Sentences with phrase «with near record low»

«There are outstanding opportunities in the current market, with near record low interest rates, competitive prices and new homes being built that include open layouts, energy efficient components and other features that cater to young buyers.»

Sunday will dawn sunny but with near record low temperatures hovering near 20.

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Despite the recent softness in data — the Citi economic surprise index for the eurozone is now at its lowest since June 2012 — markets remain stubbornly bullish on the euro with overall bets still near record highs as longer - term expectations remain optimistic.

With rubber prices near record lows, Halcyon Agri is looking to restore fair prices by reducing market volatility, explains CEO Robert Meyer.

One of the reasons activity is picking up is that financing deals is cheap, with interest rates near record lows.

«With yields already at or near record lows, can the Fed really do much more?

President Donald Trump's pro-growth policy proposals, including lower corporate taxes, deregulation and infrastructure spending, have jolted many people's «animal spirits,» with several indices already hitting near - record highs.

There are certainly areas of desperation, including unemployment among minority youth and individuals with disabilities, but at the current unemployment rate of 4.6 %, my impression is that the «jobs crisis» in this country is actually better described as an income crisis, because wages and salaries as a share of total income remain near record lows.

A bigger factor has been the strong growth of the equity markets, especially with interest rates still hovering near record lows.

With interest rates still hovering near the lowest levels they've ever been in 5,000 + years of recorded human history, it's very difficult to achieve a significant investment return without taking on substantial risk.

For example, weekly NYSE new lows have averaged about 4 % of traded issues recently, with nearly 6 % last week, even with the S&P 500 near record highs.

Bank of Montreal chief economist Douglas Porter said that bank appears very patient, with little appetite to move in January despite the near - record low jobless rate.

But most economists say that's unlikely, especially given we are already near full - employment with record - low interest rates.

Pent - up demand following a shutdown for Hurricane Sandy combined with near - record - low interest rates to release a torrent of new corporate bond issues in early November.

With abortion clinics closing at record rates as abortions hit near - record lows and state restrictions hit near - record highs, a respected report released today reveals that U.S. abortions have dropped to their lowest rate since 1973 — the year the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade.

Carroll says the survey is already «tepid» for Cuomo, who, with a 46 percent approval rating, is near a record low.

Carroll said the survey is already «tepid» for Cuomo, who, with a 46 percent approval rating, is near a record low.

The news that the British Crime Survey has found crime levels at the lowest level since records began more than 30 years ago has been greeted with near - universal acclaim in today's papers.

A near - record low barometric pressure occurred with Sandy offshore Monday afternoon.

John Reynolds, a conservation biologist at Simon Fraser University near Vancouver, reports that the pink salmon have come back with a vengeance this year, on the heels of record lows in 2007 and 2008: «The grizzlies, of course, can eat the pinks, so it's not all doom and gloom right now.»

Among all existing Tablets of any size, the iPad mini 4 takes first place and breaks performance records in many of the most important test categories including: lowest screen Reflectance (2.0 percent), highest contrast rating in high ambient light (225), a near perfect log - straight intensity scale and gamma of 2.22, and the highest absolute color accuracy (average / maximum color errors of 1.9 and 4.2 JNCD — tied for first place with the Microsoft Surface Pro 4).

With mortgage rates sitting near record lows, the 40 - year - old Torontonian figures the return on his invested dollar should exceed the guaranteed savings from making additional payments on his home.

«Today's near record low homeownership rate, combined with low inventory of rental property, have combined to push rental rates higher during the housing recovery,» he says.

With mortgage rates sitting near record lows, one would figure the return on an invested dollar should exceed the guaranteed savings from making additional payments on a home.

With interest rates rising after holding for an extended period near record lows, it's been a good year to own insurance stocks.

Home Equity Rates remain affordable with fixed rates near record lows.

Back then, any investment looked good, especially compared with today's environment when interest rates in most developed countries still languish near record lows.

With VA Streamline Refinance mortgage rates near all - time lows, it's no wonder that VA loan volume is at record levels.

It's not uncommon to see loans stretch out to eight or nine years, with interest rates still sitting at near - record lows.

With mortgage interest rates hovering near record lows, Stayzer noted that putting more money into investments rather than making extra mortgage payments may be tempting.

As the U.S. economy enters the second quarter of 2018, the positive economic momentum continues, U.S. business confidence remains high, along with consumer confidence, jobless claims are near a generational low and the ISM Manufacturing Index is at record levels as well.

«Gore Decries «Global Warming» in Bitterly Cold NYC --» With a near - record low temperature and single - digit wind chill in New York City, former Vice President Al Gore took to the podium in Manhattan's Beacon Theater today to blast President Bush for contributing to global warming.»»

Total sea ice extent for the previous three months was near or below the level of 2007, the year with the lowest minimum summer ice extent during the satellite record.

''... worked with two sediment cores they extracted from the seabed of the eastern Norwegian Sea, developing a 1000 - year proxy temperature record «based on measurements of δ18O in Neogloboquadrina pachyderma, a planktonic foraminifer that calcifies at relatively shallow depths within the Atlantic waters of the eastern Norwegian Sea during late summer,» which they compared with the temporal histories of various proxies of concomitant solar activity... This work revealed, as the seven scientists describe it, that «the lowest isotope values (highest temperatures) of the last millennium are seen ~ 1100 - 1300 A.D., during the Medieval Climate Anomaly, and again after ~ 1950 A.D.» In between these two warm intervals, of course, were the colder temperatures of the Little Ice Age, when oscillatory thermal minima occurred at the times of the Dalton, Maunder, Sporer and Wolf solar minima, such that the δ18O proxy record of near - surface water temperature was found to be «robustly and near - synchronously correlated with various proxies of solar variability spanning the last millennium,» with decade - to century - scale temperature variability of 1 to 2 °C magnitude.»

However, the pace of decline returned to near - average rates by July, and the end - of - summer minimum sea ice extent, recorded on September 10, eventually tied for second lowest with 2007 (2012 remains the lowest in the satellite time series by more than 600,000 square kilometers or 232,000 square miles).

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The Statement also highlighted that long - term indicators of climate change such as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, sea level rise and ocean acidification continue «unabated», with Arctic sea ice coverage remaining below average and the previously stable Antarctic sea ice extent at or near a record low.

By Paula Luu, Communications Manager January 24, 2014 While our weather - beaten friends in the Midwest and Northeast braced for near - record low temperatures and polar vortex snowstorms, Californians rang in the New Year with a rainless January.

It would appear logical that with the Earth warming and the Arctic ice near a record low, the Hadley cell should be expanding and the Arctic Polar cell declining.

Early May began a roller coaster ride: extent fell precipitously to a record low monthly value for June; only to see a melt slowdown in July that allowed the 2007 records to prevail for that month; then another, sharper, slowdown in early August let 2008 slip past, too; and finally, stuttering ups and downs in September settled in to a near - tie with 2008.

The ice extent started the year with near - record lows, but surprised everybody in March with an unexpected growth surge that brought it back almost to the historical mean — statistical territory unseen for a long, long time.

Housing affordability conditions are forecast to remain favorable through next year, with the 30 - year fixed - rate mortgage staying near record lows for the balance of this year but gradually rising to 4 percent in the second half of 2013.

«Put that together with today's near - record low interest rates and competitive prices, and the time has never been better to buy a new home.»

November exhibited a tough market for Seattle condo buyers with near - record low inventory and a 16.25 % increase in citywide median sales price.

Others cited the relative affordability of remodels, with builders willing to negotiate on price during slower times and interest rates near record lows.

With mortgage rates still favorable, home prices rising and the number of existing homes on the market near record a record low, having sound financing is essential if you hope to purchase a home heading into the busiest homebuying season of the year.

Meanwhile, offers continued to grow at a faster clip than last year, with monthly growth more than 5 points above 2012, indicating continued determination from buyers in the face of near record - low inventory.