Sentences with phrase «years ago any level of»

The greatest example of this is the ongoing attempt to show that Antarctica today is covered in ice because 40 million years ago the level of CO2 in the atmosphere started to drop.

Not exact matches

Two years ago, Noise Solutions installed a system of exhaust silencers and an acoustic enclosure to reduce the ambient sound levels by 23 %.

The most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers show that the fraction of the civilian, non-institutionalized population that is self - employed and running a corporation (incorporated self - employment) was 5.1 percent below its level five years ago, when the current economic recovery was getting underway.

Keywords don't hold the same level of importance they did even a few years ago.

T - Mobile (tmus) was the first to announce the impact of its free iPhone promotion, saying Tuesday that preorders were at an all - time record, and almost four times the level of orders for the popular iPhone 6 two years ago.

There's a level of transparency that banks must now obey, Cramer said, adding that U.S. lenders and their balance sheets are currently «better off» than they were 10 years ago.

Entry - level salaries on average increased 3 percent to $ 49,785 a year ago, marking the highest amount of the average base pay for college graduates in a decade.The analysis was conducted by Korn / Ferry International, an executive - search firm in Los Angeles.

I've been very happy with the Vizio TV I bought a couple of years ago, and the company has brought HDR, a previously high - end feature, to its entry - level line.

The ringgit has lost a quarter of its value against the U.S. dollar this year and fallen to its lowest levels since the Asian financial crisis 17 years ago.

For example, since joining the Osborne Group two years ago, John Bielby has conducted two assignments as interim chief operating officer for small manufacturing companies, applying years of experience garnered in high - level permanent roles at larger manufacturers.

«Many years ago, I began to use the term «intersectionality» to deal with the fact that many of our social justice problems like racism and sexism are often overlapping, creating multiple levels of social injustice,» Crenshaw says.

A paper published a year ago in the Journal of Psychiatric Research found elevated levels of c - reactive protein, a blood - based marker of inflammation (which I wrote about two weeks ago) in survivors of the World Trade Center attack; the more traumatic the experience, the higher the CRP.

The value of $ 5 billion - plus deals is more than triple year - ago levels, according to data provider Thomson Reuters.

Public mood across Europe is disgruntled right now and there are conditions for populist groups to attract levels of support that years ago they could only dream of.

The balance of opinion reached its highest level in five years and indicates that, by a solid margin, businesses across the country saw better indicators of future sales than 12 months ago.

Non-compensation expenses of $ 1.5 billion increased from $ 1.2 billion a year ago primarily reflecting higher levels of business activity and costs associated with the U.K. bank levy.

In Dallas, the suburban market occupancy level climbed to about 91 percent from 86 percent a few years ago and 82 percent in 1990, says Cheri White, CCIM, senior vice president of Davidson Conine Realty Advisors, Inc., in Dallas.

GlobalData Retail estimates that nearly 14 percent of toy sales were made online in 2016, more than double the level five years ago.

The combination of these factors means real interest rates are likely to trade at a lower level than was the case 10 or 20 years ago.

Gasoline prices have been moving up steadily with the price of oil, and are now up 33 cents from last year's levels and almost 20 cents from just a month ago, according to AAA data.

Since Prime Minister Najib Razak started 1MDB seven years ago, the fund's debt levels have swelled amid allegations of financial irregularities lodged by opposition officials.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

With this mindset and a proven ability to operate at all levels of the growth curve, Peter joined RapidMiner two years ago.

Although Robocoin first launched almost two years ago, its bitcoin ATMs haven't achieved the level of penetration that some had expected or hoped for.

We expect to benefit from a higher level of new generic introductions in the fourth quarter versus a year ago, including the third quarter launches of generic versions of Lexapro, SEROQUEL and PLAVIX; we will have some cost associated with the Alliance Boots transaction, the magnitude of which in part will be determined by the actual closing date of the first step.

Uber says that it's normal for an entity that was founded two years ago as of January 2017 to see this level of attrition, particularly as the company recently paid out its employee bonuses.

The mix of information — state level, anecdotal, federally collected, dating from two years ago to last week — is sure to fuel the country's evolving conversation and concern about the potential for violence in a divided America.

According to the National Association of Realtors ®, «Pending home sales inched higher for the second consecutive month in March, but unrelenting inventory constraints once again kept overall activity below year ago levels.»

The big housing market story in Manitoba was a surge of homes being offered for sale with new listings growing to levels almost 14 per cent above where they were a year ago.

If five years from now the yield simply returned to its level of a decade ago (and just in case you think I'm cherry picking, over the past 25 years it has averaged a 7.5 % yield and at the low in 1981 was twice that), bond investors would suffer a meaningful loss of capital.

But «buy - and - hold» investors in the S&P 500 Index are still 25.5 % down from the levels of 10 years ago, the Dow Jones Industrial Index a similar 23.5 % lower and the Nasdaq Composite Index a massive 52.5 % under water.

The company once again pointed to China as an area of intense growth, with sales there nearly doubling from year - ago levels and representing about half of total revenue for the quarter.

Net losses were down by about 60 % from year - ago levels, and even though production was down slightly from the third quarter of 2016, Whiting managed to make considerable progress even with sales of assets that had contributed substantially to production in last year's results.

Adjusted net income came in at $ 4.78 billion, up about 10 % from year - ago levels, and that worked out to adjusted earnings of $ 1.74 per share, topping the consensus forecast for $ 1.72 per share among those following the stock.

While overall consumer sentiment levels have risen to the highest reading since the beginning of 2004, the current conditions component is at the highest level recorded since the measure was first published more than 40 years ago.

The so - called Redbook survey showed last week that same - store sales were up 3.2 % over year - ago levels at 20 of the largest U.S. chain retailers despite continued pressure from online competition.

Aggregate household debt outstanding totaled $ 12.116 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2015, 2.4 %, $ 289 billion, greater than its level of one year ago.

Prices of imported consumption goods at the docks increased by almost 4 per cent in the June quarter, after a very modest rise in the March quarter, and have now regained their level of nearly two years ago.

Inflation expectations of consumers, as measured by the Melbourne Institute, fell sharply from above 7 per cent in the months preceding the introduction of the GST to 4.6 per cent in July, around the levels recorded a year ago (Graph 42).

After having dipped in the second half of last year, home prices in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia have been recovering, are up from levels one year ago, and are now at new heights or trending toward them (Greater Vancouver: 11.4 % y - o - y and Fraser Valley: 18 % y - o - y).

While benchmark home prices were up from year - ago levels in 11 of 13 housing markets tracked by the MLS House Price Index (HPI), price trends continued to vary widely by location.

Polling done a year ago by another well - known pollster, Abacus Data, indicated similarly high levels of support and an identical level of opposition for the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project that currently dominates news coverage in both Alberta and British Columbia.

Technology, communication and travel between countries are at a level we could only have dreamed of a few years ago.

Even though the S&P 500 is less than 3 points above its March peak, and the index remains lower than its level of 5 years ago, and has underperformed T - bills for the past 7 years, I realize that the chatter about «4 year highs» can make it seem frustrating that the Strategic Growth Fund is well hedged here.

While benchmark home prices were up from year - ago levels in 11 of 13 housing markets tracked by the MLS HPI, price trends continued to vary widely by location.

Though we don't expect it just yet, a jump in new claims to about 20 % above year - ago levels (currently implying about 320,000 weekly new claims) would be indicative of a shift from «oncoming» to «commenced» recession.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that mortgage contract rates on purchases of newly built homes rose by 11 basis points over the month of February to 4.14 percent, near its last peak level of 4.18 percent established one year ago in February 2017.

For example, compare the level of consumer awareness today versus, say, five years ago.

In addition, residential investment increased solidly in the quarter, to be up by 6.6 per cent on its year - ago level and forward - looking indicators suggest a continuation of high levels of activity in the housing sector.

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.