Sentences with phrase «by sharp declines»

Food prices decreased 0.2 percent, led by sharp declines in pork, fresh fruit and dairy product costs.

Thus far, 2017 has been defined by a sharp decline in the dollar.

The year - over-year improvement was driven primarily by a sharp decline in production costs -LRB--16 %), which more than offset a 2 % pullback in sales.

It is therefore a striking paradox in our day that «the revival of religion» in Christianity and in Judaism has been accompanied by a sharp decline in genuine ethical concern.

At least that is suggested by the sharp decline in union membership in Wisconsin since the enactment of Act 10.

As you can see on the chart below, the reversal date did mark the end of a five - day corrective rally and triggered a sell signal at 1176.75, followed by sharp decline to 1128.25, before the market found any support.

In Japan the console has sold 329,152 in it's first week, followed by a sharp decline in the second week of only 61,998 consoles sold.

DLA Piper saw its global revenue surpass $ 2.5 bn (# 1.79 bn) for the first time in 2015, but its topline gains were offset by a sharp decline in profits, writes The Am Law Daily.

In fact, Intel's strong growth in servers, mirrored by a sharp decline in mobile and stationary endpoints, points to far fewer gâteaux being baked in its plants overall.

The housing market likely won't be deeply affected by the sharp decline in stocks in recent days because underlying economic fundamentals remain strong.

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Toothbrush: The moustache made popular by Charlie Chaplin, but whose popularity hit a sharp decline thanks to one Adolph Hitler.

Perth has suffered the biggest drop in house prices, falling 2.4 per cent in the June quarter, as capital city house prices across Australia decline by the sharpest rate in nearly than three years.

A cyclical downturn, a sharp decline in stock prices, or an unexpectedly steep increase in real interest rates dictated by skeptical overseas investors might be the catalyst that prompts legislators to get serious.

The other way is by determining how sharp any decline is.

Much of this contraction is due to the sharp pullback in investment in the oil patch, now expected to decline by 40 per cent over the course of the year.

The port city of Tianjin saw the sharpest fall in its livability score among the eight Chinese cities surveyed, with the drop compounded by a decline in its environment score following an explosion at a chemical factory a year ago.

During the quarter, Equities operated in an environment characterized by a significant decline in global equity markets and a sharp increase in volatility levels.

However, last month's sharp decline was accompanied by increased regulatory risk and signs of fatigue in the market.

Some analysts said the sharp swings in offshore exchange rates and borrowing costs appeared to be engineered by the Chinese leadership, as a way to ease depreciation pressure on the renminbi and to discourage speculation — namely short - sellers, investors who bet on declines in the currency, often by using borrowed funds.

Figure 1 shows how EBITDA gives the misleading impression that gas station operators CST Brands (CST) is increasing profits when its true profitability as measured by return on invested capital (ROIC) is in sharp decline.

A range of factors have driven this shift, including a sharp reduction in the cost to advance technology companies to proof of concept and business model validation — aided by declining infrastructure expenses, the rise of cloud - based software and service providers, and «pay as you grow» cost structures.

A mistake compounded by the fact that first - class mail has been in sharp decline over the past decade, which has turned package delivery into a big money loser for the U.S. postal service.

By nibbling on positions instead of gorging I am able to slowly build up a holding and still have some cash on the side to take advantage of a sharp decline should it happen.

According to the World Gold Council (WGC), demand for gold slipped by 7 percent in 2017 compared with a year earlier on the back of a decline in central - bank purchases, a sharp slide in inflows into gold ETFs (exchange - traded funds) and a 10 - percent fall in coin investments.

Microsoft and Nokia previously looked at buying RIM but were scared off by sharp sales declines in the United States, a source familiar with the matter previously told The Globe and Mail.

The sharp drop in direct investment is a concern, although the decline is magnified by the decisions of a few big international oil companies to leave northern Alberta.

While momentum traders might be turned off by the stock's sharp decline in recent months, Delaney believes that Jabil is too cheap to pass up given his view of a long - term earnings recovery.

The sharp year - over-year decline in Sanmina's non-GAAP EPS was caused by a narrower non-GAAP operating margin of 3.1 %, compared to 4.2 % in the year - ago quarter.

The decline in issuance was sharper than can be readily explained by seasonality and the fall in housing loan approvals in 2004 and appears to have been driven by a fall in issuer supply rather than investor demand, given that primary spreads have narrowed by at least 5 basis points over the period, to historically low levels.

The price of gold fell by 2.4 per cent in SDR terms over the three months to January, with a sharp decline in January.

The U.S. oil - rig count fell by 13 to 400 in the latest week, according to Baker Hughes Inc., maintaining a recent clip of sharp declines.

More than 75 percent of farmland sold in the District was purchased by farmers despite a slight decrease from a few years ago and sharp declines in U.S. farm income (Chart 4).

The sudden and sharp declines in equity markets over the last couple of sessions is still being attributed to higher interest rate expectations although the move appears to have been exacerbated by a combination of automated trading and panic selling.

«A short, sharp break off of all - time highs is never how bear markets begin» adding they tend to fall by 2 to 3 percent a month over their entire duration, with most of the decline coming in the last 40 percent.

The decline, the biggest since July, was driven by a sharp drop in demand for civilian aircraft.

United States By Gordon Platt Goldman Sachs: Fraud allegations hit its reputation The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with fraud on April 16, causing a sharp decline in equity prices, particularly for financial shares, and especially...

Much of the criticism, I expect, is generated by envy of the Legion's success, especially in attracting priestly vocations in a time when vocations to most other religious orders are in sharp decline.

By then the supply pressures behind the price surge, New Zealand's drought and a sharp decline in Australian production, will have eased, and northern hemisphere new - season milk production will be hitting the world market.

He is a catastrophic owner and until he is forced out by TOTALLY EMPTY GROUNDS and a sharp decline in his investments value, he will stay.

In 2006, only 7.6 % of home births were delivered by physicians, a sharp decline from 1990, when 21.6 % of home births were delivered by physicians.

Recent data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, had showed that a sharp decline was recorded in revenue accruable to the Federal Government from the petroleum sector, as the country's earnings from crude oil export dropped to N5.271 trillion for the nine month period, January to September 2015.

Cuomo has returned to the effort to oust de Blasio with a vengeance, bolstered by the impact of state and federal probes into the mayor's official conduct and fund - raising activities, a newly disclosed state Board of Elections memo accusing the mayor and his allies of «willful and flagrant» violations of state law, and polls showing de Blasio's popularity in sharp decline, the sources said.

Hein also noted rising personnel costs and a sharp decline in revenues generated by boarding out - of - of - county inmates at the Ulster County Jail as challenges in developing the 2017 spending plan.

Labour's corresponding decline has not been as sharp, and its share of the vote is now shored up by the post-2010 exodus of centre - left Liberal Democrat voters, a reverse of the SDP effect 30 years ago.

In sharp contrast, a previous study by Greenfield analyzing American books found that the use of the words «obliged» and «give» declined substantially from 1800 to 2000 as U.S. society shifted from being predominantly rural to predominantly urban.

The recent sharp, decade - long rise in biology majors, for example, was preceded by an even longer but more gradual decline, whereas mathematics and computer science have been on a roller - coaster ride that features a PC - driven peak in the mid-1980s and a recent resurgence.

In North America, the California condor, a vulture, experienced sharp declines until only 22 individuals remained by 1982.

By comparing healthy older brains and dementia - affected brains, she said, researchers could gain a better understanding of why some people stay sharp well into old age, while others decline.

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