Sentences with phrase «smaller decline in»

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.

Even though the fund suffered a smaller decline in 2008 than its peer world allocation funds did -LRB--20.6 vs. -29 % per Morningstar), it significantly declined against its reference portfolio of ETFs.

In the longitudinal prospective Three City cohort study of 4,197 healthy women and 2,820 healthy men over 65 years, women consuming more than 3 cups of caffeinated coffee per day for four years showed a smaller decline in verbal retrieval and visuo - spatial memory than women consuming one cup of coffee or less per day.

[116] In Wales, where polls were less frequent, the 2012 — 2014 period saw a smaller decline in Labour's lead over the second - placed Conservative Party, from 28 points to 17.

While a number of large firms announced reductions in cash bonuses for 2011 (with several firms reporting reductions in the range of 20 to 30 percent), personal income tax collections indicate a smaller decline in the overall cash bonus pool.

The difference is attributable to higher rig efficiencies, smaller decline in horizontal drilling where proppant is used and well designs with more proppant per well.»

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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).

Despite a small decline in May, consumer confidence for the first five months of 2015 has been at a higher average level than at any time since May 2004.2 A relatively low unemployment rate and moderate inflation have helped maintain consumers» upbeat mood.

«There is a small decline in church attendance over time, but not nearly as large as suggested in popular culture, or even by some social scientists,» said University of Nebraska - Lincoln sociologist Philip Schwadel, who conducted the study.

But the three next biggest export destinations for Australia's 2,000 wine producers of the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, all suffered a small decline in value.

After a small decline in 2013, Cruzan recorded impressive gains of 12.16 % in 2016.

And though the center recently has seen a small decline in membership — to 1,860 members — Tinley Fitness assistant manager Tom Bell said that in the last couple of months «we've had a lot coming from other [private] clubs.»

For the record, New Mexico had the weakest increase in jobs in the nation as well as the smallest decline in the unemployment rate, while Rhode Island and Mississippi tied for the worst current unemployment rate and Maine and Connecticut saw the smallest increase in inflation - adjusted state GDP.

Ulster County residents will see a small decline in their tax bills under a budget proposal put forth by County Executive Mike Hein last week.

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.

Among Republicans, taking a green position caused a small decline in intentions to vote for the candidate, as did taking a not - green position.

The education budget will fall to $ 953 million in fiscal 2008 from $ 955 million in fiscal 2007, although per - pupil spending is projected to rise slightly because of a small decline in student enrollment, according to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.

The results — which show a small decline in the overall pass rate for the first...

The top publishers in the United Kingdom have experienced a small decline in e-book sales.

The report shows a small decline in Apple's tablet dominance, strong momentum for Amazon, and perhaps surprisingly, second highest in - class growth for Microsoft's Surface line of devices.

The rise in the unemployment rate is twice as high as the rise in counties with the smallest decline in house prices.

This is a quite stable growth and what is even more impressive that there was only one small decline in 2015 -

Overall, there's only a small decline in my Fair Value per share to GBP 7.74 p.

During the recent Activision Blizzard conference call, the Blizzard side of the operation announced record profits despite seeing a small decline in subscriptions to its juggernaut MMO World of Warcraft.

The popular adult video streaming site «YouPorn» has recently seen a small decline in viewership.

I quote: `'» Our surveys reveal a small decline in the proportion of people who believe global warming has been happening, from 84 percent in 2007 to 74 percent today,» Krosnick said.

Yes, most political - scientific meteorological institutions seem to be hiding the small decline in temperatures.

For decades, rising sales have contributed to increasing revenues and profits, but the combination of improved energy efficiency with the growing use of solar electric systems and other forms of «distributed energy» has reduced growth rates, which could lead to small declines in future sales.

Storing more water in reservoirs and refilling them earlier can help salmon at the expense of a small decline in hydropower capacity.11

There was a small decline in streamflow as well, despite a small increase in precipitation on average.

The carbon tax was introduced right before the recession hit in 2008, so while Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell slightly between 2008 and 2011 in British Columbia, that change was on par with the small decline in Canada's GDP.

The highest solar activity during the period 1950 to 2000 was during cycle 19 so it is quite possible that a small decline in thermosphere temperature would be observed over the period without that contradicting my assertion that generally a more active sun warms the thermosphere (but that is something you admit anyway).

Chunzai Wang of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Sang - Ki Lee of the University of Miami, US, examined 150 years of hurricane records and found a small decline in hurricanes making landfall in the United States as oceans warmed.

The importance of leading the local market on trainee and junior lawyer salaries will have to be balanced with the fact that Burges Salmon has been feeling a bit more pressure of late amid a small decline in revenue from # 87.4 million to # 87 million and a 16 % drop in profit per equity partner from # 523,000 to # 438,000 in what managing partner Peter Morris has described as a «challenging» financial year.

One specific aspect of the customer concerns that, over the term of the outsourcing relationship, its pricing will become uncompetitive, is the cumulative impact of gradual year - over-year declines in market price: although initially the customer's pricing may have been ahead of the market, after six or more years of small declines in the market price, the customer's pricing may be significantly above market.

It's much faster to draw up a simulation than to put together a breadboard circuit, you can add instrumentation and swap values ad nauseam, and you are less likely to make an inscrutable wiring mistake that contributes to small declines in your mental health than you are with a physical prototype.

The New XPS 13 has a smaller battery than the older Dell XPS 13 (52 WHr versus 60 WHr), so a small decline in battery life is to be expected.

Although there was a small decline in litigation in 2014, patent trolling exploded over the past decade and remains at historically high levels.