Sentences with phrase «significant decline in activity»

A bear market can lead to a recession which is defined by Investopedia as, «A significant decline in activity across the economy, lasting longer than a few months.

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The bulk of the declines in activity related to lower energy prices has run its course, baring another significant down leg for oil prices.»

Net revenues in both equity underwriting and debt underwriting were significantly lower than the third quarter of 2010, reflecting a significant decline in industry - wide activity.

As such, we would not expect to see a material increase in share repurchase activity without a significant decline in the stock price.

Business activity, employment and new export orders saw significant increases as the backlog in orders declined, and inventories scaled up a bit.

Forward - looking indicators of labour demand in the construction sector suggest a significant decline from current levels, in line with the expected decline in construction activity noted above.

«A significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale - retail sales.

Huntington, for example, contends that «far more significant than the global issues of economics and demography are problems of moral decline», an «increase in antisocial behavior», decay of family structures, weakening of the «work ethic», and decreasing commitment to intellectual activity.12 Similarly Brzezinski refers to a current global crisis of spirit which has to be overcome if the human race is to regain some control over its destiny.

These include lowering expense projections for retirement and health insurance expense to reflect lower projected usage and rates not available at the time the budget request was prepared; lowering utility cost estimates to reflect the significant decline in energy demand and prices resulting from reduced economic activity and lowering other operating cost estimates to reflect lower anticipated price changes.

This species showed a significant decline in calling activity over four years, but in the fifth year the calling rate recovered to the original level (a dynamic which is common in many species, but often difficult to measure).

The decline in our public playground provision is hugely significant and is already affecting physical activity levels among children across the country.

The expansion of private - school vouchers in Milwaukee prevented Catholic parishes from closing and merging, but also led to a significant decline in participating churches» donations and religious activity, a new study says.

So if the second half of the 20th century had the highest average absolute levels of solar activity for «several thousand years» (Solanki) and at least 350 + years (Lean), then this could well have been a significant cause of late 20th century warming (building in all the «time lags» one might envision), despite the fact that the absolute level of solar activity was declining over this period.

One year after treatment, these adolescents showed significant declines in alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drug use, as well as reductions in criminal activity and other deviant behavior.

However, unlike in previous quarters when public buyer activity declined and depressed overall volume, this past quarter was strong because the institutional buyer, as mentioned previously, completed some significant deals.