Sentences with phrase «value by a quarter»

Martin Furlong, national officer for the civil servant union, the First Division Association (FDA), said: «In the past five years the total remuneration [for senior civil servants]-- including bonuses, pensions and pay awards — has reduced in value by a quarter.

Martin Furlong, national officer for the civil servant union, the FDA, said: «In the past five years the total remuneration [for senior civil servants]-- including bonuses, pensions and pay awards — has reduced in value by a quarter.

We have improved the rents by almost $ 1,000 per month, and we are going to increase the value by a quarter million dollars in one year.

Not exact matches

Although the move itself is minimal, with the Fed saying in a statement that it would lift its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percent, to between 0.25 percent and 0.5 percent, it has a huge symbolic value.

The value of Western Australia - related equity capital markets deals jumped to $ 4.2 billion in the March quarter, helped to a large degree by a handful of large transactions.Of the 140 March - quarter de

A handful of quarters and dimes may not sound impressive at first, but from a big picture perspective, Apple will be sending its investors $ 13.2 billion annually — nearly 30 % of its earnings over the last four quarters, and nearly enough to match Twitter's total value by market cap: $ 14.1 billion.

The world's largest oil company by market value had cut even cut its capital budget for the quarter by 38 %, but it wasn't enough.

Global comparable sales rose 4 percent in the third quarter, their first rise in more than one year, driven by demand for value meals and breakfast items in China, where sales had plummeted after a food safety scandal in July 2014.

First - quarter results, however, will be impacted by one - time writedowns as the banks reduce the value net deferred tax assets already held on company balance sheets.

By either method, the industry could outsource approximately one - quarter of the value of its existing value - added activity to jurisdictions outside of the TPP, yet still preserve its made - in - the - TPP trade preferences.

Indeed, according to a blog posted in May by ChannelAdvisor, some 48 % of the value of merchandise sold on Amazon.com came from third - party sellers in the first quarter, a new high.

While the value of M&A deals globally increased 67 percent year - on - year in the first quarter of 2018, the number of deals dropped by 10 percent to 10,338, preliminary Thomson Reuters data show, reflecting how deals on average are getting bigger.

Value menu traffic for total QSR increased by 10 percent and consumer spend by 13 percent in the first quarter of 2018, reports NPD.

Value menu traffic for total QSR increased by 10 percent and consumer spend by 13 percent in the first quarter of 2018.

McDonald's first - quarter same - store sales rose 5.4 %, propelled by interest in all - day breakfast, the company's new» McPick 2» value menu that launched earlier this year and new products such as kale bowls and yogurt smoothies being tested in various parts of the country.

In May, Morgan Stanley Mutual Fund Trust lowered its estimate of the online retailer's valuation by 15.5 % for the second successive quarter in a row, implying that Morgan Stanley valued Flipkart at $ 9.39 billion.

Other Revenue was $ 3.5 million, up from $ 3.4 million in the prior quarter, primarily reflecting increased revenues from the company's OnDeck - as - a-Service (ODaaS) business, offset by a $ 0.7 millionreduction in the fair value of the Company's loan servicing asset.

Most of the asset - backed securities in the dataset are underpinned by residential mortgages, covering around $ 400 billion of mortgages or about one - quarter of the total value of housing loans in Australia.

Smaller providers in broadband such as Plusnet experienced a good quarter, increasing their share by focusing at the value end of the market.

In its quarterly report released Monday, the New Jersey - based real estate and franchise giant reported $ 1.2 billion in revenue, a 2 percent increase compared with the first quarter in 2017, which it said was driven by increases in home sale transaction volume, valued at $ 100 billion.

It is calculated by dividing the current closing price of the stock by the latest quarter's book value per share.

Assets owned by Americans lost about a quarter of their value.

At Denny's, which had same - restaurant sales increase by 1 percent in its latest quarter and opened 13 new restaurants while closing five, the executive team has placed a focus on value to push the brand forward.

The Oakmark Select Fund increased in value by 7 % for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

AIA Group Ltd., the second - largest Asia - Pacific insurer by market value, said its value of new business rose 26 percent in the first quarter, as...

The value of exports rose by around 2 3/4 per cent in the March quarter, reflecting a strong pick - up in the volume of rural exports, as farm production recovers from the effects of the drought.

The large amount of equity raised was offset to some extent by a sharp increase in the value of buybacks in the quarter.

Valuation effects, largely due to falls in the prices of bank shares, reduced the value of the household sector's directly owned share portfolio by 1.4 per cent in the March quarter, but these shares have since rebounded in value.

Rural exports have increased strongly from their drought - induced slump, rising in value by around 12 per cent in the March quarter, following a 7 per cent rise in the December quarter (Graph 47).

The increase in the value of assets during the latest quarter was mainly driven by strong growth in the value of equities and units in trusts, and overseas assets (Table 11).

In contrast to the strength in volumes, the value of total imports declined by around 5 per cent over the year to the December quarter, as the currency appreciation has lowered Australian dollar import prices.

Household sector financial assets increased by 1.7 per cent in the March quarter, a somewhat slower rate than in previous quarters, as a reduction in the value of direct equity holdings partially offset strong gains in the value of funds held in superannuation.

Furthermore, the value of rural exports fell by 12 per cent in the December quarter, implying another substantial fall in rural export volumes.

The value of manufactured exports rose by 3 1/2 per cent in the December quarter, and with a stronger Australian dollar exerting downward pressure on prices in the quarter, volumes look to have increased solidly.

In value terms, manufactured exports rose by 5 per cent in the March quarter, though they remained around 6 per cent lower over the year.

I expect its book value to surge by as much as 13 % when it reports fourth - quarter earnings.

Service exports have since paused at a high level as the impetus from the Rugby World Cup has waned, rising in value by 1/2 per cent in the March quarter; this is in line with ongoing strength in overseas arrivals relative to that in recent years (Graph 48).

Following sharp falls in mid 2003, the value of resource exports fell further in the March quarter by around 2 per cent, to be about 14 per cent lower than a year ago.

Australian Dollar: The Australian dollar has lost considerable ground over the past 24 hours when valued against its US Counterpart after ABS statistics showed overall capital expenditure dropped by 2.2 percent during the final quarter of 2014, a numbe...

This trend suppresses the demand side of the housing market, while the supply - side has been hindered by builders eschewing starter homes and moving up the value chain, as evidenced by the fact that the average size of a new single - family home is almost 2,700 square feet today, versus less than 2,100 square feet a quarter century ago.

The Oakmark Select Fund decreased in value by 5 % last quarter, reducing our calendar year - to - date return to 9 %.

However, Bitcoin's price quite a rollercoaster ride: It fell by over 50 percent in value during the first three months of 2018, making that its second - worst quarter on record.

The economic cycle is measured by the change in gross domestic product (GDP), which is the dollar value of all goods and services within an economy during a stated time period (usually one year or one quarter).

Industrial capital values increased by 0.8 % quarter - on - quarter, mainly driven by growth in Shanghai and major gateway cities in the Pacific.

The fall in rural exports has been especially sharp, with the value of exports in the June quarter down by over 27 per cent on the level of a year ago, largely reflecting the effect of the drought.

«This quarter, we increased tangible book value per share by 11 percent while returning nearly $ 2.2 billion in capital to common shareholders.»

The value of manufactured exports fell by 2 per cent over the year to the June quarter, compared with average annual growth of around 15 per cent for much of the 1990s.

In China, GDP grew by just under 7 per cent in the year to the June quarter, with the value of exports increasing by around 35 per cent over the year (see Box B on «China and International Trade»).

More recently, the volume of retail sales rose by 0.8 per cent in the March quarter, driven by solid growth in January and February, with the value of sales unchanged in March.

They show that over the year to the June quarter, the value of manufactured exports to east Asia fell by around 15 per cent, while overseas arrivals from east Asia (a good indicator of tourist trade) fell by around 10 per cent.