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Institutional investors may be scratching their heads at why the widely watched measure of market concern known colloquially as the «fear index,» or VIX, recently reached a 23 - year low despite plenty of reasons for the sort of uncertainty that makes markets jittery.

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WESTERN Australia's hotels increased their total earnings by 20 per cent in the past financial year despite low occupancy rates.

But despite the Trump administration's call for urgency, data from the Customs and Border Protection agency actually show that arrests for illegal border crossing has been falling for years and now hovers near the bottom of a 40 - year low.

China «s official unemployment rate has been around 4 % for years, despite the rapid slowdown in the economy from double - digit growth to quarter - century lows last year of less than 7 %.

The Chicago Fed's financial conditions index hasn't been this low since 1994, and the government's benchmark 10 - year yield actually has edged lower this year despite the Fed's tightening.

That came despite the fact Goldman failed to impress investors in its first quarter earnings Tuesday, posting trading revenue that was 2.4 % lower from a year earlier, at $ 3.4 billion for the quarter.

But a long period of U.S. economic growth could be interrupted in the coming years, despite a historically low unemployment rate of 4.1 percent, and record - shattering momentum on Wall Street that added trillions to the value of stocks in 2017.

A long period of U.S. economic growth could be interrupted in the coming years, despite a historically low unemployment rate of 4.1 percent.

So, after a multi-year decline in Canadian venture capital funding — hitting a low of just $ 1 billion in 2009, despite US$ 132 billion invested by venture capitalists south of the border over the past five years — the March budget finally screamed an end to business as usual.

Despite a shortfall of workers, average hourly pay rose just 2.4 percent from a year ago, one - half percentage point lower than September's annual gain.

«Overall, the tone of this report was disappointing as it points to a weak start to spending activity this year, despite the significant boost to disposable income from lower gasoline prices,» said Millan Mulraine, deputy chief economist at TD Securities in New York.

By 2013, they had fallen to $ 1.46 billion, despite the company's efforts to steady the business in the last couple of years through steps such as improving reps» cut of the action, and streamlining its product assortment to focus on lower - priced products.

Blackstone's Foley added that oil will still be part of the equation in 25 years, despite a move to electric cars and lower long - term production.

However, so far, it remains near this year's lows despite the widening of the spread.

Despite heading the largest fitness chain in Canada, GoodLife's chief David Patchell - Evans launched this low - cost club last year, recognizing the market in no - frills fitness.

Despite a much lower salary and bonus, his share - based awards was similar to the prior year at $ 1.14 million and option - based awards at $ 760,000.

Despite the fact that economic growth for this year is now forecast to be substantially lower than that expected at the time of the April Budget, Mr. Oliver is still confident that the federal government will record a surplus in 2015 - 16.

Homebuyers dominated the mortgage market last week, but refinancers sat on the sidelines despite the lowest interest rates of the year.

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Despite production bottlenecks and lower - than - expected sales in China, Elon Musk is confident Tesla will finally become profitable five years from now.

Despite several rate hikes this year, the federal funds rate is low, which means other interest rates also are low.

Despite interest rates remaining very low by historical measures, any dental organization looking to utilize external funding for projects this fiscal year should be aware of potential changes and possible budget implications.

Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE, TSX: ABX) reported late Monday that first - quarter adjusted earnings rose from a year ago despite lower production, with the company's profitability helped by higher gold prices.

Mining stocks were depressed last year despite many companies having reported lower all - in sustaining costs and more efficient production.

According to Bloomberg data, EM debt is offering yields of above 4 %, and despite a strong year - to - date performance (more than 13 %), we see potential for significant income with lowered spread risk, given the diminished expectations of a near - term Fed move.

OPEC said that that the trend of moderating global growth was likely to continue this year but that the energy sector, despite being harmed by lower investment as a result, could help buoy global growth.

Despite their low leverage, the extraordinarily high value of most of the firm's work makes them consistently one of the highest ranked in PPP, coming in well north of $ 4 million in recent years.

Still, despite what Chairwoman Yellen has been saying of late, interest rates are likely to stay low for the rest of the year.

Despite the flirtation of 3 percent yields on the 10 - year Treasury bond, many folks don't believe the multi-decade run of lower interest rates has ended.

But despite two rate hikes and impending balance sheet reduction, the 10 - year yield has moved 15 % lower since early March while the dollar has been weakening — both contrary to many forecasts at the start of 2017.

Despite the bounceback today, the first quarter of 2018 was the first in years to see equity indexes move lower....

The U.S. dollar index's slide to three - year lows has caught many off guard, playing out despite interest rate differentials favoring the greenback.

Despite paying the lowest seasonal prices in 12 years, there is always the possibility that unexpected events could lead to higher prices later this summer.

Yet his farm has gone up five-fold since he bought — despite him only visiting it once — and his apartment block has paid out 150 % of what he put in over the years as it's been refinanced at lower interest rates, whilst annual dividends now exceed 35 % of the initial investment!

BHP Billiton VP Huw McKay explains that, despite recent weakness, owing to slowing demand, and against most predictions, to date, the price of the steelmaking raw material is still up 31 %, having retreated from a surge of 52 %, after near - decade lows, in December last year.

In contrast, export volumes decreased over this period, despite strong global demand, as capacity and infrastructure constraints and supply disruptions restricted growth; such supply - side factors have hampered exports for a number of years, with resource export volumes now lower than during 2000 (see the chapter entitled «Australia's Resource Exports — Recent Trends and Prospects» in this Statement).

Still, the weak showing left G.M. with a lower market share for the year than it had a year earlier despite executives» promises that G.M. would begin to grow again after decades of shrinking market share.

U.S. government bond yields and the dollar rose, while U.S. stocks fell on Sept. 20 after the Federal Reserve signalled it still expects to increase interest rates one more time by the end of the year despite a recent bout of low inflation.

Kashagan has huge amounts of oil in store, and according to Financial Times, «Opec, the 14 - member cartel that controls more than a third of all crude production, on Monday said Kashagan's ramp up is one reason it now thinks supplies outside the group will actually grow next year, despite two years of low prices.»

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Consumer spending in particular exerted a -0.5 % drag on GDP growth, and appears to have continued into the new year with a -0.2 % fall of consumer spending in January despite better employment growth (+1.4 % yoy) and lower unemployment (3.2 % in January).

Despite lower production levels, adjusted net earnings, operating cash flow, and free cash flow all increased compared to the prior - year period, primarily driven by higher gold prices.

Seven years after the great financial crisis of 2008, the world economy remains at high risk of a new slump despite continued ultra low interest rates.

Despite their diversification rule, dollar - denominated high - grade bonds offer low yields and a great likelihood of capital losses this year as the Federal Reserve (Fed) raises interest rates.

Low volatility was a major market theme last year as asset prices marched to new highs that were seemingly unchallenged, despite political uncertainties and various geopolitical events.

Last week, the yield on the 10 - year Treasury note broke below 1.70 %, the lowest level since the spring of 2013, despite an upgrade in the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) assessment of U.S. economic conditions.

Despite lower earnings, management reduced its current capital spending budget and expects free cash flow to improve for the remainder of the year.

Wage growth has declined since 2015, despite Japan's unemployment rate falling to its lowest level for 23 years.

«While yesterday's inflation numbers make a Fed rate rise in March more or less a done deal the prospect of additional rate rises later on in the year don't appear to be causing the same consternation in equity markets that they were a week ago, as US markets closed higher for the fourth day in succession, despite initially opening lower in the wake of the release of the data,» said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets.

These low rates have encouraged investors in recent months to pile on risk, taking U.S. equities markets to record highs earlier this year despite an economy that's still being slowed by relatively high unemployment, huge debt levels, and tighter government spending.