Sentence examples for basic measure of a from inspiring English sources

The most basic measure of a lender's profitability is the gap between what it charges borrowers and the interest it has to pay depositors.

The reports go beyond the basic measure of a school's success — the percentage of students who earn a diploma — to let educators know whether they have been preparing those students for college or simply churning them out.

Betas, the basic measure of a stock's volatility, were calculated once a year.

Per capita GDP - a basic measure of a country's wealth - is $16,000, about half that of the US.

UNICEF considers child mortality rates the basic measure of a country's advancement.

GDP per capita is a basic measure of a country's overall economic activity and development.

Likewise, when previous generations declared that every citizen of this country deserved a basic measure of security — a floor through which they could not fall — we helped millions of Americans live in dignity, and gave millions more the confidence to aspire to something better, by taking a risk on a great idea.

The number of ATP molecules generated by metabolizing one molecule of glucose the ATP yield is one of the most basic measures of an organism's energy efficiency.

As I have often said, a smart company knows that a valuable employee who travels with a basic measure of comfort is a more productive employee — even if that means paying for a business-class seat to ensure that the employee can work and rest on the plane and then arrive ready to go after that long flight to Shanghai.

The networking scales provide a basic measure of membership in a community.

Reforms of bank-capital rules by the Basel committee, known as Basel 2, due to come into force in January 2007, will require bank regulators to use agencies' ratings as a basic measure of the riskiness of a bank's credit portfolio.