Sentences with phrase «years at historic lows»

Ontario's rates are heavily influenced by U.S. rates, which have just begun to increase after years at historic lows.

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But the 10 - year yield, at around 2.2 % in December 2015, then declined to a historic low.

«Asset values such as the stock market are at all - time highs, every major industry around the world last year grew by more than 20 percent, volatility is at an historic low.

On a historic basis, the value of bitumen in Alberta was at its lowest since 2008 during fiscal year 2012 - 2013, averaging just $ 52.78 / bbl, compared to $ 64.58 the previous year.

Bonds have been in a bull market for 35 years and yields, though off their 2012 lows, remain at historic extremes.

Interest rates have been at historic lows in recent years, allowing borrowers to enjoy relatively cheap debt (with the lowest rates reserved for those with excellent credit scores).

With interest rates at historic lows, many homeowners or buyers may be tempted to choose a 15 - year fixed - rate mortgage over the more typical 30 - year mortgage.

Interest rates have been at historic lows for several years now.

Finally, looking at valuation, European banks traded at a material discount to tangible book value, one standard deviation3 below their historic forward price - earnings multiple, and near a 20 - year low relative to global banking peers as the year came to a close.4 We are also finding select financial sector values in Asia, in both mature, under - earning banking markets like South Korea and Singapore, as well as underpenetrated, growth - oriented markets like China (particularly in insurance) and India (particularly in banking).

At the same time, with rising life expectancy the number of years spent in retirement has increased dramatically, health care costs are high and rapidly rising, and interest rates are at historic lowAt the same time, with rising life expectancy the number of years spent in retirement has increased dramatically, health care costs are high and rapidly rising, and interest rates are at historic lowat historic lows.

«We really do expect, based on our current trending, that crime at the end of the year will possibly hit historic lows,» Bratton said at the time.

«We really do expect, based on our current trending, that crime at the end of the year will possibly hit historic lows,» he added.

«We really do expect, based on our current trending, that crime at the end of the year will possibly hit historic lows,» he said.

Torres told reporters that the city is «unquestionably» better off now than it was four years ago, that crime is at historic lows, that job growth at historic highs and that police - community relations «show real signs of improvement.»

With the BBC calculating Labour's projected national share at 23 %, that puts the party another per cent lower than its historic low from last year.

Mayor Warren applauded the Rochester Police Department for keeping crime at historic lows last year, but she decried the heart - breaking challenge of gun violence.

Albrecht Goertz's gorgeous 503 could not have come at a worse time for BMW, as Douglas Blain explains in Drama Queen / In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Two.

Rates, at historic lows earlier this year, have begun to climb and many experts believe they'll continue their upward trajectory through 2015.

Since rates are at historic lows, it is projected by most experts, that mortgage rates will go up in the next 3 - 5 years.

In recent years, the rate of interest charged for home mortgages has been at historic lows.

The prime rate has been at historic lows for a number of years, but is expected to start rising soon, which means that a low variable interest rate now will very likely wind up being more expensive in a few years.

Ten - year terms have become more popular recently, because fixed mortgage rates are at historic lows.

«The S&P 500 now yields 2.3 %, while the 10 - year Treasury's yield at 2.1 % is near historic lows.

Investors in «risk - free» US Treasuries at historic lows would have to extend out 30 years to get a return of 3.11 %, a yield still lower than the yield in the above funds.

We are at historic lows with taxes, and we were probably more prosperous 20 - 30 years ago when taxes were higher.

For the last few years when interest rates were at historic lows, the charge was more tolerable.

«The historic low number of killings at Los Angeles Animal Services is the result of years and years of hard work.

«The historic low number of killings at Los Angeles Animal Services is the result of years and years of hard work,» said Aimee Gilbreath, executive director of Found Animals Foundation, an No - Kill L.A. coalition partner, in a statement.

Credit card charge - offs — which measure the number of accounts that credit card issuers have written off as uncollectible — are also at historic lows, falling 23 percent since this time last year.

``... for total area of ice, we are at a low that is historic over not just the satellite era, but at least 1450 years into the past.»

In the period of rapid world growth over the last 60 years, billions have come out of poverty and conflicts are at an historic low.

For seven of the last eight years, the world has consumed more grain than it produced; grain stocks are now at a historic low.

In 1963, seven years after creation of NLADA's Defender section, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright that a low - income person accused of a serious crime was entitled to defense counsel at state expense — a foundation of modern public defense.

Also, keep in mind, even though the rates are at historic lows, every year you get older they increase so now is the best time to secure a policy to protect your family.

It takes several years, with interest rates at historic lows in 2016, to reach a breakeven point, when total premiums paid equals the cash surrender value of the policy.

Term life insurance, which lasts a specific length of time (5 - 30 years) is at historic low rates because people are living longer.

And thanks to increased access to birth control, the rate of unintended pregnancy is at a 30 - year low and the rate of pregnancy among teenagers is at a historic low.

Although the 10 - year Treasury yield jumped about 80 basis points to 3.3 % in mid-December, rates remain at historic low levels.

In recent years, the national FSBO rate as a percentage of all sales has held steady at 8 percent: «Despite the prevalence of online viewing, FSBOs are at near historic lows,» Yun says.

«There is still a strong demand for «floaters,» but we have treasuries at a 40 - year historic low, so this is a good time to lock in low rates with a long - term, fixed rate mortgage,» says Dave Koletic, a director in mortgage origination and placement for Wachovia Securities.

«Without the expected pick - up in building as job gains rose in recent years, new and existing inventory has shrunk, prices have shot up and affordability has eroded despite mortgage rates at or near historic lows.»

But I do think rates will stay at historic lows, and that we're looking at another good year ahead.

Accordingly, mortgage rates, which move in response to the fed funds rate, have hovered at or near historic lows for years.

While we don't know how the recent election or the «Fiscal Cliff» might impact interest rates, according to Ruffner, we do know that, «For those in a position to buy a home, rates are at historic lows and they have been for much of this year.

I'm not a financial analyst, an investment banker, or an economist with a degree from an Ivy League school, however, my 10 years of real world loan origination experience tells me we are nearing the end of a historic opportunity to lock in long term mortgage money at extremely low interest rates.

Although mortgage rates may increase slightly later this year, they will continue to be at historic lows.

«Interest rates will remain at or near historic lows, and home prices will stabilize and start to rise by the end of the year,» said Liniger.

«Given that August 2006 was the peak of the housing bubble, this eight - and - a-half year low in foreclosure activity is a significant milestone and a sign that nationwide foreclosure activity is on track to return to historic norms this year,» says Daren Blomquist, vice president at RealtyTrac.

Mortgage interest rates remain at historic lows, with financial website Bankrate.com reporting that the average rate on a 30 - year fixed - rate mortgage loan stood at 3.43 percent in mid-October.

Even though some housing figures are increasing at double - digit year - over-year rates, they are rebounding from historic lows.