixed rate Bond of N50 billion with maturities of seven years or longer, on behalf of the government and people of the state at the earliest possible time.

«We really should be looking at one wage rate for the state, and that should be fifteen dollars, and that should be as soon as possible,» said Fishman, as the crowd applauded and cheered.

In a second, follow - up experiment designed to explore possible ways in which people made those determinations about song function, the researchers asked 1,000 internet users in the United States and India to rate the excerpts for three «contextual» features: (1) number of singers, (2) gender of singer (s), and (3) number of instruments.

The findings suggest it may be possible to reduce the rate of HIV infection among babies in poor countries with an inexpensive version of the more elaborate AZT therapy currently used in the United States and Europe.

Admission rates are increasing for newborns of all weights at neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the United States, raising questions about possible overuse of this highly specialized and expensive care in some newborns, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.

There also is moderate evidence that stand - your - ground laws, which allow people to use guns to defend themselves without requiring that they first attempt to retreat, if possible, may increase state homicide rates.

It would serve both to help maintain the Welfare State, as well as control possible rises in the road accident rates.

Veterinary researchers at the Virginia - Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech have helped identify the origin and possible evolution of an emerging swine virus with high mortality rates that has already spread to at least 17 states.

When in a fat - adapted metabolic state the body actually prefers to metabolize saturated fats, does so easily and at much higher rates than are considered possible by conventional standards of sports physiology.

How is it possible that metabolic state is so different at the same heart rate?

Tuesday mornings are usually the best time to find the best possible rate when booking a flight, so we spent the morning searching for cheap flights to a few (warm) states and decided on Florida (just $ 300 round trip booked one week in advance — score!)

«Comprehensive schools have demonstrated that it is possible to provide high - quality, inclusive education for all children, with 86 per cent of state - funded schools currently rated good or outstanding.

Using data on contributions from NASRA and pension fund annual reports where necessary, and using weights based on the number of teachers employed in each state or district as reported in the NCES Common Core of Data, it is possible to compute average employer contribution rates for teachers.

In 2014, for instance, NACSA rated New Mexico's law highest of the four but still gave that state's law just 14 points out of a possible 30.

However, it is possible to construct a gloomier picture of the rate of the actual progress that both the United States and the industrialized world as a whole have made.

This means that in Arizona, New Hampshire, and other states, different schools will be rated according to different indexes from a long list of possible options.

Gender gaps in educational attainment, which are not unique to the United States, are more difficult to explain using conventional economic models than gaps based on socioeconomic status or race, because males and females grow up in the same families and attend the same schools.Recent evidence provides one possible explanation for the especially large gender gap in high school graduation rates among blacks and Hispanics.

The state came back with a series of legislative changes that align with Obama administration positions: It raised the cap on charter schools, gave districts more power to fix low - performing schools, tied teacher evaluations to student performance, and made it possible to dismiss a teacher rated as «ineffective» two years in a row.

During his tenure, the school achieved the highest possible state accountability rating of «Exemplary.»

And after computer glitches during the administration of spring exams had state education officials asking for an outside review of the results, a 2.5 percent increase in pass rates seems like the best possible scenario.

With more than 3 million public school teachers in the United States, it is not possible to improve education simply by dismissing those who earn unsatisfactory ratings without also helping teachers improve their practice.

Ninety percent of the state's elementary education programs included in the review received the lowest rating possible.

On the other hand, Progress Charter School, where only 22 percent of the children are meeting or exceeding state standards, earned the highest possible EVAAS growth rating: Level 5.

Because current state policy requires that refused tests be given the lowest possible score, the scores of 1 given to refused tests are calculated into the growth rates used to evaluate individual teachers.