Sentences with phrase «period of declining»

They may take hits in their income levels if we go into another period of declining sales, but they will continue to dominate their markets, and here is another fact — anyone can join their ranks.

Which is why a new piece in Yale Environment 360 on efforts to rein in urban sprawl in Europe caught my eye: After going through a brief overview of the rise of new urbanism in Europe as a response to American - style suburban development and Corbusier - inspired high - rise housing blocks, author Bruce Stutz brings up an important observation about the character of EU sprawl: It has happened during a period of declining populations.

A period of declining Australian rainfall associated with more frequent and intense El Nino is seen between 1977 and 1998.

This increase partly reverses a period of declining sulfur emissions that had a warming effect of 0.19 W ∕ m2 between 1990 and 2002.»

First, the peak of the Carboniferous - Permian ice age occurs 50 Ma after the peak of the galactic cosmic ray flux during a long period of declining cosmic ray flux.

It is a period of declining rate of economic expansion in which there is «growing irrationality, pessimism, superstitions, and other - worldliness.»

I'm going to go out on a limb and forecast a period of declining tropical storm intensity in the Atlantic basin over the next few decades, with another peak just in time for me to be dead and buried.

Avedisian died from unspecified causes following a period of declining health at his home in Philmont, New York, aged 71.

The jump this year reflects an abrupt departure from a long period of declining rates that began during the financial crisis.

In a period of declining interest rates, the one risk that can not be eliminated is reinvestment risk, because the funds received at maturity will need to be reinvested at a lower coupon rate.

This almost always occurs in a period of declining rates.

In a period of declining market values, continued withdrawals could eventually exhaust the principal.

Further, elements of financial engineering, most notably the excessive use of corporate stock buy - back programs during a period of declining earnings, have detached many stock prices from their historic fundamentals.

Purse - strings note: The Talon is hot, which means many dealers will go for markups, even in this period of declining car sales.

As a young teacher I received layoff notices the first three years I worked during a recession and period of declining enrollment common to many districts in the mid-1970s.

School district leaders planned to transform Westinghouse with single - sex classes and longer class periods, but the plan was so poorly executed that the school scrapped it just weeks after the 2011 - 2012 year began, kicking off a tumultuous period of declining enrollment and frequent principal and teacher turnover.

The number of employees, teachers, administrators, and others has continually increased for four decades, except for the early 1980s period of declining enrollment and recession.

The 2013 budget also continues several austerity measures, including freezes in pay increases for county employees as Niagara County's government continues to chart a conservative budgeting course during a period of declining state aid and increases in unfunded state mandates.

There was a short period of declining prison populations from 1981, when fines, community sentences and cautions were increasingly used as alternative punishments.

But were Australia to enter at some stage a period of declining housing prices, it is likely that this equity withdrawal would be scaled back, or would possibly go into reverse, resulting in a cutback in spending, with a potentially destabilising effect on the broader economy.

Bear Market — A period of declining stock value, usually accompanied by investor pessimism.

«We were sort of in a period of decline,» Garry Smith says.

Apple's mounting woes have made some warn that the company could face a similar fog of irrelevance that is shrouding both Microsoft and Yahoo! — both companies that, once upon a time, enjoyed dominant market share before falling from grace into an extended period of decline.

A report from Douglas Elliman Real Estate released last month showed that new development inventory surged in the third quarter after four straight periods of declines.

Even in negative periods, Starbucks» stock price has generally only seen small periods of declines, followed by much larger stock price gains.

After undergoing a period of decline in the late 1900's, Pittsburgh has experienced a resurgence due to expansions into the healthcare and tech sectors.

Canadian manufacturers indicated a positive end to the first quarter, with production and overall new orders returning to growth after a sustained period of decline, according to the latest RBC PMI survey...

For this reason, savvy investors hedge exposure to the retail sector by investing in noncyclical or countercyclical sectors that outperform the broader market during periods of decline.

During periods of decline it can be helpful to find long ideas among stocks which a) have low levels of debt, in case the market decline deepens, b) have a history of high returns on equity and investments c) have shown price momentum despite waning momentum in the overall markets.

The most important thing to remember is that stocks tend to move in cycles and periods of decline are typically balanced out by periods of growth.

Rite Aid said Thursday that same - store sales fell 1.7 % in its fourth quarter, the sixth straight period of declines for the key metric.

The reality is that gold tends to perform very well during periods of declining confidence in the financial system, the economy and / or the official money, regardless of whether the decline in confidence is based on expectations of higher «inflation» or something else entirely.

There is a continuing relationship between any decline in the quality of that fuel and the intermittent periods of decline and degeneration in the history of this country.

The great advance which had made Christianity the formal faith of the most populous cultural center on the globe was followed by a long period of decline which for a time seemed to presage the end of the influence of Jesus.

By giving in to a perverse spirit of vindictiveness or a morbid attraction to the gruesome, the courts contribute to the degradation of the culture, replicating the worst features of the Roman Empire in its period of decline.

Ancient Islamic culture of the golden age of the Abbasids attained a high level of development before it fell into a period of decline similar to the decline of the Greek, Chinese, and Persian cultures.

At this present time, in a period of decline in Christian faith and morals which is still unchecked, still sweeping even lower, it remains true that the teachings given men by Christ, although whittled away and progressively abandoned, still preserve a better level of charity, justice, and chastity in human affairs throughout Christendom than prevails in those regions where the name of Christ has hardly entered, or where it is bitterly persecuted.

The general significance of Jerusalem to Christians outside the Holy Land entered a period of decline during the Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire but resumed again c. 325 when Emperor Constantine I and his mother, Helena, endowed Jerusalem with churches and shrines, making it the foremost centre of Christian pilgrimage, see also Constantine I and Christianity.

Not only is the hamstring injury becoming associated with Messi more frequently, the fact that it ceases to let up could result in the inevitable fate that Messi has entered his much - predicted period of decline.

Real Madrid are having a poor season, that could see them into a period of decline.

Like Bellone, Walter said the project's fate will determine whether Long Island is in «a period of decline» or «a period of growth.»

Then the second and final, Decline & Fall: Diaries 2005 - 2010, covered the period of decline in the fortunes of the diarist and the Labour government.

His ratings among the public are still low, but have now stabilised after a long period of decline, and as with Cameron, have also increased in the last couple of months.

Some large agencies like NIH and the National Science Foundation have actually seen average annual budget growth above four percent in recent decades, even with periods of decline.

The market for e-readers peaked in 2011 at 26.4 million units, IDC noted last year, adding it expects only modest growth in 2014 after a period of decline.

Griepp estimated the value of the graphic novel market at $ 340 million, noting that it leveled off in 2011 after a period of decline.

Bull markets — periods in which prices as a group tend to rise — and bear markets — periods of declining prices — can lead investors to make irrational choices.

No investment strategy can guarantee a profit or protect against loss in periods of declining values.

Leading index loans, like those tied to CMT, are best during periods of declining rates.

After a long period of decline, mortgage rates began to increase slightly in 2015.