Sentences with phrase «overall decline over»

Not exact matches

While applications to business school overall have declined over the past three years, this isn't necessarily the case across the board.

The overall job decline was not huge, but over the past six months to a year it's been basically flat.»

The complementary currency itself has declined in importance over the period while levels of overall consumption of goods and services have increased (although it is unclear whether the recent digitisation is to change this) A detailed study

If current levels were to turn out, in hindsight, to be the final lows of this decline, I suspect that the overall return over the next cycle (by the time we do observe a full 20 % loss) will be as tame as we've seen since the bull market started in 2003.

The complementary currency itself has declined in importance over the period while levels of overall consumption of goods and services have increased (although it is unclear whether the recent digitisation is to change this) A detailed study18 of the usage and circulation of the Palma found that around half of its usage was accounted for by just 6 economic actors in addition to the Banco Palmas itself: four local stores selling basic consumer items, the neighbourhood petrol station, and a party and décor shop.

The decline in coal consumption fits an overall pattern seen in China over the past few years, which suggests that China is running out of high quality coal.

The possibility that stock or bond prices overall will decline over short or even extended periods.

Overall, advancing shares held a slim edge over their declining counterparts.

Producer price inflation remains modest with large declines in the prices of imported items offsetting the growth of domestic prices; overall final stage prices rose by 0.1 per cent in the December quarter, to be 1.0 per cent higher over the year (Table 15; Graph 73).

Those numbers reflect an even greater overall decline in dairy consumption over the past four decades.

While overall habitat loss is a factor in these declines, research also indicates that even fields of sufficient size, if they are fragmented or interrupted by hedgerows or natural windbreaks, will be passed over by the birds, which may view the linear plantings as cover for predators.

Across its more than 80 subsidiaries, the Group's total workforce declined by 2 % to 103,363, representing over 160 different nationalities, as part of the overall productivity improvement initiatives in Emirates and dnata.

Despite the rhetoric of President Obama's «pivot,» U.S. Army and Marine Corps forces in the region will merely be restored to pre-Iraq-war levels — no new permanent deployments are being contemplated — while the overall U.S. defense budget is set to decline by $ 487 billion over the next 10 years.

The analysis published Thursday by the New York City - based Osborne Association found that in the last decade, the number of inmates over 50 has increased by 46 percent despite an overall 17 percent decline in the number of people behind bars.

Over the objections of Rangel and his supporters, the federal court overseeing the just - completed congressional redistricting process declined to stretch Rangel's district northward to take in more African - American voters, and instead increased the Hispanic population in the district, raising it to 55 percent of the overall population.

The average catch rate per fishing trip (assuming average fishing effort in terms of nets used and trip length) revealed an overall decline from 6.5 turtles to 2.8 turtles caught, representing a 56 percent decline over two decades.

Cancer epidemiologist John Bailar of the University of Chicago points out that overall cancer mortality rates in the United States actually rose from 1971 until the early 1990s before declining slightly over the last decade, predominantly because of a decrease in the number of male smokers.

It found that, over time, quantities of fish discarded have declined since the early 1980s — because overall catches have decreased.

One of the most striking findings, according to study authors, was the change in smoking rates, which increased from 28 to 46 percent — a finding counter to national trends, which reflect an overall decline in smoking rates over the past 20 years.

Results show that in comparison to women who experienced menopause after the age of 50, those with a premature menopause had a more than 40 % increased risk of poor performance on tasks assessing verbal fluency and visual memory and was associated with a 35 % increased risk of decline in psychomotor speed (coordination between the brain and the muscles that brings about movement) and overall cognitive function over 7 years.

Although the number of monarchs overwintering in Mexico experienced an uptick last year, overall decline since the late 1990s is comparable to the decline in California over the same time period.

A comprehensive study of biodiversity indicators over the past decade [116] reveals that, despite some local success in increasing extent of protected areas, overall indicators of pressures on biodiversity including that due to climate change are continuing to increase and indicators of the state of biodiversity are continuing to decline.

Overall, the percentage of respondents who said that at least 30 % of time should be spent in this way declined from 60 % to 55 % over the past year.

I would bet the odds are the once good school would decline overall and eventually fail over time!

And while the citywide college - readiness rate has risen steadily over the past three years, the Renewal schools saw a slight overall dip last year, when 10 showed declines from 2015 and one — Leadership Institute, which is slated for closure — sank to a dismal 2 percent.

Despite the overall decline in enrollment, «Let's not forget that over 300 Catholic schools have opened in the last decade,» Burnford said.

The government has shown this change in objectives in that «the number of magnet schools that receive MSAP [Magnet Schools Assistance Program] funding has declined in recent grant cycles because the overall funding level has remained stagnant and not adjusted for inflation at just over $ 100 million» (Frankenberg et al., 15).

While overall interest in the midsize sedan segment has declined over the past few years, Nissan feels that the 2019 Altima will be able to reinvigorate interest in midsize sedans.

Following a slight overall decline in book readership between 2011 and 2012, the share of American adults who read books in any format has remained largely unchanged over the last four years.

Kobo sales declining despite acquisitions 19 April 2018 (The Digital Reader) Kobo gained a boost in sales by taking over the customer base of German ebook platform Tolino last year but, overall, sales continue to decline.

When seen in an overall context wherein this ratio moves strongly in favor of print editions as sales numbers decline out the long tail, this model seems generally consistent with Amazon's recent (and, at the time, stunning) announcement that, looking back over an unspecified historic period, Kindle editions sales had accounted for somewhere between 26 and 35 per cent of all sales when both print and Kindle editions were available.

This doesn't mean all individual stocks will fall over the next month, needless to say, or even that it's guaranteed that the overall market will decline.

I have seen estimates that say prices will decline anywhere from 5 - 20 percent over the next year to three years (there is a lot of disagreement and fuzzy math here, but the overall consensus is that home prices will fall).

While Amazon remains up 21 % for 2018, making it one of the biggest boosts to the overall market over that period, it is down 6.6 % for the month of March, on track to be its biggest monthly decline since January 2016.

Over time, you will see that not only will your overall debt decline, the amount you owe in interest will decrease.

While commissions on stock transactions have declined significantly over the years, higher turnover strategies will still incur greater overall transaction costs.

«Overall, the Enterprises reduced their REO property inventories by over 30 percent in 2017, with a total decline of 14,901 properties to 34,610 properties,» the report says.

In Point 11 the Audit Report notes that, «Overall, euthanasia rates have made a steady decline for dogs and cats over a six year period».

The basic trend over the decade is declining thickness.One year is a slight anomaly to the trend, probably because of natural variation for that year, but the overall trend is indisputably less thickness.

Russia and Japan are two industrial countries that did not see an overall decline in carbon emissions over the past five years.

The sea ice grows and recedes with the seasons every year and has been on the decline since spring... and the overall trend over time is definitely downward.

Agricultural methane emissions have been growing over the last decade, even as overall U.S. emissions declined.

Snowfall varies across the region, comprising less than 10 % of total precipitation in the south, to more than half in the north, with as much as two inches of water available in the snowpack at the beginning of spring melt in the northern reaches of the river basins.81 When this amount of snowmelt is combined with heavy rainfall, the resulting flooding can be widespread and catastrophic (see «Cedar Rapids: A Tale of Vulnerability and Response»).82 Historical observations indicate declines in the frequency of high magnitude snowfall years over much of the Midwest, 83 but an increase in lake effect snowfall.61 These divergent trends and their inverse relationships with air temperatures make overall projections of regional impacts of the associated snowmelt extremely difficult.

Had he wished to be objective, he would have pointed out that, while satellite observations do indeed confirm that the extent of arctic sea ice has been declining over the past 30 years, the same satellite observations show that, overall, Antarctic sea ice has been expanding over the same period.

Here's the thing: If a state shifts a bunch of transportation and building heat over to electricity, overall consumption of electricity could rise and average electricity - sector efficiency could fall, at least temporarily, even as economy - wide carbon emissions decline.

A comprehensive study of biodiversity indicators over the past decade [116] reveals that, despite some local success in increasing extent of protected areas, overall indicators of pressures on biodiversity including that due to climate change are continuing to increase and indicators of the state of biodiversity are continuing to decline.

There is more Antarctic ice than ever there was (NOT TRUE: RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL REPORTED THIS YEAR THAT OVERALL ICE LOSS IN ANTARCTICA HAS INCREASED ABOUT 75 PER CENT OVER THE 10 YEAR PERIOD FROM 1996 - 2006 AND THAT MODELS PREDICTING AN INCREASE IN ICE MASS ARE NOT BEARING OUT: IT»S DECLINING EVERYWHERE.)

The extent of old - growth forest in Sumatra shrank by 40 percent over the past 20 years, while overall forest on the Indonesian island declined by...

There is growing concern over the decline of fisheries and the overall health of the ocean: scientists estimate that 90 % of stocks are fished at or beyond sustainable limits, habitats like coral reefs are threatened by ocean acidification, and large areas of ocean and coastlines are polluted.

And this: «At present, the overall geomagnetic field is becoming weaker; the present strong deterioration corresponds to a 10 — 15 % decline over the last 150 years and has accelerated in the past several years;.....»