Sentences with phrase «precipitous drop»

There have been at least two significant economic downturns that caused precipitous drops in all of the major market indexes.

Perhaps the best example of the fact that the IPCC is conservative in its predictions with the fact that AR4 failed to predict the sudden and precipitous drop of the Arctic summer sea ice.

Along with Cuzco, the most well - known site and destination of travel for modern - day visitors is Machu Picchu, a fascinating and highly - picturesque ruin located on the top of a mountain ridge with precipitous drops on all sides, falling away to the Urubamba River valley, «The Sacred Valley.»

Nonetheless, Fossil shares are back to where they were about a year ago at $ 15.33 after precipitous drops in the last 12 months, but just a fraction of their $ 131.98 all - time highs only six years ago.

Between terrorist attacks, worries of nuclear war and extreme weather events, there have been plenty of harrowing news events in recent months that have been followed by precipitous drops in the stock market.

Quarter Horses showed precipitous drops beginning in 2007, with some minor improvement noted recently.

Women seem to experience a steeper and more precipitous drop in marital quality (Shapiro et al., 2000; Twenge et al., 2003; Bower et al., 2013), especially when they are scarcely satisfied with the division of labor and they manage a greater amount of childcare activities (Belsky, 1986; Gjerdingen and Center, 2005; Dew and Wilcox, 2011; Chong and Mickelson, 2013).

The loss of the wild boar, the white antelope, and the leopard in the last 150 years caused the most precipitous drop in stability yet.

The previous night had seen the usual precipitous drop in temperature, so the grass in the shade outside the courtyard was just as cold as the the asphalt.

The result is the current precipitous drop in oil and natural gas prices, which are now in the process of transforming the world and keeping modern civilization well supplied with energy for decades if not centuries.

Concerns over regulation, fraud and insider trading all factored into the market's precipitous drop through the first half of the week.

Some experts say the recent precipitous drop in new - and existing - home sales was caused by something more unstable than this winter weather.

Discover a strange open - world: a planet of floating islands, with precipitous drops, caves and waterfalls to navigate, all rendered in a minimalist but beautiful art style.

Europeans saw an even more precipitous drop from an average of 2.4 weeks in 2016 to 1.9 weeks this year.

And since the ranking draws on 2014 data, it doesn't account for last year's precipitous drop in oil prices, which may in future drag down compensation for energy sector bosses, who are well - represented on this list.

While it's a good sign that flu activity is starting to level off, it's a far cry from the precipitous drop in doctor visits typically seen when a busy season starts to come to a close.

Though Statistics Canada's figures show how robust the industry had been through 2014, the precipitous drop in oil prices near the end of last has changed the picture drastically for 2015: The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors recently sharply revised down its job projections, but in the longer term this is still a key part of Canada's economy and the pendulum will swing back.

A recent study argued that the precipitous drop was due in part to the U.S.'s agreement to make lower tariffs — which it had been temporarily approving on an annual basis — permanent as a result of China's new WTO - membership status.

The confusion surrounding HP's future led to precipitous drops in the company's stock price last month, with shares plummeting on August 19, the day after it made its strategy announcement.

The precipitous drop in the price of oil had a calamitous effect on Alberta and other energy intensive provinces, so consumers in those regions were in no mood to shop, buy cars or new homes.

The stock market has been on unsteady ground in recent weeks, with a precipitous drop in August, which has led some to wonder whether we face stiff tailwinds for the remainder of the year.

The plunge was short - lived and certainly there were other recessionary factors at play, but the precipitous drop is still instructive.

The other component here is that fuel prices have been way down due to the precipitous drop in oil prices.

We expect to see more job losses in this sector in the near future, although the precipitous drop in the rig count seems to be stabilizing now.

Of course, the precipitous drop in oil prices (down about 40 % from last year) is helping some large manufacturing, consumer discretionary, and transportation companies (prominently including airlines) offset the negative impact of the rising dollar.

It is here that we can see a precipitous drop in liquidity, from 3414 t in 2011 to only 1122 t in 2015.

Equities still look cheap on a relative basis due to the precipitous drop in bond yields.

There's no way to tell for sure, but we hypothesize that running out of money, team breakups, and other factors are the primary reason for the precipitous drop - off between Seed and Series A, whereas acquisitions and reaching financial sustainability are larger drivers of the more steady declines in matriculation after Series A.

At numerous times in those 5 hours, my wife and children had to get out of the Sienna while I crept along the treacherous road, slowly maneuvering around the potholes and rocks ahead of me, while carefully keeping my eye on the precipitous drop - off to the right.

Since June 22nd, overs have gone from 44.1 units to 15.6, which is quite the precipitous drop.

The precipitous drop in talent when those players passed their peak highlights how terrible our roster was before Pace took over.

First off, hat tip to our reader Wayne for digging this one up, but as you can see, Depay's production has taken a precipitous drop since moving to Manchester.

The number of millennials living on Long Island has shown a modest resurgence, rising 7.6 percent from 2010 and 2015 after a precipitous drop in the age group over two decades, according to a Long Island Association report based upon U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

East Greenbush, Rensselaer County's most populous town, is completing a townwide reassessment this year to avoid the precipitous drop in property values that Guilderland saw in 2017.

Despite a precipitous drop in scores — a drop experienced by pretty much every school in the state officials in the Kingston City School District remain optimistic about the future as the adoption of new tougher Common Core standards are implemented this September.

Democrats often cited the precipitous drop in Grassley's approval numbers in the Iowa poll but the GOP incumbent has proven resilient — never winning re-election with less than 66 percent of the vote — through all sorts of political weather.

«What these numbers show is a stabilization in the mayor's numbers and a precipitous drop for some potential rivals,» the source said.

Governor Malloy's Budget Director Ben Barnes says it's a precipitous drop in revenue.

«Over the past 15 years, New York has experienced a precipitous drop in music production as aggressive programs in California, Texas, and even Canada have lured away thousands of musicians, songwriters, producers, engineers and other professionals,» the letter says.

They found that a whopping half of the soldiers had undergone a precipitous drop in growth and sex hormones compared with other deployed soldiers without any concussions.

But steroid withdrawal, which is marked by a precipitous drop in testosterone levels, can lead to severe depression.

«It's a precipitous drop,» says Philippe Fauchet, dean of engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, of the 18 % decline his department has seen in international graduate applications as last month's deadlines passed.

Domestic coal production in Japan saw a precipitous drop over the past 30 years, from an estimated 24 million tons in 1980 to 3.5 million tons in the early 2000s, as the country closed all its coal mines and chose to rely on coal imports to meet its needs.

But the lack of available, trained medical professionals, coupled with patients» resistance to coming in for care — especially near where Ebola patients were being treated — led to a precipitous drop in their maternal patient count.