Sentence examples for straight increase from inspiring English sources

This was the third straight increase and a faster pace than in July.

The June rise was the second straight increase and put the inventory-sales ratio at its highest since February.

Japan's current account surplus grew 34percentt in November from the month a year ago, the fifth straight increase.

It was the fifth straight increase in median income, the first time that has happened since the bureau started keeping track of household incomes since 1967.

The Jets, who went four years without a price increase during their lean years before the Bill Parcells era, announced their third straight increase yesterday.

[C1.] Stocks Slide as Market Awaits Another Rate Increase Stocks slid as investors anticipated the Federal Reserve's 15th straight increase in interest rates.

The consecutive declines in sales in May and June followed 13 straight increases in total business sales.

The four-week average of claims, a less volatile measure, fell by 2,500, to 485,500, its first decrease after four straight increases.

In fact, an overlapping area of observation above each of Earth's poles will be seen for a whole year straight, increasing the likelihood of catching some rare phenomenon.

We are bullish on housing, but after four straight increases in the index but no meaningful gain in new home sales or mortgage demand, we feared a correction in the survey this month," he said in an email.

American employers hired far fewer workers than expected in November, U.S. government data showed Friday, though the gain was the fourth straight monthly increase and the unemployment rate inched lower.