Sentences with phrase «slight declines in»

Office, industrial, and retail are all expected to inch back, with slight declines in vacancies and positive growth in net absorption and rents.

Two sectors, however, both saw slight declines in employment: construction -LRB--15,000) and retail -LRB--4,000), after experiencing strong job growth in February.

Don't forget that the sea ice models these biologists use do not predict a decline in winter ice (Dec - March) and project only slight declines in spring ice (April - June) by mid-century (Amstrup et al. 2007; Durner et al. 2009; Oakley et al. 2012; Wang et al. 2012).

The strong performance by digital audio helped to counter slight declines in print and e-book sales.

While none of the participants had dementia, 53 had experienced slight declines in their mental abilities.

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory has had to contend with slight declines in retail sales along with a lack of financing for new franchisees.

HSBC Armenia's net profit in the 12 months to December 31, 2009, was 1.6 billion drams ($ 4 million), which was down from 2008 levels but perhaps reflects a difficult operating environment in 2009, with slight declines in net interest and fee and commission income compared to the same 12 - month period in 2008.

They do experience slight declines in revenues and profit during a recession, but nothing too significant.

Chinese cities, for example, saw slight declines in their livability scores due to the ongoing territorial disputes taking place in the South China Sea, which has seen military escalation from several countries.

Down Under, the S&P / ASX 200 edged higher by 0.49 percent to 5,982.70 as the utilities and heavily weighted financials subindexes advanced, canceling out slight declines in the materials and energy sectors.

Last month's slight decline in managed assets at Baltimore - based Legg Mason came as the Standard & Poor's 500, a broad stock index, fell 3.7 percent.

As you can see, it did not hit those targets once in the three quarters since — even booking a slight decline in the first quarter of 2013.

This $ 1.5 billion improvement in the budgetary balance primarily resulted from higher personal and corporate income tax revenues and a slight decline in other direct program expenses.

Despite a slight decline in share price and what many feel is an overvalued stock, Amazon continues to provide funds that hold it with fuel for a short - term rally, according to an article on Benzinga.

In the mean time we did see a slight decline in dividend stock portfolio, with another worsening of the exchange rate (how low can we go?).

«A slight decline in real - estate related balances, consistent with broader housing market developments, contributed to a flat quarter for total outstanding household debt,» Donghoon Lee, senior economist at the New York Fed, said in a statement.

Though we had a slight decline in EMEA consulting overall, we saw our ERP and sales and marketing offerings in retail and industrial equipment posting growth there.

The September quarter Rabobank survey suggests that farm equipment investment intentions, which are not covered in the Capex survey, remain at a high level, despite a slight decline in reported confidence in the farm sector.

But the mixed economic picture was underlined by the same month's inflation report, showing annual price rises below consensus forecasts at the headline level and a slight decline in core inflation.

For instance, the economic research team at Zillow expects house values in Oakland to rise by around 3.3 % over the next year, while they're predicting a slight decline in values for San Francisco during the same period.

Dairy Crest has reported a slight decline in revenue from # 1.648 billion to # 1.63 billion for the year ended March 31st 2010, as strong sales growth of key brands and liquid milk to retailers, which together increased by # 52 million, was offset by planned lower sales of dairy ingredients and lower sales to doorstep and middle ground milk customers.

Dairy Crest has reported a slight decline in revenue from # 1.648 billion to # 1.63 billion for the year ended March 31st 2010, as strong sales growth of key brands and liquid milk to retailers, which together -LSB-...]

According to the 2016 Monitoring the Future Study since 2001, the numbers have remained stable or shown a slight decline in teen use of anabolic steroids except for 12th grade.

«While there has been a slight decline in participation, it does not reflect the measurable and positive gains we have made as a school district in making improvements to the nutritional quality of our school breakfast and lunch programs.»

More recently, Michael has seen a slight decline in its popularity.

After a slight decline in the 1970s and»80s, mothers» time with children has also increased, and today's mothers spend more time with their children than mothers did in the 1960s.

In 2013, close to 4 million births were registered in the U.S., indicating a slight decline in birth rate.

Avella said the slight decline in opioid - related fatalities may be due to pending cases that have not yet been finalized.

But there is a slight decline in the percentage of Ukip voters who plan to stay loyal at the 2015 election; this is down five points to 52 %.

However, there has been a slight decline in the proportions of Republicans and non-enrolled voters who have this opinion.

People with mild cognitive impairment were defined as those who have a slight decline in cognition, mainly in memory in terms of remembering sequences or organization, and who score lower on tests such as the California Verbal Learning Test, which requires participants to recall a list of related words, such as a shopping list.

It pointed out that although there had been a slight decline in total catches after 1989, catches soared to a record 101.3 million tonnes in 1993.

Without human interference, the Earth's orbit and tilt, a slight decline in solar output since the 1950s and volcanic activity would have led to global cooling.

There was a slight decline in performance with the F160W filter with respect to three gyro mode which may be due to imaging systematics; i.e., breathing and jitter.

If you perform 5 - 10 intervals with full rest between you should notice only a slight decline in your performance in latter repeats.

Church events, family gatherings or activities based around a shared hobby are experiencing a slight decline in popularity as ways of finding a partner and this could be because they are viewed as less successful hunting grounds, says the study.

Although there has been a slight decline in the number of small - budget pictures produced by major studios as they increasingly focus on large productions.»

The slight decline in C grades is again linked by the exams regulator to some movement of pupils likely to get this grade to other qualifications.

Our Q2 Consumer Technology Survey revealed a slight decline in interest and demand for the Kindle Fire.

CEO Carolyn Reidy said that while sales of digital books are down for the year, she believes S&S will finish 2016 with only a slight decline in e-book revenue.

This year's data show a slight decline in the number of American adults who read print books: 63 % of American adults say they read at least one book in print in the past year, compared with 69 % who said the same the year before and 71 % in 2011.

You may have noticed a slight decline in Fan Page content on your News Feed.

The company said the rise in non-iPad alternatives was responsible for the slight decline in iPad's share of traffic on the company's network, but we were curious about why Apple has such a disproportionate share of that traffic in the first place.

This growth in e-reader market penetration is consistent with a year - on - year increase in the proportion of Australians purchasing eBooks online in any given three months (from 5.5 % to 7.1 %), and coincides with the slight decline in those buying printed books online (10.7 % to 9.5 %).

StatsCan says there was a slight decline in RRSP use over the last few years and that, «coincided with an increase in the number of individuals who contributed to a TFSA, from 2 million in 2009 to 3 million in 2013.»

Stocks suffered a slight decline in the 1930s, but enjoyed several particularly strong decades as well, including the 1950s (18 % average annual return), the 1980s (16.6 %), and the 1990s (17.3 %).

The survey saw a slight decline in confidence in investment properties (17 per cent), cash (15 per cent), and fixed income (nine per cent).

In the mean time we did see a slight decline in dividend stock portfolio, with another worsening of the exchange rate (how low can we go?).

CEO turnover actually saw a slight decline in 2013, with 23.8 % of executives at Fortune 500 companies being terminated, compared to 24 % for the previous year.

In spite of the slight decline in C&I loan growth rates, this loan category continues to propel overall bank loan growth.