Second, although output is up sharply compared with last year (when it slumped), the crucial comparison is with the year before.
On a year-to-year comparison, June sales likely will be up about 21 percent from June 2011.
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The Nationwide conducts a straightforward monthly year-on-year comparison, although this could be affected by short-term blips.
The results benefited by comparison to the year-earlier quarter, which was weighed down by a massive legal charge.
Now, thanks to Sandy, Home Depot has a better chance of matching the year-over-year comparison on its comparable store sales.
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While this remains a positive score, a year-by-year comparison shows that the U.S. dropped three ranks from 2011 to 2012.
By comparison, this year there were four million fewer vehicles on the road in America than there were the year before.
Proper usage: When two companies merge, the pro forma data give shareholders a point of comparison from one year to the next.
The year-over-year comparison are especially demanding in Poland, where sales rose 6.5%.
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The company has a difficult comparison with last year when there were many clearance sale events as goods bought under the previous management were sold off.
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Meanwhile, research by the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium (NIRC) and the Springboard consultancy suggests that fewer people visited the shops in January in comparison to last year.
Meanwhile, the San Jose Mercury News was left out of the year-to-year comparison because its 2010 figure represents the absorption of the Contra Costa Times and several other smaller papers.
In comparison with last year, or the year before, the UK consumer is a little bit poorer: the recession might have taken general living standards back to about 2004, maybe 2005.
In April, tourism was still down 35% in comparison to last year, reported the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, a government office that collects statistical data on the country.
According to DisplaySearch, overall PDP sales were up 89% last quarter in comparison to last year's second quarter. 1.13 million PDPs were sold in the quarter and PDPs now account for 2.9% of the worldwide television market.
Examine your budget to actual comparison and your spending year to date.
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The survey, in comparison to responses last year, also suggests that sixth formers are increasingly expecting to face financial hardship while at university.
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In the first quarter, the company expects off-peak seasonality to dampen on-quarter growth, although demand will be up in comparison with the previous year.
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By comparison, Brazil five year CDS trade at 115 over.
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The nearest comparison was 1903 but this year was, he said, truly remarkable.
It also loves right now to talk about its present numbers in comparison with those of a year ago.
This year, in comparison with earlier periods, there has already been a dramatic reduction in the level of violence.
He made the comparison following the 19-year-old's electrifying running display in his side's 23-9 EDF Energy Cup win over Leicester.
But that article, like many others in the magazine this year, stands comparison with the best of the Laguerre era.
"Saint-Gobain expects 2009 to be an extremely challenging year, particularly in the first six months, due to a higher year-on-year basis for comparison, " the company said.
Contrasted to this time last year, the comparison is staggering.
Almost all of her outfits in the past year have paled in comparison.
The researchers studied results from international comparison tests taken by 10-year-olds in 2003.
By comparison, Hurricane Isaac earlier this year caused a temporary 45-cent-a-gallon increase in retail gasoline prices, Mr. Daco said.
Bespoke adds that if you want to make a comparison between now and any other year, it should be 1995.
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