Sentences with phrase «substantial decline»

«We were surprised to see substantial declines in marijuana use and abuse,» he said.

As a result, many older 401 (k) participants saw substantial declines in the value of their nest egg.

Positive returns followed the other occurrences, though the last three were followed by substantial declines about a year out.

The number fell from 52 percent to 42 percent, driven by substantial declines among black and Latino voters.

A British study looking at 1930 and 1980 nutritional data found substantial declines in calcium, iron and potassium.

Regardless of start date substantial declines are evident in the long terms series, more than 30 years, from 1980 - present there is not a decline.

These models say that East Africa will become wetter, yet observations show substantial declines in spring rainfall in recent years.

Warren and Salem saw substantial declines at 46 and 22 percent, respectively.

«Locally», the Fund is likely to appear about 60 - 70 % hedged, but less than that on substantial advances, and more than that on substantial declines.

The consumer electronics retailer filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday after a lengthy effort at reversing substantial declines in revenue over the past few years.

Wall Street suffered a sharp drop on Tuesday, with major benchmarks posting substantial declines in response to a combination of economic factors.

But in England, based on an analysis of secondary school teachers, pay had fallen, with only countries such as Greece and Portugal having a more substantial decline.

Researchers found that the net worth of owners in the program rose substantially from 2005 to 2012, while comparable renters suffered substantial declines.»

Any combination of economic explanations, from Target leaving Canada to Future Shop closing to the re-tooling of Chrysler's Windsor plant are in the wrong areas geographically and are too small to account for such substantial declines.

Garfield noted that after Obamacare kicked into high gear in 2014, «we saw substantial declines nationally in uncompensated care.»

Given the now large body of research suggesting substantial declines in neutral real rates, it is an anachronism to believe that zero rates are only appropriate in pathological economies.

If it weren't for an influx of new parishioners from other countries, particularly Latin America, Roman Catholics would have experienced substantial decline like mainline Protestant denominations.

In the first half of 2017, Grulich says the team saw a «very substantial decline» in new infections — a drop of 35 %.

And yet, it's not necessarily wise — because unexpected dividend cuts by a company can precipitate substantial declines in its stock price.

Following this approach for a relatively risky investment, which has substantial declines often, you should be willing to endure more of those declines the longer you are willing to invest.

Importance of getting the numbers right: quantifying the rapid and substantial decline of an abundant marsupial, Bettongia penicillata.

«Locally», the Fund is likely to appear about 60 - 70 % hedged, but less than that on substantial advances, and more than that on substantial declines.

It's true that even a 5 % decline is «nothing to sneeze at,» but it makes you wonder what it would take to get a more substantial decline — say around 15 - 20 % — aside from more and better transit options (and, yes, I realize this is purely wishful thinking).

Since 1990, New Jersey also saw substantial declines in the percent of uninsured children, child and teen deaths, births to teenagers and children living in families where the head of the household lacks a high school diploma.

These include: 1) a substantial decrease in student enrollment; 2) the curtailment or alteration of an educational program as a result of substantial decline in enrollment or to conform with standards of organization and education as required by law or recommended by the state Department of Education; 3) consolidation of schools or districts, or 4) the reorganization of a school district.

In the wake of the financial crisis new banking regulations (such as the Volcker Rule) and increased costs of capital contributed to a substantial decline in dealer inventories.

Since the January White House travel ban announcement, international tourism to the United States has seen a substantial decline.

The smoking rate fell by 1.7 percentage points between 2014 and 2015 alone — a substantial decline, according to a report Thursday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

This could mark the beginning of a substantial decline that all of the «perma - bears» have been forecasting for the past few years.

This substantial decline in EI benefits comes as unemployment is rising.

It would take a substantial decline for the bears to gain control of the long - term trend.

Some market participants have argued that housing's contribution to real GDP is but a shadow of its former self (2.6 % in 2015 vs. 3.3 % in 2005), but a substantial decline will still weigh on Federal Reserve's policy reaction function (especially given still - fresh memory of the housing downturn).

Wall Street Poised For Sharp Losses Again on Monday US futures are trading back in the red again on Monday, adding to substantial declines seen on Friday when higher interest rate and inflation expectations weighed heavily on stocks.

Rather, I reached this conclusion: unless we are headed for a substantial decline in the price per barrel of oil, those 4 - 6 % dividends from Conoco, BP, and Shell are a great way to generate substantial income over the course of coming business cycles based on current prices.

The major short - term influence on the inflation outlook continues to be the substantial decline in the Australian dollar over the past year.

The result for the month of June, a fall of 0.8 per cent, incorporates a substantial decline in spending in department stores; this may partly reflect recent changes to the timing of mid-year sales, as there was a similar fall recorded the previous June, followed by a strong bounce - back the next month (Graph 13).

Medium - term expectations recorded in the NAB Survey show some substantial declines in expected inflation have occurred during the past year, but more than half the respondents still expect inflation to be in the 3 to 4 per cent range.

Many Wall Street analysts and financial experts claim the stock market is in a bubble; on the verge of a substantial decline.

If that failure strikes you as inconsequential, or even desirable, consider that its cause — a flawed monetary transmission mechanism that lacks the usual link between growth in the stock of bank reserves on one hand and growth in the broad money stock on the other — poses the grave risk of a far more spectacular failure the next time we face a substantial decline in the velocity of broad money like the one that struck in 2008.

That is why, if one examines the record of so - called bank lending «manias,» one finds that they typically involve, not a substantial decline in bank reserve ratios, but a substantial increase in the nominal quantity of bank reserves.

Systematic national programs of these sorts would lead to a steady and substantial decline in the emission of greenhouse gases and greatly increase our ability to lead the family of nations into international agreements on the environment.

That is a substantial decline.

Law enforcement officials and politicians from Dayton, Ohio, to Los Angeles see these laws as about public safety: New Mexico, for example, saw substantial declines in both traffic fatalities and uninsured motorists.