The phrase "a modest dip" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small decrease or reduction in something, such as prices, performance, or levels.
Example: "The report indicated a modest dip in sales during the last quarter, but overall growth is still expected."
Alternatives: "a slight decline" or "a small decrease."
Still, if investors really thought the Saudi regime was vulnerable, the market gyrations that could follow would make the latest falls look like a modest dip.
That was a modest dip considering that stock futures were down sharply on Sunday night, hinting at a darker opening session than the one that resulted.
Indeed, most recent statistics point to an accelerating economy after a modest dip in output growth to 3.4percentt in the second quarter, from 3.8percentt in the first three months of the year.
AS the economic boom keeps rolling across New Jersey, so does the march of hotels, despite a modest dip in occupancy rates and a supply that is growing faster than the demand for rooms.
Economists have revised their pessimistic forecasts for the rest of the year and 2017 following a run of figures showing only a modest dip and steady rise in activity since the June 23 vote.
"While we see forward momentum in Lexapro, Namanda and Benicar," the research firm said, "we project a modest dip in [fiscal 2006 earnings per share] to $2.65 on our view of generic erosion in the key Celexa line".
But GE under Borch suffered only a modest earnings dip and never even cut the common dividend.
Parents hope to transform even modest dips before a child's record is irrevocably scarred.
American fertility plummeted during the Great Depression, and more recent downturns have produced modest dips as well.
"It makes them say, gee, we're right back into the territory of the 1980 , 1981twin recessions" — and past the more modest dips of the early 2000s and 1990s.
The Smurfs' box-office rose 2% on the previous weekend, while the rest saw only modest dips: Mr Popper's Penguins (-3%), Spy Kids 4 (-14%), Cars 2 (-19%) and Horrid Henry (-26%).
