Sentence examples for rates of optimism from inspiring English sources

The data showed that 88 per cent of Britons believe that if you work hard you can get ahead in life, up from 84 per cent last year, and 78 per cent in 2010, some of the highest rates of optimism in the EU.

Scientists have found that poor or little sleep is associated with lower rates of optimism and self-esteem.

I wish I could say that falling interest rates reflect a surge of optimism about U.S. federal finances.

For the furnishings industry, whose health depends on new home starts and sales and big empty rooms to fill, lower interest rates brought a dose of optimism.

That influx of capital pushed up wages and, together with rising stockmarkets and lower income-tax rates, created a mood of optimism among City professionals.A quarter of a century on, the City is far bigger: it established a second cluster in the early 1990s at Canary Wharf, a few miles east of Broadgate.

Critics point to what they see as a legacy of dispossession and inequality, and defenders point to world-class companies, enviable growth rates and a general tide of optimism that has changed the way the world looks at India and India looks at itself.

A stronger-than-expected employment report in Australia and news that New Zealand was confident enough in its economic prospects to raise interest rates added to the sense of optimism, as did better-than-expected results on weekly jobless claims in the United States.

Lower mortgage rates help explain why an index of optimism among builders rose this month.

A meta-analysis 26 found higher levels of optimism for self rated health in people aged 75 or more compared with younger age groups, when comparative measures (compared with people of the same age) as opposed to absolute measures were used.

At first glance, the bond market seems to agree with the Fed: Higher interest rates can be seen as a sign of optimism about the economy.

The servicer asserted the rating agencies are incorrect in their optimism; recovery rates of 60percentt are unattainable.