The phrase "a downward effect on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a negative impact or influence that something has on another thing.
Example: "The new policy is expected to have a downward effect on employee morale."
Alternatives: "a negative impact on" or "a detrimental effect on".
Destatis, the German data agency, said: "Foreign trade had a downward effect on economic growth.
"That's why all the Saudi talk about increasing output has already been discounted without having a downward effect on prices," Mr. Gheit of Oppenheimer said.
As flagged up 7.28am, Germany's statistics body reported that the balance of exports and imports had a downward effect on GDP growth.
While the level was much lower than economists expected, an analyst at the agency warned that adjustments intended to deal with seasonal fluctuations in claims may have had a downward effect on the numbers.
"We're hopeful that as the program grows it will continue to have a downward effect on the rate of these tragedies," said William Van Slyke, a spokesman for the child welfare agency.
If, for instance, the son's earnings are observed in the early stage of his career, it causes a downward effect on the estimate.
A recent study on gender and wages [ 16] found that 'An increase in the percentage of women in an occupation has a large downward effect on its wage rank' (p. 1), with one additional percentage point of women in an occupation being associated with a decrease in the wage rank of 8% in standardized USD (p. 13).
Moreover, an increase in the percentage of women in an occupation has a large downward effect on its wage rank.
In summary, we find that a larger supply-side concentration leads to significantly higher price cost margins for hospitals and that a larger demand-side concentration has a significant downward effect on hospital's margins in the Netherlands.
Moreover, we find that stronger hospital concentration does not lead to a significantly higher bargaining share for hospitals, whereas a larger concentration of insurers does have a significant downward effect on the bargaining share for hospitals.
The cost of living is only going up because last year's plunge in petrol prices is no longer having a big downward effect on the consumer price index.
