But the impressive showing was clouded somewhat by lower-than-expected signing of new contracts during the quarter, which were below $10 billion.
On Friday I wrote about young adult enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, looking at Humana's lower-than-expected sign-up rate and the District's really robust levels of enrollment in that demographic.
So for all we know, the retention rate of February-December sign-ups also was one-quarter lower than January sign-ups--though for the theoretical reasons just described, this is quite unlikely.
Many of those mega-deals have since ended, but there are still borrowers sitting on cheap standard variable rates and enjoying monthly repayments much lower than they signed up for.
A protest gathering in central Moscow passed off peacefully and with lower-than-expected numbers, a sign that political passions are perhaps cooling as Russia approaches its 10-day new year holiday.
In particular, the response rate to applications signed with a Moroccan-sounding name is, on average, 18 percentage points lower than to those signed by natives.
The experimental numerical comparison shows that the laboratory results are lower than numerical, while signs and orders of magnitude are the same.
While data on existing-home sales on Friday came in lower than expected, most signs point to the housing market emerging from its long slide.
In contrast, in the first five sessions, the proportion of the 1,000 grids with a better fit than the local model was significantly lower than 0.5 (Wilcoxon signed-rank test [WSRT], z = −3.724, p = 1.964 × 10−4; Figure 2F).
His tactic: sitting lower than the man, a sign of deference, and praising his leadership.
But output was still 7% lower than February last year - a sign of a continuing weakness in the sector.
