Sentences with phrase «than a percentage increase»

In reforming teacher pay scale, districts should also consider giving fixed - dollar raises rather than a percentage increase.

The percentage increase or decrease in the market price of the warrant may tend to be greater than the percentage increase or decrease in the market price of the optioned common stock.

But even better than the percentage increase is the fact that this month's total was more than $ 200 more in fresh, crisp cash flow.

Not exact matches

It's hard to believe that print marketing is more widely used than social media marketing and online advertising, but the percentage of businesses who intend to increase social media usage -LSB-...]

Nearly 76 percent of the firms reported no change in their final goods prices, and the percentage of firms reporting increases (13 percent) was only slightly greater than the percentage reporting decreases (9 percent).

The company tells investors to focus instead on the percentage growth of people who use it daily, which has increased more than 10 percent in each of the last three quarters.

More than one third of business owners said they expect to decrease capital spending in the year ahead, an increase of about 10 percentage points from the previous quarter.

That's an increase of more than 2.5 percentage points since January.

The Non-Manufacturing Business Activity Index increased 6.5 percentage points to 63.5 percent, reflecting growth for the 13th consecutive month at a faster rate than in November.

Representing more workers than any other generation in today's workforce (and an increasing percentage of your customer base, as well), they deserve a little respect.

Since 1997, the workforce participation rate for Canadians aged 55 and over has increased 12 percentage points to 34 % and is now higher than it was in 1976.

But it also turns out that we phone users are a price - sensitive bunch and reduce our phone usage by more than 1 percent for each percentage point increase in our bills.

President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner are unlikely to reverse several scheduled tax increases, including the 0.9 percentage point increase in the Medicare tax rate on wages and salaries of more than $ 200,000 for single filers ($ 250,000 for married filers); a 3.8 percent Medicare tax on unearned income of higher income filers; and an increase in the capital gains tax rate.

If you have a retirement - savings plan at work, that plan is more likely than ever to automatically enroll you — and to automatically increase, over time, the percentage of your salary that gets saved.

When Fortune compared companies» latest 2014 employee data to their numbers from 2013, we found that Facebook, Microsoft and H - P all increased their percentage of women by less than 1 %.

It's hard to believe that print marketing is more widely used than social media marketing and online advertising, but the percentage of businesses who intend to increase social media usage is fairly high, which is great!

The firm spends more than $ 9.5 billion on technology with an increasing percentage of that budget going towards new investments and innovation, according to a letter from COO Matt Zames Tuesday.

On average, renters earn about half as much as homeowners, and the percentage of families with children that rent rather than buy has increased sharply in the past decade, the study said.

On a per square foot basis, inventory decreased 3 %, better than our guidance for a percentage increase in the low single - digit range.

Although the average level of after - tax income of the top 1 percent of households remains well below its 2007 peak, the percentage increase in their average after - tax income from 1979 to 2013 was five times larger than that of the middle 60 percent and four times larger than that of the bottom fifth.

[5] A steadily increasing percentage of trading occurs in «dark» venues, which now appear to execute more than half of the orders of long - term investors.

The calculation decreases or increases benefits by a fixed percentage for every month you claim early or late, so people with a lower full retirement age will get more in benefits as a percentage of their full retirement benefit if they claim earlier or later than someone with a higher full retirement age.

Meanwhile, the percentage of graduate students taking out more than $ 40,000 in loans to pay for their studies increased from 14 percent in 2004 to 47 percent in 2012.

According to Sperling's Best Places, the recent job growth (the percentage of increase in available jobs over the most recent 12 - month period) in Phoenix is 3.17 percent — higher than the U.S. rate of 1.59 percent.

The differences in rate were minimal: most lenders kept their rates the same regardless of zip code, and rate increases for the largest markets went no higher than 0.08 percentage points.

By automatically transferring a percentage of your paycheck into savings before you can get your hands on it, 401ks and other workplace plans increase the odds that the money will actually be saved rather than spent.

This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).

Pricing decreased 0.4 percentage points reflecting timing of trade promotion recognition in the prior year that more than offset price increases in cheese.

According to FreshBooks, «A simple «please pay your invoice within» or «thank you for your business» can increase the percentage of invoices that are paid by more than 5 per cent!»

Fourth quarter same — fourth quarter restaurant labor expenses were 50 basis points lower than last year on a percentage of sales basis due to increased productivity and lower restaurant manager incentive compensation expense.

Volume / mix increased 0.6 percentage points, reflecting growth in condiments and sauces that more than offset the discontinuation of select cheese products.

Pricing was 0.4 percentage points lower as timing of promotions in North America and Europe more than offset price increases in Rest of World markets, primarily Latin America.

Greek budgets include tax hikes and spending cuts by more than $ 4.5 billion, a debt increase to more than 200 percent of GDP, an economic contraction of 1.3 percent and a new rise in unemployment by almost one percentage point to 25.4 percent.

Based on recent corporate leverage, this decline in the cost of debt would increase the typical company's return on equity by more than four percentage points.

There was an increase in the percentage of platforms having more than 2,500 investors per year with 60 % of the portals reporting between 1001 - 5000 investors on their platform in 2015.

She found that, all else equal, for every one - percentage - point increase in the national unemployment rate, the starting income of new graduates fell by as much as 7 percent; the unluckiest graduates of the decade, who emerged into the teeth of the 1981 — 82 recession, made roughly 25 percent less in their first year than graduates who stepped into boom times.

That said, B.C.'s strong economic growth over the past three years, combined with a) the announced small business tax relief, b) the new training and youth employment programs (also announced today), and c) a lower - than - average percentage of our working population who actually make minimum wage (about 5 %, compared to 7.1 % nationally), leaves us in a position to cautiously view the announced increases as «reasonable.»

For example, the cost for the Indonesian government to borrow money for a decade rose more than half a percentage point, to 4.8 percent; similarly eye - popping interest rate increases occurred in countries including Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Russia, and Poland.

High - saving countries created employment, and low - saving countries enjoyed faster consumption growth as cheap imports meant that living standards rose by more than the increase in production — worth around half a percentage point a year in the United Kingdom.

During the bear market beginning in 1973, the inflation rate increased by more than 9 percentage points — from 3.4 percent to 12.4 percent.

This number decreased upon Ms. Redford's resignation in 2014, the percentage was still lower than 1998 because the total number of MLAs increased from 83 to 87 in 2012.

Even if one is able to attain this best case return target, most retirees will have to learn to live on much lower income than they are expecting, and / or continue working at least part time well into their 70's, and / or start saving a much higher percentage of their income asap so as to increase their savings to the target level of capital needed.

Some of the increase in volatility is more apparent than real, however, as every $ 1 per barrel move translates into a larger shift in percentage terms now that prices have halved from $ 100 per barrel to less than $ 50.

Official wage data also show ongoing strength in public - sector wage growth and a significant rise in wage growth in education: the WPI measure of public - sector wage growth increased by 4.2 per cent over the year to December, almost 1 percentage point higher than the equivalent private - sector wage series.

While there are more atheists than ever before as global population continually increases, the atheist percentage of the total population seem to be declining.

Hispanics have seen some heartening gains over the last few years, with a decline in the poverty rate, an increase in annual income, and college attendance rates at a higher percentage than whites.

Seventy - four percent of dealers reported increased sales and 16 percent reported a decline in sales, which is 8 percentage points better than last year.

Companies using the RA certified seal on single - ingredient products that have less than 90 % certified content must agree to increase the percentage a specific amount over a specific time period.

«For less expensive private label products, the percentage increase will be greater than for more premium products so you'd expect to see some differential impact,» she said.

The Top 500 chains, accounting for over half of total industry sales, brought in a cumulative $ 298 billion in sales, which is a 3.6 % increase from 2015, but a smaller growth percentage than in years past.