Sentences with phrase «steady from year to year»

But natural variations mean that the increase isn't steady from year to year.

Not exact matches

But he points to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer released earlier this year showing that, since 2009, the debt service ratio — a measure of income spent to pay debt — has remained steady at around 14 per cent, not much higher than the long - term average.

With the core consumer inflation steady in January from a year earlier, it is a sign that a strengthening economy has yet to prompt companies to raise prices, a challenge policy makers have yet to overcome despite years of massive stimulus.

The CHL reported steady growth in the funds for scholarships paid by its leagues and charged to the franchises — the OHL scholarship funds jumped from $ 1.64 - million in 2012 to $ 2.9 - million in 2016 and the WHL from $ 1.7 - million in 2012 to $ 2.1 last year.

While the amount companies spend on CEO security varies from year to year, the percentage of Fortune 100 companies that provide personal and home security to their chief executives has held steady, fluctuating only slightly in the range of 45 % to 54 % over the past five years.

From there, its makers claim, the pump delivers medicine in a steady - state dose for several months (and even up to a year).

Indeed, the word's steady hold on the global lexicon has lent itself to some interesting bits of industry lately — from its inclusion in the updated Scrabble game, to beauty campaigns like Lady Gaga's just - announced partnership with Shiseido, to the prevalence of selfie sticks (especially this New Year's Eve) and companies like GoPro, Purina and Samsung cashing in with promotional selfies.

The remaining 82 per cent is seeing steady growth, although it has moderated slightly so far this year, due to the setback in the U.S and spillovers from the resource sector.

Banks» commodity revenue has been on a steady downward path in recent years as they have exited or slimmed down their commodity businesses due to heightened government regulation and a poor performance from the sector.

I agree; slow and steady with some solid companies will build to an impressive amount several years from now.

The film's merchandise lifted last year's U.S. retail toy sales and contributed to a strong quarter for Disney, which also saw steady growth from its television and cable networks including ABC and ESPN.

My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) notes that the substance of CETA merits debate, but its most distinguishing feature during the seven years of negotiations has been the steady stream of unrealistic claims from Canadian officials about how close they are to concluding the deal.

From time to time I also added some stocks of companies that held their dividends steady for several years such as Shell, HSBC or Zurich Insurance.

So aside from the fact that the gold sector has started a new cycle, the fundamental scarce nature of gold and the fact that it will become more difficult to access a steady supply in coming years, argues a compelling case for gold exposure now.

Even the most steady and stalwart of tools in the content marketer's arsenal — the editorial calendar — has transformed itself over the years, from a simple spreadsheet for tracking what we publish to an essential component for managing the entire life cycle of our organization's content marketing program.

The seemingly steady advertising on Facebook differs from the reaction when Google - owned YouTube came under fire last year for showing ads next to hateful content.

In the years preceding 2017, capital inflows from China acted as a steady tailwind to the high - end and mid-range housing markets.

The annual figure represents a clear acceleration from a figure of 3.9 per cent over the year to November 1996, and follows a period when this measure of aggregate wages growth had been fairly steady at around 4 per cent.

We have experienced a steady inflow of investment from new and existing clients enabling us to grow month - on - month, year - on - year.

Short interest has been steady over the past year, hovering in a range from 35 million to 27 million shares.

Setting your editorial calendar: This most steady and stalwart of tools in the content marketer's arsenal has transformed itself over the years, from a simple spreadsheet for tracking what we publish to an essential component for managing the entire life cycle of our organization's content marketing program.

While you can't rely on steady growth for appreciation, on average I aim to gain an additional 2 to 4 percent a year from this part of the equation.

Shell Oil has more excess profit at its disposal to fund future dividend growth than AT&T does (although AT&T is a non-cyclical stock that can rely upon steady cash flow from which to pay shareholders each year, whereas Royal Dutch Shell is an oil company that experiences low profits for 2 - 3 out of every ten due to the cyclical nature of oil and natural gas prices).

The San Diego housing market could experience steady home - price appreciation from 2016 to 2020, with prices rising by around 3 % — 6 % annually for each of those years.

According to the 85 - year - old pontiff, after considerable prayer and reflection on his physical stamina and mental acuity, he concluded that his declining faculties left him unable to helm the Church's ambitious regressive agenda and guide the faith's one billion global followers on their steady march away from modernity and cultural advancement.

While there is a tremendous amount of religious stability amongst some religious traditions, as shown by the steady blocks of each color flowing from one year to another, we also see a lot of movement in a short period of time.

Over the 45 - year period, the Christian population is predicted to hold steady at 31 percent, while the Muslim population is predicted to rise from 24 percent today to the same level.

The abortion rate reported by the Centers for Disease Control stayed steady at 24 or 23 per 1,000 women of child - bearing age from 1978 through 1992 (the last year of Bush the elder's administration), but then dropped dramatically to 17 per 1,000 by 1998 (the fifth year of the Clinton administration), as the unemployment rate also dropped dramatically.

His steady movement into political theology is explicit in his writings of the past few years.5 Schubert Ogden and Delwin Brown are likewise deeply involved with issues of liberation theology.6 Ogden probes the distinction between witness and theology, inquiring into the theology of freedom which undergirds and springs from the witness to liberation.

Industry growth was on a steady rise for years, averaging more than 250 percent growth from 1961 to 2009, according to a FLAR report.

New research from Mintel reveals that non-dairy milk sales have seen steady growth over the past five years, growing an impressive 61 percent since 2012 to reach $ 2.11 billion in 2017.

The business continued to enjoy steady growth over the years and by 2011 the husband and wife team rebranded from «McLoughlins» to Rosie & Jim.

This will increase the recycling of carton packs across the whole of UK, so the north east campaign is perfect timing as Malcolm Allum, managing director of SIG Combibloc said: «It's been rewarding to see the steady growth in collection and recycling of carton packs in the UK over recent years and the new recycling mill will encourage more local authorities to collect carton packs from kerbside, offering easy access for consumers and hence increasing household recycling rates.

Executive Chef Steven Greene and his award - winning team at Herons, the hotel's five - star signature restaurant, are putting the finishing touches on a steady stream of epicurean events from Thanksgiving through New Year's, and ranging from an elegant Caviar + Champagne evening to fun - filled teas with Santa.

19 Apr 2018 — For Finnish dairy company Valio, 2017 was a good year from a business development perspective with net sales increasing by 4.3 percent, and Valio was able to pay the co-operatives a steady milk price despite the challenging market situation.

It's been far from a steady ship at Chelsea so far this season, with Antonio Conte experiencing a much more difficult campaign compared to last year.

Between 1992 and 2001, the SIDS rate declined, and the most dramatic declines occurred in the years immediately after the first nonprone recommendations, consistent with the steady increase in the prevalence of supine sleeping (Fig 1).11 The US SIDS rate declined from 120 deaths per 100 000 live births in 1992 to 56 deaths per 100 000 live births in 2001, representing a decrease of 53 % over 10 years.

Eleanor has been on a steady rise on baby name charts since the 1980s, but its jump from # 41 in 2016 to # 10 already this year is pretty impressive.

He cited New York's steady outmigration (residents moving to other states) and dismal upstate economy and what he called Cuomo's shift from backing a property - tax cap in his first year to calling for $ 1 billion in new taxes and fees in this year's budget.

There's the Affordable Care Act, Thawed Cuba - American relations, the economy has shown steady growth with unemployment under 5 % for the first time in 8 years, the Iranian Nuclear treaty, same sex marriage, GM is alive and Bin - Laden's dead, updated the Fair Labor Standards act so people get paid for overtime hours... again, Dodd - Frank Wall St reforms, the CARD act to protect credit card users from unfair charges and business practices, etc etc..

It rode the Sheldon Silver gravy train for years, reaping a steady stream of asbestos - litigation clients from referrals fed to him in an illegal quid pro quo, but since the former Assembly speaker's January arrest, the law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg has seen a 17 percent drop in new cases, The Post has learned.

Furthermore, this level of growth will catalyse a steady reduction in the public spending - to - GDP ratio, from around 42.4 per cent next year to 42.0 per cent in 2010.

This steady growth means the airport is now qualified to receive $ 1 million a year from the FAA.

OPWDD, which averaged seven overtime hours per employee per pay period in 2012, has seen a steady drop in staff, from 25,316 in 2008 to 22,672 last year.

One year later, Cuomo's upstate numbers still haven't recovered, and after holding more or less steady, even took another slide from January to February of this year.

Presenting findings from research conducted through a grant from the National Science Foundation, Herrmann Abell and DeBoer point in their chapter to steady but modest improvement in students» understanding of energy from middle to high school, but they also note that «even after years of instruction, many students have a very limited and unsophisticated understanding of the formal conventions for thinking and talking about energy.»

For much of its 30 - year history, the industry has struggled to come up with a steady source of supply, squeezing the maximum out of these large - molecule commodities from cell lines isolated from hamster ovaries and the like.

According to the institute's research, the probability of adult men dying early from traffic accidents or cerebrovascular disease more than halved between 1970 and 2006, while death by suicide held relatively steady through the years.

For the second straight year, applications from China were flat, and admission offers to Chinese students held steady.

While concluding that population growth held steady overall at about 0.04 percent annually for thousands of years, the paper acknowledges that there were short - term fluctuations in human growth rates in certain regions lasting from a few hundred to 1,000 years.