Sentences with phrase «times the expected rate»

«Students across all grade levels made very significant literacy progress, and the high school students in particular demonstrated truly outstanding growth: four times the expected rate for students completing the recommended number of activities and nearly double the expected rate overall.

The results are telling: In the 2015 - 16 school year, Hanford - Dole's third -, fourth - and fifth - graders improved by nearly four times the expected rate in reading, says Julie Morrow, Rowan - Salisbury's assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction.

Their Lexile ® growth was four times the expected rate for students completing the weekly recommended number of activities.

Lohr [5] also acknowledges that 24 % of «random residents» indicated that they hunted at least once per year, more than 34 times the expected rate (0.7 %) based on hunting licenses purchased in 2009.

The Antarctic ice mass is melting at, from what I've read, five times the expected rate.

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The Fed is next expected to raise rates in June, and at that time it will release new forecasts for the economy and interest rates.

The Times said that it expects the decline in print advertising revenue to continue in the future «at a rate similar to that seen in the third quarter.»

The committee says it expects «economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant further gradual increases in the federal funds rate; the federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run.

The Federal Reserve expects to increase interest rates three times this year.

While the new law is expected to be a long - term positive for most companies, several announced they would have to take one - time charges because the lower rate reduced the value of their deferred tax assets, which represent taxes already paid.

The Fed is expected to raise interest rates for the first time this year on Wednesday, and the question is what it will say about the rest of the year.

While that's more than the $ 196 billion Chinese business travelers spent last year, business - travel spending in China grew 13.2 percent — three times the 4.4 percent growth rate in the U.S.. By 2016, Chinese business travelers are expected to spend more than those from the U.S., according to the report.

The Federal Open Markets Committee will meet for the final time this year in two weeks, and many economists are expecting the group to finally raise rates following that gathering.

Australian shares were down 0.6 % after the Reserve Bank of Australia's policy board decided to cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to an all - time low of 1.50 %, as expected.

«We now expect the Fed to hike rates four times in 2018,» Mortimer - Lee said.

According to the Fed's economic projections, the central bank expects to raise rates three times by year - end.

Shares of the company are flat for the year after its most recent earnings report failed to beat Wall Street estimates for the first time in two years, but Marshall said that he expects its revenue to continue to grow at above - market rates.

LONDON, May 3 - At a time when the impending withdrawal of European Central Bank stimulus was expected to hurt southern European bond markets, so - called «peripheral» euro zone debt continues to outperform its higher - rated peers.

They are expected to raise interest rates for the third time this year.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

When the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates in December 2015 for the first time in nearly a decade, Wall Street expected it to be the beginning of a trend.

This is where crowds lend their money in small increments to project owners via the platform and expect repayment over time with some fixed rate of interest.

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

The central bank is expected to raise interest rates at least two more times this year.

All of this raises questions about support for a critical line in the Fed's statement where it says: «The federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run.»

Markets expect the Fed to hike interest rates three times this year, and Powell's remarks seemed to indicate the central bank remains on a tightening path.

Although the 25 basis point lift was in line with expectations, markets took some time to digest the news that three rate hikes — not two, as was earlier expected — were likely to happen in 2017.

On Wednesday, the Fed said it would be patient about the timing of its first rate hike, suggesting its expected increases will be slow and steady.

The central bank bombarded markets in the past week with the message that it could raise interest rates for the second time in nine years as early as June, if the economy continues to improve as expected.

Fed chief Janet Yellen's confidence as her team raised interest rates for the third time in six months last week surprised investors who had expected more caution about the economy.

The Fed will issue its latest interest rate decision and statement at 2 p.m. ET, with investors not expecting an interest rate hike this time around.

The Fed has raised rates twice this year and expects to hike again in December and three more times next year, depending on fiscal stimulus including tax cuts planned by Republicans in Congress and in the White House.

Powell is expected to gradually raise interest rates three to four times in 2018 — with the market watching closely over what he might do.

Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is expected to hike rates next month for only the fourth time in nearly a decade.

China's surprise devaluation of its currency is an admission of economic weakness and could delay the timing of the Federal Reserve's expected U.S. interest rate hike, strategist Boris Schlossberg told CNBC on Tuesday.

And with wage growth and the labor participation rate both stuck at historic lows, we can expect the economy to keep growing at its current rate for some time.

Market watchers expect the central bank to hike three times in 2018, while the Fed announced that it was increasing its rate - hike forecast for 2019.

This renewed crisis in the Eurozone comes at a time when the European economies appear to be slowing down after a strong first quarter, and despite this, policy interest rate increases by the ECB are expected in the coming months.

Expect annual interest rates in the range of 10 % to 80 %, which is 2 to 10 times higher than what banks customarily charge.

For starters, a rate - hike in March by the U.S. Fed is completely off the table, says Timmer, who expects the central bank will also signal that it intends to hold at this level for some time.

Such forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the benefits of the proposed transaction, including anticipated future financial and operating results, synergies, accretion and growth rates, T - Mobile's, Sprint's and the combined company's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, and the expected timing of completion of the proposed transaction.

The bank reiterated that it expects further interest - rate hikes to be necessary over time and that it will follow a cautious, data - dependent approach when weighing future decisions.

If the Fed expects inflation too fall, then it will not raise interest rates for some time.

And with interest rates at all - time lows and stocks at all - time highs, there are many who expect that not only will a 60/40 portfolio deliver below average returns, but that bonds might not provide the protection they once did.

Stocks are unlikely to be derailed by a surge in interest rates, with the Federal Reserve Board expected to lift its benchmark short - term rate by only modest amounts two or three times during the rest of the year.

It is natural to expect that this compression in margins, both at money funds and at banks, will reverse as rates move away from zero, but the magnitude and timing of this reversal in margin compression may vary among these two investment types.

Include how much retirement income you'd want per withdrawal, the rate of return you think your money will grow at when you start collecting retirement, how long you expect to live off your retirement fund and how many times you'd like to make a withdrawal per year.

Roth IRAs are also great for investors that expect their income tax to increase over time as an investor can contribute money at their current lower tax rate and withdraw the money later tax - free.

We're hoping to see a continuation of mild inflation and, in time, would expect to see an appropriate response from the European Central Bank in the form of scaling back quantitative easing and ultimately a rise in interest rates.

The Fed indicated that it expects to hike rates an additional three times in 2017.