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Carbon monoxide has been the largest user of the hydroxyl radical, and so the main culprit in what Levine has calculated to be a possible 25 per cent decline of the radical in the atmosphere between 1950 and 1985.

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Canada's share declined by a similar amount, while the Mexican share of value - added increased to 13 per cent from 7.4 per cent.

(Prices of passenger vehicles dropped 0.2 per cent in June, the first decline since February 2015.)

As of the end of July, there were nearly 123,000 consumer proposals and personal bankruptcies filed by Canadians this year, a decline of 1.2 per cent from the same period last year.

New vehicle sales in Western Australia were down 15.8 per cent in May, adding to a sharp decline in year - to - date activity, though one bright spot was a pick - up in sales of luxury marques.

Retail, not mining, has borne the brunt of the slowdown in Western Australia during the past 12 months, with a study of the state's economy by the investment bank Goldman Sachs revealing a startling decline in retail jobs of more than 20 per cent.

The major contributors in June were a 4.6 - per - cent increase in gasoline prices at the pump, and a two - per - cent hike in the cost of purchasing a new motor vehicle, which Statistics Canada attributed to smaller monthly price declines compared to June 2012.

The Deloitte WA Index declined in June after positive performance in the previous month, with the market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies decreasing by 3.1 per cent to close the month at $ 149.3 billion.

A 2013 survey conducted near its Tasiast mine in Mauritania by local sociologists found that the number of households living below the poverty line had been cut by more than half since 2011 and the unemployment rate had declined from 47 per cent to 24 per cent.

Shares of Yum Brands slipped more than 2 per cent, or $ 1.81 to $ 80.90 in after - hours trading after declining 47 cents to $ 82.71 on Wednesday.

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.

This sharp decline in investment is worth 2 per cent of GDP, with the full force of this shock across the country likely to be felt in 2016.»

But the number of small businesses in the Pilbara dropped by 22.4 per cent — the steepest decline of any region.

The total included $ 23.6 million generated during the last three months of last year, as a reduction of operating costs at Torstar's print divisions offset a 10 per cent decline in fourth - quarter revenue.

The manufacturing sector also fell 0.4 per cent overall, mostly because of declines in motor vehicle manufacturing and parts.

In recent years, rich countries have not kept their promises to provide aid to the developing world at a rate of 0.7 per cent of GDP, and although aid has not declined, it has remained flat for some time.

All the «other» operating systems, such as BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone, combined to comprise 11.2 per cent of the market, with BlackBerry representing 8.9 per cent overall, a decline of 6.1 per cent from a year earlier.

But, in relation to the size of the employed workforce, EPP membership has been declining since the late 1970s and has fallen from 46.1 per cent of paid workers in 1977 to 38.3 per cent in 2007.

The C / QPP is accounting for roughly 25 per cent of total income and the GIS tax back associated with the growth of C / QPP income may account for the decline in OAS / GIS payments starting in the 1990s.

Budgetary revenues as a share of GDP are projected to decline from 14.8 per cent in 2015 - 16 to 14.4 per cent in 2025 - 26, as higher personal income taxes, resulting from the progressivity of the tax system, are more than offset by stability or declines in the other taxes.

In the Fall Update, the government will not only be able to show the elimination of the deficit (something no other G - 7 country has achieved) one year earlier than targeted, but also to show a declining debt ratio, rapidly approaching the government's target of 25 per cent, the lowest since the 1960s

The trend continued Wednesday with a decline of as much as 9.7 per cent, the biggest drop since June 2016, to $ 252.10 U.S.. Its unsecured bonds have also hit all - time lows ahead of the release of first - quarter production results expected next week.

In the latest figures from the Office of the Chief Actuary the number of Canadians enrolled in a workplace pension plan declined further from 34 per cent to 32 per cent by 2010.

Increasing foreign demand and the 25 per cent decline in the value of the Canadian dollar were forces supporting this adjustment.

Under the Canada Economic Action Plan the deficit will be eliminated by 2015 - 16; although total net public debt will have increased by $ 150 billion, the debt ratio will have declined to 33.0 per cent in 2015 - 16 and reach the government's target of 25 percent by 2019 - 20; program spending will fall to below 13 percent of GDP and will continue to fall thereafter; public sector jobs have been eliminated; and income and corporate taxes have been cut.

In the case of private sector workers, the decline is even more severe from just 28 per cent with an RPP in 2000 to 24 per cent in 2010.

The ratio of debt - to - GDP is at already at 30 per cent and, without any reduction in debt, is forecast to decline to levels that haven't been seen in half a century.

The stock of interest - only loans in total housing credit has also declined noticeably, from close to 40 per cent to almost 30 per cent.

Furthermore, the percentage of employees with workplace pension plans has actually declined from 41 per cent to 34 per cent from 1991 to 2007.

Coinciding with this period of elevated commodity prices, the share of the manufacturing sector in Canadian GDP has declined since the turn of the century from 18 per cent to around 11 per cent.

The Needham analyst said that sales of graphics cards for cryptocurrency mining only account for about $ 79 million to $ 151 million in revenue per quarter, so even if there was a 20 % to 30 % decline in sales from competing products, it would only shave earnings by 2 cents to 5 cents a share.

The Aussie will decline to 72 US cents by year - end as restrained economic growth and inflation mean the Reserve Bank of Australia will take a «few years» to catch up with the Federal Reserve in raising borrowing costs, said Philip Moffitt, Asia - Pacific head of fixed income in Sydney at the firm, which oversees more than $ US1 trillion.

This initiative did contribute to a massive decline in instances of absolute poverty — from 49 per cent of total households in 1970 to five per cent by 2002.

In proposing balanced budget legislation, the Harper Government has indicated that the debt - to - GDP ratio will continue to decline below its target of 25 per cent of GDP.

As a share of GDP, program expenses are projected to decline from 13.1 per cent in 2013 - 14 to 12.7 per cent in 2019 - 2020.

Within this, the share of short - term bank paper has declined from more than 50 per cent to just 15 per cent, with a particularly marked shift into government securities (Table 1).

This net foreign currency asset position before hedging has increased from 7 per cent of GDP from the end of March 2009, driven by a decline in the value of foreign currency denominated liabilities.

Most economists expect potential economic growth to decline from about 3 per cent annually to about 2 per cent over the next ten years, as a result of continued poor productivity growth and a slowing labour force growth as the population ages.

You will be criticized, (not by debt rating agencies), but even if the deficit were to rise to one per cent of GDP (about $ 20 billion) the debt burden would still continue to decline.

The stock of banks» non-performing loans, for example, declined from a peak equivalent to 6 per cent of total assets in March 1992 to 4 per cent in June 1993.

A study from the NPD research group found that Tim Hortons» share of the $ 4.6 - billion coffee chain market fell to about 76 per cent in May, a decline of about two per cent from 2009 before McDonalds launched its McCafes.

The trend continued Wednesday with a decline of as much as 9.7 per cent, the biggest drop since June 2016, to $ 252.10 U.S.

In Canada and the United States, for example, the annual growth rate of the labour force slowed from around 1 1/4 per cent in 2006 to less than 1/2 per cent in 2016.11 This decline has reduced potential output growth and investment demand.

The Bank estimates that over the past two years the level of investment in the oil and gas sector alone has declined by almost 50 per cent (Chart 3).

Consequently, investment in Canada has declined by more than 20 per cent since the middle of 2014.

-- The median annual wage of the average male worker has declined 19 per cent in real terms from 1976 to 1996 (from $ 42,000 to $ 34,000), before rebounding by only two per cent from 1996 to 2010

In pre-election documents seen by The Australian Financial Review, the WA racing industry outlined that it wanted continued financial support, and that uncertainty over the future of the TAB had caused a 40 per cent decline in confidence and investment in thoroughbred, harness and greyhound ownership.

The exchange rate has declined recently and is now around 9 per cent below its mid-February peak against the US dollar; in trade - weighted terms it has fallen by a smaller amount, as some of the fall against the US dollar has been a reflection of recent US dollar strength.

If our friends at Deutsche Bank are right in forecasting the US unemployment rate to decline from the current 17 year low of 4.1 per cent to 3.2 per cent by - late 2019, the US Federal Reserve are going to have a delicate balancing act as they lift the cash rate in trying to keep inflationary expectations under control.

Canadian workers» productivity, or the output produced on average per hour worked (which is measure by dividing real GDP by an estimate of total hours worked over a certain period), dipped 0.5 per cent between July and September after declining 0.6 per cent between April and June.