The personal savings rate dropped to a negative number of minus 0.5 % in the firstquarter.
Examples of 'negative number' in a sentence
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Never had a negative number seemed so certain.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Percentages don't work when calculating a change from a negative number to a positive one.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He is the subject of negative numbers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They are all negative numbers, unless prefixed with a +.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is easy to come a cropper when negative numbers are involved.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They heard he was having deep discussions with an infant school teacher about negative numbers.
The Sun (2009)
Pupils will learn long multiplication and division, fractions, decimals and negative numbers before leaving primary school.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The negative numbers were forecast despite the fact government program payouts are expected to hit new levels.
canada.com (2004)
Some have even reduced rates to modestly negative numbers, forcing banks to pay interest on reserves held with them.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In a quarterly study, the number of surveyors experiencing a rise in privately funded housing projects outweighed those seeing negative numbers by 41 per cent.