Sentences with phrase «sharp fall in»

The sharp fall in unelectrified households in rural India over the last decade has brought about a silent...

In both countries, the crash led to a sharp fall in real estate prices and financial markets and to soaring unemployment.

It demonstrated huge growth during the 2008 global economic crisis, but then suffered a sharp fall in 2013, underlining the need for investors to diversify portfolios.

Home builders have benefited from a sharp fall in the overall number of homes listed for sale and a modest uptick in demand.

Meanwhile, in Scotland, a sharp fall in demand for quit smoking services was linked to the growing use of e-cigarettes, according to BBC News.

Samsung Electronics reported a sharp fall in its quarterly earnings due to the disastrous recall and discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones.

The obvious factor that could have caused this sharp fall in the number of visits to bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges is the weak price performance of all major cryptocurrencies in the first two months of 2018.

They anticipated a sharp fall in income from the sales of these products.

The sharp fall in unelectrified households in rural India over the last decade has brought about a silent...

Continuing from The Chancellor's autumn statement, the UK government's recent stamp duty reform (SDLT) has led to a sharp fall in property sales; how has this affected your work and clients and what do you hope the Chancellor's alternative approach will result in?

As can be seen, the very sharp fall in temperatures from 1770 - 1900 shown in your graph does not exist.

Because Mt Lawley has cooler inland minima than Wellington St, there is a sharp fall in the annual number of 22C + minima days.

While government policy to diversify energy sources has driven much of this near - term growth, a sharp fall in technology costs has accelerated the deployment of renewables to the point where in some regions they now can compete with coal or gas without subsidies.

FRANKFURT (Reuters)- China helped push global green energy investment plans to record heights in 2015, offsetting a sharp fall in Germany, authors of a U.N. - backed report said on Thursday, predicting further growth.

Spanish flag - carrier Iberia is heading for its first annual years in 13 years as a fall in business class traffic and a price war in economy erode margins.Chief executive Fernando Conte warned shareholders that passengers travelling business had fallen 20 percent year - on - year due to a sharp fall in business travel on its routes from Madrid to London and Latin America.

The decline in activity was driven by a sharp fall in British Columbia, falling 3.4 % in Vancouver.

The demonetization of high - value currency in India has led to a sharp fall in average forex sales in the country as a result of forex traders suffering from a cash crunch.

With the sharp fall in the stock market, Rob Carrick points out that investors with a discount brokerage account should watch out for higher fees.

Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, says the sharp fall in oil prices is the result of «treachery» — an apparent reference to regional rival Saudi Arabia, which opposed OPEC production cuts to lift prices.

Cooling US core inflation this year was driven by major one - off drops — especially the sharp fall in wireless costs due to changes in major pricing plans — as well as some moderation in a few key categories such as housing.

I'm told around 1,000 roles will be affected and that JLR will blame Brexit and sharp fall in demand for diesel,» Joel Hills tweeted.

There has been a sharp fall in English GCSE grades, but on average across all GCSE subjects this year's results show a rise in A * to C grades.

There has also been a sharp fall in the number further education teachers, falling by nearly 20,000 since 2010.

A sharp fall in the value of Bitcoin may cause other cryptocurrencies to crash, but is unlikely to have a significant impact on traditional assets, according to new research published in the journal Economics Letters.

In patients with ALL, this leads to a sharp fall in serum levels of asparagine, hindering protein synthesis in malignant cells and inducing apoptosis, or programmed cell death.»

The Conservatives have surged to sit alongside Labour in the polls for the first time in nearly 18 months, largely owing to a sharp fall in support for Ukip, according to the latest ICM monthly poll for the Guardian.

This is mostly due to a sharp fall in the percentage of people who have faith in Labour's ability to run the economy (down 18 points since the election), rather than any great increase for the Conservatives (up 4 since the election).

Lord Kalms, a former party Treasurer and the founder of the Dixons retail empire, has given voice to the discontent felt by many disgruntled backbench MPs and influential Tory figures who have privately called on David Cameron to dismiss his close ally following a sharp fall in the party's opinion poll ratings.

But as noted earlier, a sharp fall in Labour MPs lowers the number of nominations the Corbynites need.

The possibility of our leaving the EU has already led to a sharp fall in the pound, because the markets judge that it will damage our economy.»

He said the economy could crumble under any major economic shock such as crop failure or sharp fall in commodity prices.

As the Bank of England has pointed out, higher VAT, higher tuition fees and the sharp fall in the value of sterling since 2010 have driven up inflation and reduced the living standards of British families.

Australian Pork Limited is redoubling its efforts to boost consumption after aggressive increases in production over the past 12 months caused the sharp fall in prices.

The sharp fall in the Australian dollar has encouraged foreign selling of our market, but we see the lower Australian dollar as a medium - term positive.

The company said its results for the six months to 30 June 2002 were in line with expectations, given the economic crisis in Argentina, the sharp fall in world milk powder prices and the general economic downturn, all of which affected the marketing in the second half of 2001.

After the sharp fall in prices in early March, there had been concerns about further near - term downside risk for prices.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- U.S. manufacturing output declined in August for the first time in seven months, reflecting a sharp fall in production at auto plants that was due mainly to seasonal adjustment problems.

«But, the collapse in oil / commodity prices and sharp fall in the pace of world trade means that these same economies will likely experience an aggregate current account deficit for the first time since 1998,» says Citi.

Manufacturing conditions stabilized last month as the sharp fall in commodity prices continues to work its way through the economy.

Higher growth in the EU and the US also contributed to the rebound in remittances, which had fallen after the West Asian economies slowed with a sharp fall in oil prices.

Following a sharp fall in March, consumer sentiment, as measured by the Westpac - Melbourne Institute index, rose only slightly in April, though it remains a little above long - run average levels.

In June, when there was a sharp fall in the value of the currency, median inflation expectations rose sharply, from 3.4 per cent to 4.5 per cent, their highest rate in two years.

This has resulted in a sharp fall in import prices and a broader deceleration of the prices of traded goods in the CPI.

Black Tuesday was Oct. 29, 1929, and was marked by a sharp fall in the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) especially hard hit in high trading volume.

This is the reason for the sharp fall in the growth momentum that we are witnessing.

For example, arrears rates are higher in mining - exposed regions, which have generally experienced a sharp fall in demand following the end of the mining investment boom.

Thus it appears Chinese gold demand remains very strong indeed despite the sharp fall in the country's GDP growth over the past year.

«The sharp fall in the bank's share price has forced HNA either to sell part of its stake, or pay cash to cover a derivatives arrangement that was used to acquire the shares,» they report.

The Eurozone Retail PMI declined from 46.4 in July to 44.4 in August, the lowest since May and indicative of a sharp fall in sales.

The sharp fall in the gold price over 1997 and 1998 seemed to reflect market concerns about possible official sector sales more than the sales themselves.