Sentence examples for The sharpest rate from inspiring English sources

Capacity came under renewed pressure, with backlogs rising at the sharpest rate since May 1997.

Subsequently, service providers raised their own prices at the sharpest rate since January 2014.

Early this month, consumer sentiment dropped by the sharpest rate since August 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait.

France posted a rise in output driven by the private sector, which increased output at the sharpest rate in 10 months during August.

The Conference Board reported today that consumer confidence plummeted in September at the sharpest rate since October 1990, which was during the last recession.

"Such is the demand for staff that the availability of people to fill temporary roles has fallen at the sharpest rate in 18 years.

He said: "The sharp rate in decline we are experiencing is unprecedented.

Although growing advertising revenue continued to fuel the company's earnings, the rate of ad revenue growth at both The Times and The Globe was still below the sharp rate of increase in the 1999 third quarter.

One of the starker recent trends in all job data is the sharp rate of inflation in benefits costs.

A closely watched index released on Tuesday showed that home prices tumbled by the sharpest annual rate ever in July, but that the rate of the monthly decline slowed.

Painfully high inflation was the bank's preoccupation at the end of last year - the result of the collapse of the value of the rouble - and it was the reason for the very sharp rate rise late last year.