Analysts had expected an increase of less than 3percentt.
Statistics show a price increase of less than 1%.
At first blush, an increase of less than 1percentt doesn't sound like much.
Wal-Mart's earnings rose 4.1percentt, and Home Depot eked out an increase of less than 1percentt.
Home Depot, whose profit was forecast to decline, eked out an increase of less than 1percentt.
Instead of a tax increase of less than 1percentt, Peekskill's homeowners should have been billed an extra 18.6percentt during 2006-7, Dr. McCann said.
Nevertheless, the size of the increase took its experts by surprise - days ago the Halifax said it was anticipating an increase of less than 1percentnt.
Sales for the quarter are expected to come in lower than anticipated by Wall Street, showing an increase of less than 5percentt.
Hospitals in New York City, on Long Island and in Westchester and Rockland Counties will get an increase of less than $60 million over 10 years.
United Way of Tri-State, an umbrella group for 32 agencies in metropolitan New York, raised $108 million from major employers, an increase of less than 1percentt.
Statewide, employers added 6,300 jobs in May, an increase of less than 0.1percentt from April, said the Labor Department, which adjusts statewide figures for seasonal factors.
