Sentences with phrase «small decline»

Studies show that couples who participate in weekly group counseling had a much smaller decline in marital satisfaction — than parents who didn't attend counseling.

While a relatively small decline, it is in sharp contrast with the annual average growth of 4.2 % for the last decade.

Historically, strategies that focus on less volatile stocks have posted smaller declines during down markets than those that track the entire stock market.

«The Greatest Showman,» starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum, remained a powerful draw with a remarkable small decline of 12 % in its fifth weekend.

The results show urban landscapes might not be as detrimental to pollinator communities as previously thought; sites with an increased level of urbanisation around them show smaller declines in pollinator diversity.

During an employment recovery, such as the one in the United States, we tend to see full - time jobs increase with small declines in part - time jobs as part - time positions are converted into full - time ones.

That's still a «healthy level,» says the report, but it signals that the U.S. will lose ground to developing nations, which are suffering far smaller declines in growth than the industrialized world.

The government claimed that securing a budget allocation for STI in 2010 of $ 297.3 million — a relatively small decline over the 2009 figure — is a victory and validation of its policy to place science at the heart of its economic policy and drive to create a «knowledge economy.»

For the period 1987 to date there appears to be a very small decline which suggests to me that any increase early in the period has been slightly more than offset by a small decrease over the past 12 years or so.

Expectations are modest, with flattish results or even small declines the consensus view.

Those with moderate (GOLD 2) or severe (GOLD 3) COPD experienced statistically significant but smaller declines in FEV1 with each exacerbation than those with mild COPD.

GM attributes its fairly small decline to continued discipline on fleet sales, and says its retail market share has topped 17 percent for three consecutive months, for the first time since 2011.

Save for a few small declines, equities have gone up, and up and up some more since the market trough.

Hauser's testimony is based on online surveys conducted across 1,600 people; under cross questioning, he conceded he hadn't analyzed real - world programming disputes that sometimes show much smaller declines.

Investors who have focused on defensive industries and individual stocks that are less vulnerable to swings in the economy have tended to outperform the broader market with smaller declines during bad periods.

Despite successful implementation of this professional development based on what many experts believed to be the best practice for improving math instruction, scores on the NWEA and state math tests showed small declines (and the NWEA decline was not statistically significant while the state test decline was).

There was one further small decline in the cash rate in April.

The three trajectory groups represent high, moderate and low social anxiety levels, with increasing then decreasing high levels in the first group and a steady but small decline in the moderate and low groups.

REITs are highly leveraged, so a relatively small decline in the value of their assets (ie, real estate) can wipe out the equity of unitholders.

The bookings growth was driven by growth in hotel room nights and in rental car days, offsetting a smaller decline in air tickets.

CLSA expects a smaller decline.

Also out this morning: U.S. trade deficit, which likely narrowed in September, will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET and the ISM non-manufacturing index, which is expected to show a small decline in the pace of service sector growth, will be released at 10 a.m. ET.

If you're an advertiser who drives website traffic through pay - per - click (PPC) ads, you may or may not see a small decline in your click - through rate (CTR) as paid ad listings become more obvious to search users.

China's economy can likely weather a small decline in growth, in part because of its increased reliance on domestic spending, but this isn't the only potentially GDP - destroying situation it's dealing with.

Sears» department store peers are struggling, but posting far smaller declines.

The reversal was led by energy exports, which increased by 11 %, rises in exports of most other sectors and a small decline in imports.

It is interesting to see a small decline in compensation among some of the specialties involved in procedures and small increases among primary care physicians, which could reflect early changes in reimbursement resulting from the Affordable Care Act.

A small decline in sales this year isn't a concern - I think sales will move mostly sideways at near record levels.

Citigroup chief U.S. equity strategist Tobias Levkovich sees a smaller decline of about 3 to 5 percent if Trump wins, given in part the S&P's nine days of declines.

Canada unexpectedly posted its first trade surplus in more than two years in November, while employers added 53,700 jobs in December, trouncing the median economist forecast of a small decline.

Full - time positions rose 81,300 in December from the previous month, the biggest gain since March 2012, and even after taking away 27,600 part - time jobs the total employment gain of 53,700 shattered the median economist forecast of a small decline.

The same goes for banks when they are funded with excessively high debt levels: Small declines in the value of their assets can quickly render them insolvent.

In addition to some stabilization in farmland markets, smaller declines in farm income also suggested that the farm economy in the Tenth District may be stabilizing.

A small decline can be devastating on household wealth.

The bottom line: Most parts of Canada will see, very soon, a modest upward trend in housing prices, and those that don't are unlikely to see anything worse than a small decline.

July data showed a small decline in the composite index, while first mortgage default rate were unchanged and second mortgage default rates rose by two basis points.

Despite intensifying competition from larger rivals, Pandora Media Inc reported a smaller - than - expected quarterly loss on Thursday as the music streaming service provider benefited from higher subscription revenue and smaller declines in its advertising business than feared.

We make sure each group contains 20 % of the population, which is why there are more states in the smallest decline category.

The states with the smallest decline are: Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

In the charts below, we take the 20 % U.S. states that had the largest decline in housing net worth from 2006 to 2009, and we compare them to the 20 % states U.S. states that had the smallest decline over the same time period.

(Reuters)- Despite intensifying competition from larger rivals, Pandora Media Inc (P.N) reported a smaller - than - expected quarterly loss on Thursday as the music streaming service provider benefited from higher subscription revenue and smaller declines in its advertising business than feared.

In contrast, the upswing in business investment remains strong despite a small decline in the March quarter.

Many young investors can't handle all but the smallest declines in their investment portfolios.

This represents a small decline in year - ended inflation from the June quarter, and a more sizeable drop from an average inflation rate of around 3 per cent during 2002 (Graph 68).

Retail spending showed a small decline in real terms in the June quarter, to be 2.8 per cent higher than a year ago.

The subsequent decline in the market and the Fund, however, resulted in a small decline (0.9 % decline vs. a decline of 0.8 % for the S&P 500).

According to Estimize, the crowd expects to see year - over-year growth in EPS while experts anticipate a small decline.