Sentences with phrase «year lows as»

In fact, Bitcoin transactions are now at one - year lows as average fees drop to four - month lows.

European stocks were more than 4.7 percent in the red after Asian shares slumped to 3 - year lows as a three month - long rout in Chinese equities threatened to get out of hand.

Oh, and crude oil futures have also hit new 13 - year lows as Iran marks its return to markets by dumping millions of barrels that have been stored, sanctions - bound, for years.

Belarusian Potash Co. supplied about 42 per cent of the world's potash exports before it broke up and sent prices to a four - year low as major buyers like China and India waited to see how far prices would fall.

Copper futures fell to a four - year low as a rout in the energy market drove raw materials lower.

The euro fell to a two - year low as fed - up investors questioned the region's ability to solve its debt crisis conclusively.

The stock had tumbled 15 % year to date through Monday and closed at a five - year low as recently as April 2.

Shares at a 30 year low as the DoJ Investigation and settlement talks ongoing — $ 14 Billion settlement being bandied about.

The National Association of REALTORS (R) recently reported that housing affordability has fallen to a five - year low as home price increases have outpaced income growth.

«Affordability has fallen to a five - year low as home price increases easily outpaced income growth,» he said.

Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell for a second week and hit a 13 - year low as mortgage rates rose due to a bond market sell - off following the Federal Reserve's decision to pare its bond purchase stimulus in January, an industry group said on Tuesday.

Not exact matches

The loonie has hit its lowest low in two years, but as far as economists are concerned, Canadians have little to fret about — unless some State - side shopping is on your to - do list.

NEW YORK, April 23 - The U.S. dollar rallied to a four - month high on Monday as the 10 - year Treasury yield's climb toward the psychologically important 3 percent level spurred buying of the greenback, leaving the euro and yen lower.

CHICAGO / SAN FRANCISCO, April 20 - As the gap between short - and long - term borrowing costs hovers near its lowest in more than 10 years, speculation has risen over whether the so - called yield curve is signaling that a recession could be around the corner.

Flipkart had vetoed an approach from Amazon for a 51 to 55 percent stake in the company two years ago, a source told Reuters, judging its offered price as far too low at the time.

But in recent years, as the Bank of Canada held interest rates to historically low levels and consumer debt skyrocketed, the federal government tightened mortgage restrictions on regulated financial institutions, including HCG.

During a public webcast on January 14 when the 10 - year yield was at around 3.0 % and when Wall Street said it would climb to 3.4 %, Gundlach predicted that it could fall as low as 2.5 % in the near - term.

That suggests ongoing job growth in an economy many regard as near full employment, with the jobless rate at a 17 - year low of 4.1 percent.

At various points in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, new stock market records and historically low unemployment rates were used as a synonym for a booming economy, or after the financial crisis, to signal that the economy was recovering — even though many workers and households experienced stagnating or steadily declining incomes for years or even decades.

T - Mobile Celebrates 5 Years as a Public Company with Record - Low Churn, Industry - Leading Customer Growth, and Strong Profitability

Crabill says they fall into three categories: disgruntled 35 - 45 year olds (like me) who see cable as a fundamental rip - off and now refuse to pay for it; low - income or penny pinching folks who decide they can't afford $ 100 cable bills; millennials who like TV, but don't understand why people would sign up for a cable contract in the first place.

Claims had fallen to 229,000 in the prior week, near a 44-1/2 - year low, and remain well below the 300,000 level generally regarded as signaling a healthy labor market.

In the above table, I have selected a few prior years with interim high and low readings, as well as the last 4 years, and further broken out 2015 by quarter.

Still, there is a temptation to abandon one's past investing style when higher P / E stocks outperform lower ones over multiple years, as they've done lately, Harper says.

U.S. health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related costs.

For one thing, those 10 - year Canada bonds are yielding just 1.14 % and could lose value should interest rates rebound from their recent lows, as many market - watchers expect.

Low prices knocked him off the Rich 100 in 2015, but this year, McEwan Mining soared more than 150 % as prices rose again.

Two more years of economic pain Australia faces a longer period of low growth, higher debt and higher unemployment than predicted just four weeks ago as the wave of job losses gathered strength, with clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands axing 1850 staff across the country.

As a record number of people took to the skies in the U.S. last year, the airline industry found customer satisfaction edged lower.

Britain's main business network has boosted its forecast for the country's economic growth this year and next but lowered it for 2018, as uncertainties surrounding the Brexit process persist.

And transportation companies, such as airlines, are likely to benefit this year, as low oil costs shave a significant amount off their operating expenses.

The Fed permitted the quantity of money to decline by one - third from 1929 to 1933, just as the Bank of Japan permitted monetary growth to be low or negative in recent years.

As for «peak earnings,» Michael Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist and CIO of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, said in a note to clients on Sunday that» [W] e think the market is digesting the fact that the tax cut last year has created a lower quality increase in US earnings growth that almost guarantees a peak rate of change by 3Q.»

In many cases, acceleration should lower their costs, as nominal interest rates will likely be higher two years from now than they are today, and idle construction crews in Alberta are relatively abundant.

On Friday, the dollar index was up 4 % from its lows of the year hit on February 16, as traders found it increasingly expensive to bet against the dollar's decline.

Real wages are as low as they were 60 years ago.»

Sure, the world has changed over the last 90 years, but that time period does include periods when interest rates were every bit as low as they are today.

On the data front, fourth - quarter current account figures showed the deficit fell, hitting its lowest level in more than a year, as an increase in the primary income surplus offset a soybean - driven drop in exports.

Record - low interest rates, as set by the Fed in recent years, have squeezed bank margins.

August 14 - The ringgit, which had been on a downward trend, plunges to a 17 - year low, losing as much as 2.6 percent to 4.1180 per dollar, in part due to concerns about the Federal Reserve's expected rate hike, and also because outside investors are concerned about the turmoil surrounding Najib.

A year after its initial public offering, we look back at the social media giant's highs and lows as a public company.

The numbers are getting lower each year as more sharks die as by - catch in fishing operations and get hunted for their dorsal fins.

European markets closed lower on Monday as the euro hit a two - and - a-half year high and investors kept a close eye on the moves in oil.

On Monday, the yen slid towards 99 per dollar, its lowest in nearly four years, as markets prepared for the BOJ to start buying about 70 percent of debt issued by the government.

April 30 - Whiting Petroleum Corp reported first - quarter profit on Monday compared with a year - ago loss as the U.S. oil producer benefited from higher oil prices and lower costs.

April 30 (Reuters)- Whiting Petroleum Corp reported first - quarter profit on Monday compared with a year - ago loss as the U.S. oil producer benefited from higher oil prices and lower costs.

«As has been clear for several years now, the cities that do best in this ranking are mid-sized conurbations in countries with low population densities.

Regulators in 47 states have been allowing businesses to raise up to $ 1 million a year through shares priced as low as $ 1 using a financing technique called the small corporate offering registration, or SCOR.

The stock slipped as much as 2.2 % on Wednesday to $ 104.50, the lowest intraday price in nearly four years.

A few cities on the lower - half of the list shuffled spots from last year, but not Canada's, which retained not only the same rankings from last year but the same scores as well.