Discretionary in a sentence

Non-discretionary categories, including consumables and health care remained the pillars of strength with the offset coming from discretionary categories such as hard goods.

These plans (there are now four of them) cap monthly payments at a percentage of discretionary income, with the exact percentage (and the definition of discretionary income) depending on the plan the borrower enrolls in.

PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary Portfolio (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of an index called the S&P SmallCap 600 Capped Consumer Discretionary Index (the Underlying Index).

Discretionary purchases on food have increased at a dramatic rate, at a time when discretionary purchases on fashion haven’t.

Many federal programs have been converted to discretionary programs, Gibson said, noting the agency has been successful in the past in receiving those discretionary grants.

According to new data from the Royal Bank of Canada's spending tracker, Canadians are cutting back their spending on discretionary goods like clothes and restaurants, but spending on non-essential services — especially travel — remained strong.

All spending categories are now in contractionary territory – that is, below 100 per cent – aside from non-discretionary spending, or essentials.

At the sector level, four (Consumer Discretionary, Energy, Industrials, and Materials) are up over 5% so far in June, further illustrating the rotation we have seen to the start of this month.

Back in September the council produced a tailor-made package of initiatives for the Discretionary Cost of Living Support Scheme.

But he noted critics have a “very good point” that the overall discretionary spending caps sought by Republicans could have an impact on veterans.

But overall are we seeing in the client conversations around maybe more holding back or cutting discretionary spend as CVK mentioned in the opening remarks?

But reassessing your budget doesn’t mean cutting back on all discretionary spending long term. In fact, doing so can often backfire.

Cole, who is also chair of the Appropriations subcommittee that funds the departments of Transportation as well as Housing and Urban Development, said he expects House Republicans will move to hold down discretionary spending during the next fiscal year.

Consumer discretionary stocks are likely to benefit from the combination of the strong labor market, solid economic growth, low inflation, and declining interest rates.

Consumer discretionary was the top performing sector last week with ~2.9% gains.

Create a detailed list of your monthly expenditure including rent or mortgage, utilities, groceries, transportation and discretionary spending.

Currys retained its annual guidance as it reported a loss in line with last year in the six months to 28 October, amid subdued discretionary spending levels and a particularly weak performance in the Nordics.

Despite its standing as a discretionary stock, the company’s points to strength regardless of economic conditions.

De Villiers said he used Rector’s discretionary placement policy to get the nephew admitted.

Discretionary spend will vary.