We note that nonresidential construction, even with the jump in the second quarter, is still near its all-time low relative to GDP, so gains there should continue, given the high levels of liquidity in the economy.
The yield on dividend-paying equities is at or near all-time highs, relative to Treasuries, and I think represents a pretty good value right now in the marketplace.
With better focus and alignment, they are able to innovate more effectively, bring their innovations to market more efficiently, boost top-line growth and reduce relative costs--all at the same time.
There are plenty of forthright arguments against all these points - and the relative success of a social-media driven campaign like Stop Malaria shows that the established aid industry can often benefit from a good shake-up.
By the standard measure of purchasing-power parity, which reflects currencies' relative buying power, all of South-East Asia's currencies are now undervalued.
To earlier generations, escaping the claustrophobic all-knowingness of a village for the relative anonymity of the city was one of the more liberating aspects of modern life.
In the last three years, the relative dollar-split among all eight buckets hasn't changed much.
We have a whole chapter on strengthening the American labor force, because that's where we certainly talk about, certainly in terms of this recession, the degree to which different demographic groups -- young people, blacks and African Americans -- all that have seen higher unemployment rates relative to the average.
In the middle ranks, outside hotspots such as London, the south-east and Bristol, the rewards are often not out of line with those for comparable private-sector jobs, if pensions, benefits and holidays are all added in, and have recently been rising in relative terms as private-sector pay has stalled.
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In the end, we hope that -- on all sides -- that the necessity of achieving the goals that both parties share outweighs the relative advantages or disadvantages that there might be politically.
That would send capital flooding back into Japan--making Japanese stocks strong relative to all else.
Of all occupations, protective-service occupations suffered the greatest relative increase in workplace fatalities in 2007, jumping 20% to 314.
In an oil-drenched region, all these countries are united by the relative scarcity of their energy reserves.
Increased scope impels the imperative of education as not only an absolute right for all, but also a relative necessity to engage the avant-garde.
The increase in the value of the yuan since 2004 means that the price of oil, iron ore, copper, agricultural products and all other commodities have gone down by 25% for China-based manufacturing relative to U.S. based manufacturing.
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Consumer food cost inflation, relative to all other goods, has risen to twice its 2005-2007 rate of increase as well due to sharp increases in corn, soybean and wheat prices.
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If there's a star to blame here (and, to be clear, I'm not sure there is I'd bet the amateur look and sound of the movie is what kept audiences away), it's lead actress Julianne Hough, whose first three music-and-dance features since leaving "Dancing with the Stars" have all been relative box office disappointments.
"What's unique at this point, relative to all the nation's history, is that the long-term budget is in permanent imbalance, " says economist C.
It amazes me that this city, with its endless concrete, its hurried masses, its inwardly-looking manner and relative indifference to the water that surrounds it on all sides, has the excellent inshore sport fishery that it does.
Unfortunately, the recent Journal of the American Medical Association publication analyzing life expectancy correlations to one imperfect calculation of relative weight (BMI, the body mass index) distracts readers all-too-eager to cling to its implications that being chubby is actually better.
This shortfall could have been handled with relative ease but for the fact that both government and private oil inventories were at all-time lows.
We decided early in the day that we needed to capture the hustle and bustle of the pilgrims' departure -- to give CNN International viewers a sense of how these millions of people, from all walks of life, with relative order: proceed on their way to perform rites that their co-religionists had instructed them in the seventh century.
Other most-wanted wheels range from a relative economy car from Volvo, to the first luxury-brand hybrid from Lexus, to an all-wheel drive Audi, the carmaker s fastest to date.
With newly listed states coming in ahead of African nations (or non-African nations moving above them), it is clear that the region's competitiveness relative to all others remains poor.
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