Sentences with phrase «economic decline compared»

The Royal Society strongly disagrees with the assumption underlying the ACOST plans, that one of the reasons for Britain's economic decline compared to other countries in recent years is a failure of the research council system to deliver what industry needs.

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New York State's economic downturn began in December 2000 and ended in August 2003, with economic activity declining roughly 9.0 percent, compared with a 15.0 percent decline in the 1989 - 1992 downturn.

Any economic and fiscal update would have to take into account the worsening global economy, the decline in the price of oil (to below $ 40 a barrel) compared to the assumption in the budget, and the restoration of the contingency reserve to its normal level of $ 3 billion.

All of this decline was due to a worsening export performance, but the TD Report also warned «that Canada's domestic demand is currently more vulnerable to another economic shock compared to the period leading up to the last downturn in 2008 - 09».

Child Abuse Declines Nationally in Spite of Economic Deterioration Child abuse declined nationally in 2008 compared to 2007, according to a new report by the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire.

«Since 2000, however, academic performance has declined when compared to other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, suggesting that Australian students and schools are not improving at the same rate and are falling short of achieving the full learning potential of which they are capable,» he wrote.

Karthik Srinivasan, Senior Vice-President and Co-Head of ICRA said, «The sector will grow on an annual premium equivalent (APE) as compared to 9 % decline in FY15 due to improved economic indicators that include bullish capital market, and stronger drive by the government to boost the insurance sector.

In studies of sequencing per se, declines in income have been found to be associated with poorer developmental outcomes.6 13 27 Furthermore, economic fluctuations seem especially consequential for children living in poverty, 6 22 and it has been suggested that economic fluctuations may pose even greater risks to development compared with disadvantaged, but stable, economic circumstances.28