Sentences with phrase «recent downward trend»

Research by the impartial Centre for Public Policy for Regions (CPPR), an economic think tank, warned that Alex Salmond had «skewed in an optimistic manner» estimates for North Sea oil revenues and failed to incorporate recent downward trends in production.

The recent downward trend in export volumes has been much less pronounced than that in export values.

Arts GCSE entries seem to be holding up, but it is unclear for how long given the recent downward trend in curriculum time.

The recent downward trend is a reminder that mortgage rates reflect what the bond market does, not what the Fed does.

Although a recent downward trend in coverage is clearly visible by naked eye inspection, Goddard invites us to believe there has ``... been no net gain or loss of polar sea ice since records began.»

So I'll reformulate my question: «if the increase of about 0.5 degrees C in global temperatures since 1970 caused the recent downward trend in rainfall in southeastern Australia, why was the increase of this order in global temperatures between 1910 and 1945 followed by the strong increase in rainfall in southeastern Australia which occurred in the 1950s?

Auto insurance has shown a recent downward trend.

«The job market in most of the country is healthy and the recent downward trend in mortgage rates continues to keep buyer interest at a robust level,» says Lawrence Yun, chief economist at NAR.

«The job market in most of the country is healthy and the recent downward trend in mortgage rates continues to keep buyer interest at a robust level,» he said.