Last quarter for the first time in four quarters, we actually had positive economic growth, so I think that's a precursor to a more sustained recovery.
Economic growth would be decidedly different in quarters three and four than they were in quarters three and four as a result of what's happening on the recovery plan.
Ford spent half of it in just four quarters on stock buybacks, special dividends and acquisitions, and quickly found itself in a cash crunch.
"Real export growth outpaced import growth in all four quarters of 2006, " Lazear said.
Nonetheless, the firm has still soared above analyst predictions in all four quarters sinceits IPO.
Same-store sales at U.S. Wal-Mart locations have now advanced in four straight quarters, even as shoppers are constrained by tight budgets.
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We've got, if you look at -- if you just look at what the bill did, as a result of that legislation, for the first time in four economic quarters we had positive growth.
We expect 1.7% growth in real personal consumption expenditures in the four quarters ending September 2008 even under our soft-landing scenario, below the 2% four-quarter low in the 2001 recession (see graph and further discussion in the attachment.) In recent years, we predicted and explained the resilience in U.S. consumption growth in terms of job prospects and the high actual household savings rate.
Profit growth accelerated in the past four quarters, and sales accelerated in the past three.
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In total, in the last four quarters, the inventory swing provided 58% of the 3.0% rise in real GDP.
Earnings growth accelerated in the past two quarters, with sales accelerating four quarters in a row.
The economy that shrank for four quarters in a row has now grown for three quarters in a row.
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However, earnings from continuing operations have exceeded consensus estimates in the past four quarters.
In its last four quarters 41% has come from other devices, mostly from music players.
In the past four quarters it surprised by nearly 218% on average.
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Apple has grown revenues on a year over year basis 82% in this past quarter, and an average of over 75% in the past four quarters.
After rising sequentially by 15.7%, 11.7%, 27.9% and 15.9% in the prior four quarters respectively, they only increased by 8.4% between Q1 2013 and the most recent Q2 2013.
This index fell by six points in May to 45, its lowest since 1995. (A score below 50 suggests that more builders reckon the market is poor than think it good.) Economists at Goldman Sachs estimate, from the fall in the homebuilders' index, that construction will fall at an annual rate of 10-15% in the next four quarters.
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Lloyd contends that that Cisco has gained share in core routing in each of the last four quarters, while gaining ground in edge routing in each of the last two quarters.
According to the new series, economic activity has risen in three of the last four quarters but is still close to the minimum level reached in the second quarter of 2012.
The company has reported falling revenue for four quarters in a row.
The company has seen decreasing revenue for four quarters in a row.
Due to the ongoing restructuring process as well as the transition to 4G LTE taking place in many parts of the world, the venture not only returned to operating profitability last quarter but also generated cash for four quarters in a row.
In each of the last four quarters, the company has seen double-digit year-over-year revenue growth.
Tiffany missed earnings expectations by an average of 8.5% in 2012, with four consecutive quarters of profit that failed to impressed.
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