Sentences with phrase «shrinking by»

Tumor size seems to reduce more rapidly with SRT, often shrinking by 50 % or more within the first 3 - 4 months after treatment.

The major downside is the fact that the economy slipped a bit — shrinking by 0.7 percent — between 2008 and 2011.

Assets peaked at $ 325 billion in the first quarter of 2000, before shrinking by 59 percent over the next three years.

Industries associated with federal regulations appear to be growing at a slower rate than average, with «finance, insurance, banking and real estate» growing at 0.57 % and public administration actually shrinking by 0.17 % per year.

In gambling, the house also takes a cut, so the total money in the game is shrinking by 2 - 10 percent.

So it's not so much that the market itself is growing or shrinking by large amounts, it's more that some within that market are winning while others are losing.

With the addition of a stop / start system to the 2 - litre turbocharged EcoBoost petrol engine, economy has increased from 39.2 mpg to 41.5 combined, with emissions also shrinking by 11g / km of CO2 to 158g / km.

This week's brief includes new research from a February 2018 study that found «that the implementation of DACA significantly improved attendance and graduation rates among Hispanic high school students, with the gap in high school completion between undocumented Hispanic young people and their citizen peers shrinking by 40 percent.

The window of opportunity to be picked up and released this year is shrinking by the day and there's a chance whoever does grab it will hold it for 2018.

I don't love that my closet is shrinking by the day.

The belly I have been trying to battle is shrinking by the day.

The researchers found that the ozone hole has declined compared to its peak size in 2000, shrinking by more than 4 million square kilometers by 2015.

Researchers report in Conservation Letters this week that the monk seal population in Hawaii's Papahnaumokukea Marine National Monument is shrinking by about 4 percent a year, while a sub-population of monk seals in the main Hawaiian Islands next door — where fishing, development and boat activity are permitted — is increasing by 7 percent a year.

The Office for Budget Responsibility predicts overall employment will increase every year for the next five years, despite the public sector headcount shrinking by more than 10 per cent.

The crowded field of candidates for AG was rapidly shrinking by Thursday afternoon.

The latest GDP figures out today (25 July) show that Britain is still in recession with Gross Domestic Product shrinking by 0.7 % between April and June.

It tends to grow fast in the first six months, before slowing down and shrinking by the age of around 18 months.

I only have one tiny spot and it is shrinking by the minute.

Russia is shrinking by 700,000 people a year [like America, Europe and China] so in 23 + years you'll be more than sorry you didn't have the INTELLIGENCE to have a replacement policy in place!

The catholic church influence is shrinking by the second.

A group of well - known economists for the Survey of Professional Forecasters assigned just a 3 % chance of the economy shrinking by any margin in 2008.

And they placed only a 1 - in - 500 chance of the economy shrinking by at least 2 %, which of course it did.

Rebounding commodity prices helped lift the trade account into the black, and the data suggest that the economy might avoid a technical recession after shrinking by 0.5 % in Q3.

China's working - age population aged 15 - 64 is set to decline from 2016 with numbers shrinking by 11 million in 2015 - 2020 — equivalent to the population of Greece.

All of these economies are shrinking by what's called debt deflation.

As far as the number of brokers shrinking by 4 % from 2007 to 2008?

In other words, P&G's strategy of shrinking by dumping laggards and promoting its most profitable brands is failing to generate more cash on every dollar of assets.

Industries associated with federal regulations appear to be growing at a slower rate than average, with «finance, insurance, banking and real estate» growing at 0.57 % and public administration actually shrinking by 0.17 % per year.

The value of his investment, then worth $ 252 - million, has shrunk by more than $ 50 - million.

To be specific, Comcast's subscriber base grew by 53,000 during the most recent quarter, substantially more than most analysts were expecting, and a much better performance than the same quarter a year earlier, when the number of subscribers shrank by 8,000.

That trend shows no sign of changing as automation becomes more widespread — and many predict the number of jobs will shrink by a large number.

The number of new jobs added grew in 2015, but then shrank by half in 2016.

Peter Hall, chief economist at Export Development Canada, reckons Canadian exports will shrink by 8 % in 2017 because of Brexit.

Revenue last quarter was up 78 percent from a year ago, while the net loss shrank by 25 percent,» he writes.

Belarus's gross domestic product shrank by 3.5 percent in January to August and the average monthly wage has fallen by about a third in dollar terms since the start of the year to $ 420.

It shrank by a quarter and cut off traditional routes to employment — jobs in government and family businesses.

Citing market research, Columbia House's parent says the DVD market has shrunk by about half since 2006.

«If Apple gets its way, it means the traditional pay TV package, which averages around 100 channels, will get shrunk by nearly 80 percent.

«According to Nielsen, U.S. cigarette volumes shrank by 6 percent in the first quarter, substantially worse than expected, and Spielman ascribes the difference to Juul.»

In December alone, they shrunk by $ 107.9 billion as the PBoC tried to slow the yuan's depreciation down to a decent rate.

As a 2006 study in the American Sociological Review found, the number of close confidantes a typical individual has shrank by a third between 1985 and 2006, to about two from three.

At 3 percent, purchasing power would shrink by more than $ 117,000.

If, for example, you pay Tom $ 2,000 per month and let him get his own health insurance, he would have to pay for the health insurance with dollars shrunken by a tax bite.

The $ 3 trillion hedge fund industry, which has been struggling to outperform stock and bond markets, could see assets shrink by as much as 30 percent in the next three years if performance continues to disappoint, according to a report this month from Boston Consulting Group.

Without it, high and low tides would shrink by an estimated 75 %.

Earlier this month, Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos claimed that Catalonia could see its economy shrink by 25 to 30 percent and its unemployment double if it splits to form a separate state.

But as the global fi nancial crisis spread, Ireland became one of its worst victims, with the IMF predicting its GDP would shrink by 13.5 % by 2010, the worst result for any advanced country, and among the worst peacetime economic contractions ever seen.

The study on federally regulated workers indicates that the sector shrunk by 20,000 between 2008 and 2004, though cautions that the «2004 survey is deeply flawed» and advises against making comparisons between the two studies.

Data provider S&P Capital IQ says fourth - quarter earnings from S&P 500 companies are expected to shrink by nearly 6.5 percent, potentially marking the first back - to - back decline since 2009.

Thomas market in April because its labour force — those available and looking for work — has shrunk by 6,600 over the past two months.