Research by the impartial Centre for Public Policy for Regions (CPPR), an economic think tank, warned that Alex Salmond had «skewed in an optimistic manner» estimates for North Sea oil revenues and failed to incorporate recent downward trends in production. (politics.co.uk)
The recent downward trend in export volumes has been much less pronounced than that in export values. (rba.gov.au)
Arts GCSE entries seem to be holding up, but it is unclear for how long given the recent downward trend in curriculum time. (thenferblog.org)