Sentence examples for a surprise increase from inspiring English sources

Morrisons achieved a surprise increase in sales over Christmas as customers returned to the supermarket chain.

The Swiss bank reported a surprise increase in profit as it benefited from a tax credit.

A surprise increase in loan loss provisions by Toronto-Dominion Bank in June squarely focused attention on the issue.

A surprise increase in demand should lead firms to raise prices by less if they expect inflation to be low.

RedEnvelope's approach gives it higher margins, analysts said, but it does not provide flexibility to meet a surprise increase in demand.

The chancellor announced some help for working people in the form of a surprise increase in the amount they can earn before paying any income tax.

The difference between the B and C is not a surprise, increasing almost twice the number of Colonies has to result in better solutions.

In anticipation of a court order, Mr. Florio increased education financing by springing a surprise tax increase of $2.8 billion on New Jersey voters.

"We think, without question, the lion's share of that surprise increase is a result of this effort," the director of the Department of City Planning, Joseph B. Rose, said in an interview.

It dislikes any annual increase in average earnings greater than 4.5% (its inflation target, 2.5%, plus the long-run average growth rate of productivity, 2%); rapid wage growth was a cause of this month's surprise increase in interest rates.The minimum wage is adding to the MPC's worries.

In the US, the company reported a surprise 0.9 per cent increase in sales  – the first quarterly gain it has made since 2013.