The phrase "a year of falling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a period characterized by decline or loss, whether in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Example: "After a year of falling in sales, the company decided to revamp its marketing strategy."
Alternatives: "a year of decline" or "a year of descent".
Many would sooner negotiate at company, not sector, level; and after a year of falling real wages, unions will push hard in the many multi-year agreements soon due for renewal.
The need is certainly acute, with affordability for those on average incomes halving since 1997 (even after a year of falling house prices) and the number of first-time buyers is at a record low, down 62%.
But it still grew, even in a year of falling share prices.Last week, compensation arrangements claimed a rare victim: Don Carty, head of American Airlines, resigned after failing to tell its beleaguered unions that the company made a $41m pre-tax payment last October to a trust fund to protect the pensions of 45 executives if the company went bust.
During its fourth-quarter conference call Wednesday, Advanced Micro is expected to post a narrower loss than was expected a few months ago and to say that it is finally able to raise prices on its chips after a year of falling demand.
Reeling from a year of falling profits and other problems at home and abroad, the Coca-Cola Company said it would cut 6,000 employees, or one-fifth of its worldwide workforce, in the largest layoff ever for the soft-drink giant.
The fortune has declined amid a year of falling prices and relatively slow demand in the industry.
Britain is heading for a fifth year of falling living standards, with official figures showing a decline in average earnings growth last year from 1.7%to1.4%4%.
In April, Tesco reported a second year of falling group profits with Tesco CEO Philip Clarke under growing pressure to arrest a falling UK market share as shoppers defect to cheaper rivals such as Aldi and Lidl.
In April Clarke reported a third year of falling UK profits and at that time indicated it could take another three years for his turnaround plan, which involves refurbishing Tesco's hundreds of UK stores, to bear fruit.
Moody's move was prompted by a second year of falling profits at the retailer, which has lost its potency as shoppers turn their back on the big weekly shop and embrace discount chains such as Aldi and Lidl.
After a year of repeatedly falling far short of its past predictions, AOL Time Warner's forecasts are the subject of considerable second-guessing on Wall Street.
