Sentences with phrase «few declines in recent years»

Osborne said stock prices have been unusually stable with increases and few declines in recent years.

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While sales of the company's Banana Republic and Gap brands have been falling for some time now, recent declines at Old Navy — the sole bright spot in the past few quarters — pose a bigger headache for the 46 - year old retailer.

They note, for example, that the size of large trades of US investment grade corporate bonds (so - called «block trades») has continuously declined in recent years.6 Furthermore, in most corporate bond markets, trading appears to be highly concentrated in just a few liquid issues, and concentration appears to be increasing in some market segments.

It picks up the quick shifts in the level of inflation we've seen, including the changes in price levels peaking out in 2008 at 5.6 %, price declines of more than 2 % through the middle of last year, and the recent return of rising inflation the last few months.

The gradual decline in long - term interest rates over the last few years propelled many of the recent gains in real estate trusts and it's difficult to see how rates can go much lower than current levels.

«Our acquisitions have been declining over the past few years, resulting in more pressure to secure funding from local private trusts and the NACF (both of which have been essential for recent purchases of work by artists such as Rachel Whiteread, Frank Auerbach and Richard Deacon).

In recent years, Maine lobstermen have reported record lobster catches, which researchers believe may be related to warmer water temperatures in the south that force lobsters north as well as fewer predators in the Gulf, like cod, which have been in decline due to overfishinIn recent years, Maine lobstermen have reported record lobster catches, which researchers believe may be related to warmer water temperatures in the south that force lobsters north as well as fewer predators in the Gulf, like cod, which have been in decline due to overfishinin the south that force lobsters north as well as fewer predators in the Gulf, like cod, which have been in decline due to overfishinin the Gulf, like cod, which have been in decline due to overfishinin decline due to overfishing.

According to a recent report from the U.S. Geological Survey, production will decline in West Virginia within the next few years.

A recent survey conducted by Kaplan Test Prep revealed that, while the number of law school applicants has declined in the past few years, the quality of the applicant pool is increasing, making law school admissions more competitive than ever.

Writing in response to recent industry surveys, which confirm the legal industry's increased interest in alternatives to the billable hour (aka AFAs), reporter Chris Johnson noted pure hourly billing is in decline and is expected to decline over the next few years.

As such, the recent price decline is merely a correction to the dramatic run - up in prices that both Edmonton and Calgary experienced in the past few years, says Royal LePage.