Sentences with phrase «steady trends»

Steady trends, in real life, have fluctuations superimposed on them.

The increasing number of car buyers switching from luxury cars to upscale sport - utility vehicles has been one of the steady trends in the auto industry in the past couple of years.

U.S. retailers posted weaker than expected sales in December, the Monster job index declined from last month's highs and unemployment claims continued their steady trend lower.

However, there has been a steady trend of high optimism among small - business owners for tomorrow.»

«Over the past few years, we've seen a steady trend toward people using TweetDeck on their computers and Twitter on their mobile devices.»

Similarly, although Canadian mortgage underwriting standards never degenerated to U.S. - style practices, there was a steady trend to making it easier to obtain mortgages: by the time the crisis hit, 40 - year mortgages were on offer.

An added headwind is the seemingly steady trend towards more onerous conditions set by host countries for extractive industries in general, and the seemingly steady erosion of the rule of law in locales once thought to be safe for new investment.

It wasn't until the mid-2000s that Aurora began a steady trend upward.

Note that this has been a rather steady trend for a long while:

In reviewing Astorino's budgets from 2010 through 2017, a steady trend emerges.

«The swing to a very cold year is natural variability, and what we want to be able to uncover and understand is the magnitude of the slow and steady trend occurring at the same time as these large swings.»

The findings suggest that Antarctic sea ice has fluctuated substantially through the last century, rather than experiencing the sort of steady trend seen in the Arctic over many decades.

As healthier lifestyles have become a steady trend across the nation, the next generation grows more comfortable bringing health and fitness into their relationships.

The Boxtrolls looks like it will continue that steady trend of uniquely fun filmmaking.

This is the first time that «non-cash» payments have exceeded those made with cash, reflecting the steady trend to use automated payment methods, debit cards and new technologies rather than pay by notes and coins.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a prominent example of such an effort, but it is only the continuation of a steady trend toward greater test - based accountability in education that has been going on for decades.

A steady trend toward higher retention continued in subsequent years, and the state now assumes that 52 percent of 25 - year - old female teachers will stay five years.

The steady trend suggests that current prices are sustainable, at least for the short term.

Looking back from February 2007 onward, that month was the real transition from decade's low volatility (VIX) levels towards a steady trend of rising volatility in the markets.

We're seeing a steady trend where Canadians are increasingly using consumer proposals as a way to deal with their debt.

Although my Freedom Fund's value may fluctuate up and down, the dividend income the portfolio generates shows a slow, steady trend upward.

«We have noticed a steady trend of consumers purchasing holiday stockings for their dogs and filling them with treats, toys, and other goodies,» she says.

Those figures continue a steady trend of slowing sales and rising losses for the giant mass merchandiser, which once was the gem of American retailing.

Becoming an unsurprisingly steady trend on the Nintendo Switch, One Piece Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition is yet another welcome addition of ported games to Nintendo's new hardware, this time, in the form of the outrageous and wacky pirate, Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew from the cult classic Shonen Jump anime, One Piece.

«The global temperature has been rising at a steady trend rate of 0.5 °C per century since the end of the little ice age in the 1700s (when the Thames River would freeze over every winter; the last time it froze over was 1804)...

And that this is reflected in individual model runs but as the timing of events such as El Nino / La Nina, volcanic eruptions etc. is unpredictable when projections are made based on ensemble runs then they will tend to average out and the projection will show a fairly steady trend.

They're fine for very short - term prognostication, one or even a few time steps into the future (depending on how smooth and steady the trend is, and how large the noise is).

All we can conclude is that there is a steady trend of 0.6 K / century with a natural cycle on top (exactly as many skeptics had predicted).

If the climate is steadily accumulating heat, does this mean the ocean heat content will also show a monotonic steady trend?

He certainly reduced the noise in the trend by a lot, and gets a pretty good steady trend, which is what would be expected from a steady warming effect due to increasing GHG's in the atmosphere.

The steady trend carbon intensity of GDP is now.46 kg / $, and clearly not easily changed as the economy has been vigorously replacing inefficient with efficient technology as fast as it could be found, throughout its growth.

You can only look back afterwards and spot a steady trend when you average out the noise.

Another claim Mr. Gore makes in An Inconvenient Truth is that 2004 was the most active year for tornadoes ever in the United States, and that there has been a steady trend in increasing tornados as the globe has warmed.

Despite turmoil like ICOs being banned in China and South Korea, cryptocurrencies in general coming under scrutiny in other countries, and internal divisions and infighting in the Bitcoin community, the price of bitcoin continued its steady trend upward, accelerating in the last few months of 2017 despite naysayers.

It has a drama - free community and a relatively steady trend, making it ideal for trading, spending, fundraising, or even dabbling in arbitrage.

Bitcoin ATM — Bitcoin ATMs are becoming very popular - March tolls about 2,393 Bitcoin ATM machines worldwide, with a steady trend upwards.

It has a drama - free community and a relatively steady trend, making it ideal...

Over the past five decades there has been a steady trend: the average mortgage interest rate hovered somewhere between 5.5 and 6.5 %, excluding of course, the peak in 1981, and the notable spike in 1974.

There's also a steady trend of people moving to neighborhoods closer to Long Island such as Little Neck and Bay Side (no subways).

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Having shown recent signs of improvement, Perth house prices were steady in April, while the national market continued its downward trend, according to the latest data from CoreLogic.

«The rating would be upgraded if we conclude that the positive economic and fiscal trends are likely to be sustained and if the high debt burden moves on a steady, downward trend.

The uptrend that started around December 2016 has not been a steady or well - defined trend.

LONDON, April 24 - European shares steadied on Tuesday as a batch of company updates failed to set a clear trend and chipmakers were weighed down by AMS» warning of a downturn in orders.

With the deal, JAB is scooping up a consistent restaurant chain that has posted steady comparable - restaurant sales and rising revenue at a time when many restaurant chains are hurting due to high labor costs and weak traffic trends.

Poloz insisted the trend he anticipated in 2013 — a steady increase in non-commodity exports buttressed by stronger demand in the U.S. and a weaker dollar — was now entrenched.

Says Rosen: «Every month contracts decreased in a steady downward trend.

This revolution in guest - room design is not due to costs but competition: According to industry statistics, the hotel industry has been experiencing steady growth for 84 months as new entrants in this sector are introducing innovative brands and designs that are the combined result of changing consumer trends, hospitality research and the «Airbnb effect,» Deloitte's Langford said.

In broad terms, we're seeing a slow and steady upward trend in wages, but we're not seeing the type of acceleration that should be expected when the unemployment rate is around 4 %.

I prefer to look at the plot of 10 year Treasury yields since 1980 and they show a steady downward trend.

This outlines a steady growth trend as Nintendo had previously raised its forecast back in October as well.