The phrase "adverse developments" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to negative changes or events that have occurred, often in a business, economic, or social context.
Example: "The company faced several adverse developments that impacted its financial stability this quarter."
Alternatives: "negative changes" or "unfavorable events".
Last year, those "adverse developments" were the European debt crisis.
The industry is largely insulated from adverse developments on the tax front.
Innogy blamed "adverse developments in the UK retail market and regulatory interventions such as the price cap".
The backlash from the savings crisis is only the latest in a series of adverse developments for the housing industry.
But adverse developments in costs and prices over the next few months could easily turn it hawkish again.
Many other assets, such as municipal bonds, are priced off Treasuries, and we saw in September 2008 how adverse developments in one market can spill over into others.
Under the program, hospitals are required to report any unintended adverse development in a patient's condition, regardless of whether it could have been prevented.
The major problems that arise in arc welding of AA2219 are the adverse development of residual stresses and the re-distribution as well as dissolution of copper rich phase in the weld joint.
The political friction might make it harder for the center-left government, which does not have an absolute majority in Parliament, to push through spending cuts and privatizations announced on July 1. "This adverse development increases implementation risk to the government's plans, many of which will require not just cross-party support but also acceptance by the trade unions," Moody's said.
With such a high valuation, it will not take a very large adverse development to send it crashing - namely faltering earnings, a recession, higher interest rates, etc.
In less than two months, FFH rebounded over 50% to hit a year high of $97 on May 2, in part from strong first-quarter financials and an agreement led by Bernardsville, N.J.-based Chubb Re, a division of Chubb, to provide up to $200 million in adverse development cover for TIG.
