Sentences with phrase «certainly is in decline»

Shkodran Mustafi was weak in his defensive play at Wembley whilst Laurent Koscielny has certainly been in decline over the past year or so.

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Canada is almost certainly in a recession, which will take billions out of federal coffers due to declining tax revenues.

Penegor is certainly right about the downturn in sales at restaurants, as we have previously noted, and other fast - food chains such as Burger King and Taco Bell also saw sales declines in their most recent quarters.

Certainly no one is predicting large declines in profits or share prices, but rather a period of much more modest growth.

Some degree of customer turnover is inevitable for any business and if you're not marketing to bring new customers in the door, your sales are almost certainly going to decline.

In any event, stocks certainly aren't cheap despite this decline.

We've seen pullbacks in excess of 5 % in Strategic Growth before - two separate ones in 2001 and a 6.6 % decline in 2002, so this setback is certainly not uncharacteristic.

Assuming that the total amount of bad debt in the banking system exceeds total bank capital — something which is almost certainly true — the conversion of debt which can not be serviced into an equity position that is unlikely to generate much more (and in an economic downturn, which is when we are most concerned about the debt burden, we can assume that the decline in value of these equity positions will be highly correlated) leaves the net indebtedness of the banking system unchanged, and so the contingent liabilities of the government are unchanged even as reported debt in the system declines.

As I've regularly noted in recent months, our immediate outlook is essentially flat neutral for practical purposes, though we're partial to a layer of tail - risk hedges, such as out - of - the - money index put options, given that a market decline on the order of even 5 % would almost certainly be sufficient to send our measures of market internals into a negative condition.

Because the amount of bad debt in each period is almost certainly a growing number, it must follow logically that the GDP growth number observers really want, rather than the one they have — that is, GDP growth as a systems output that can serve as a proxy for debt - servicing capacity — is a declining number, and perhaps even a quickly declining number.

In my view, investors who view current valuations as «justified relative to interest rates» are really saying that a decade of zero total returns on stocks is perfectly adequate compensation for the risk of a 45 - 55 % market loss over the completion of the current market cycle - a decline that would historically be merely run - of - the - mill given current valuations, and that certainly can not be precluded by appealing to low interest rates.

That being said, an economic recession could certainly cause a decline in employment growth and a shift in the demand for local homes.

While a myriad of non-cryptocurrency related factors can explain this decline — indeed, the WGC highlights weak demand for jewellery as being a particularly prominent contributory factor — it certainly begs the question: Are investors adding bitcoin and other digital currencies to their portfolios in place of gold?

A Guardian editorial in May described the decline in numbers and influence of Christianity and affirms that Christianity gave us «the idea that people have some rights just because they are human, and entirely irrespective of merit, [it] certainly isn't derived from observation of the world.»

The decline of the Mayan civilization in the lowlands of Guatemala was almost certainly due to severe soil erosion and deforestation.

this decline is different from those not in the champions league, certainly those finding it hard to get in to the top 4.

That number will almost certainly decline this season, but Talbot has proven he's the real deal and it wouldn't shock me if he's in the Vezina conversation again after the season concludes.

It's certainly led to their decline its eighth place at the table, and with very little point advantage over the teams which are behind them, so theoretically it could happen after this round for the first time in the season they move to lower part of league table.

Little Wren Pottery noted that there were few potters as young as her (a mere 24) and is concerned her craft may be in decline, certainly the squeeze on education in the current financial climate wont help adult education.

If parents agree to joint custody and ask for it, the arrangement will almost certainly be granted, but if the judge finds that this isn't in the best interests of the child for some reason, he can decline the request and order a different custody arrangement.

Whether this reduction accounts for the recent decline in the city's rates of heart disease remains to be demonstrated, but getting rid of trans fats certainly hasn't hurt.

«The Comptroller's report is certainly correct that the state's fiscal position is much improved, but it ignores key facts — most notably that state debt has declined for four consecutive years for the first time in more than 50 years and our debt affordability ratio is at its lowest level since the 1960s,» said DOB spokesman Morris Peters.

Being considered as a country in decline has a bad effect on the population mood and trying to restore your international prestige has certainly a lot of weight in interior politics.

A spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo declined to disclose more information about 42 priests who were identified as having had credible allegations of child sexual abuse brought against them, but he said further disclosures «certainly will be considered» in the future.

With so many races going on, the biggest problem facing candidates for the state house generally is getting noticed at all — national media certainly aren't covering them, and the slow decline of local news outlets doesn't leave much room in traditional public spaces.

While it is certainly true that far more people vote for third, fourth and other parties nowadays than in the mid-20th century, some of the numbers suggest that the amount of «nottle» MPs (not Tories and not Labour) may stay the same or actually decline at the next election.

However, at least half the decline in Alpine ice during the past 150 years is «certainly due to human - induced climate change,» he says.

The decline in infection «is not bad news, but it's certainly not good news,» says Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland.

Mutation in nuclear DNA is certainly a contributing cause of cancer, though it can be argued that the decline of the immune system - responsible for killing cancers before it gets underway - is actually more significant than mutations when it comes to the age - related nature of cancer risk.

Certainly, there is no blanket answer to this question, as each person will have different nutrient needs and deficiencies, but with the declining soil and food quality and the ever - increasing presence of chemicals that can block nutrient absorption in our environment, there are times when it truly isn't possible to get everything we need from food (though in a perfect world, this would be possible.)

There are many factors involved in this seeming decline in health — increases in population, crowding, living in close proximity with animals and the resultant transmission of diseases, but certainly the change in diet was a major factor.

Now, Citrulline Malate is certainly no substitute for glucose in terms of providing energy, but it can absolutely help reverse the decline in muscular endurance that occurs with fasted training.

We were a little disappointed when we learned that Ava DuVernay had decided to decline directing the film, but this latest news coming down the pipeline is certainly intriguing — apparently, Marvel is now in talks with Ryan Coogler, the director of Fruitvale Station.

Certainly, the rapid decline in box office returns of the recently released Body of Lies suggests that film failed to find much of an audience, when on paper it should have been a winner.

While providers of public education certainly face the temptation to do what might look like taking the easy way out by letting academic standards decline, there is also countervailing pressure in the direction of higher standards.

Second, school budgets are going to be flat (or falling) for the foreseeable future — and looming deficits in retirement and pension funds almost certainly mean that the take - home pay of practicing teachers will see no real - dollar growth and could well decline.

While the decline might not seem like much to lose hope over, the way we approach STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) is certainly in need of a revamp.

The decline in suspensions for disruption / defiance is certainly in accord with state preferences, especially as encoded in state legislation, AB240, but as pointed out above, several districts had already taken their own steps to limit defiance suspensions before the law took effect.

Given what we know about the flatlining or decline in elementary - and secondary - education achievement levels, and the void in any sense of true accountability in undergraduate higher education, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised at these results, but it certainly should add to the urgency of the problem.

The internet's been buzzing with excitement from industry folk, bloggers, guests and attendees alike in the weeks leading up to it — and though I can only speak as a spectator to the spectators — it certainly feels like the excitement has reached a level greater than the decline of last year, which saw less industry - presence and fewer announcements.

«Although the tablet market is in decline, two - in - one's are certainly a bright spot,» said IDC senior research analyst Jitesh Ubrani.

«But every indication — certainly from America — shows the share is already in decline.

«Although the tablet market is in decline, 2 - in - 1's are certainly a bright spot,» said Jitesh Ubrani, senior research analyst, Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker.

In the 2012 annual report there's a definition for «digital content»: «The digital business includes digital content such as eBooks, digital newsstand (and) apps...» Certainly newsstand and app sales are a small portion of that total, leaving ebook sales, declining from a peak of just over $ 300 million in 2013 to some $ 175 million in the past fiscal yeaIn the 2012 annual report there's a definition for «digital content»: «The digital business includes digital content such as eBooks, digital newsstand (and) apps...» Certainly newsstand and app sales are a small portion of that total, leaving ebook sales, declining from a peak of just over $ 300 million in 2013 to some $ 175 million in the past fiscal yeain 2013 to some $ 175 million in the past fiscal yeain the past fiscal year.

What we see from the graphs above is that all the reporting lately on the plateauing or decline in ebook adoption is certainly true for major publishers, whose numbers are being used as if they represent the broader market, but their daily unit sales are less than a third of the total market.

This certainly helps you out if you're in a situation where health could decline rapidly in the near future and no life insurance protection is possible or the premiums could be out of your budget.

It is certainly possible that technical factors contributed to the pace and scale of the recent decline, as has been the case in the past.

When it passes, the prices of securities included in popular indexes will almost certainly decline relative to those that have been excluded.

As we look at the numbers, the one area that did decline for NFCC Member Agencies between 2006 and this year is the number of clients enrolled in Debt Management Plans — certainly not because the need declined, but because economic conditions deteriorated so much that even as more people came to us for help, fewer had the resources to qualify for DMPs.

While there are certainly positive signs that can be taken from the growth of the top tier of pet specialty chains — for example, economies of scale are almost certain to make these predominantly brick - and - mortar retailers more price competitive with online outlets like Amazon — the general decline in smaller operations could ultimately suppress product diversity in the industry.