The phrase "and persistent declines in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing ongoing decreases in a particular metric or phenomenon, often in contexts like economics, health, or environmental studies.
Example: "The report highlighted the concerning trends of economic instability and persistent declines in consumer confidence."
Alternatives: "and ongoing decreases in" or "and continuous reductions in".
The large and persistent decline in private-sector demand that began the 2008 recession and that explains the painfully slow recovery is apparent in the private-sector financial balance — net private saving, the difference between private saving and private investment.
As reported by the D.E.G., industrywide revenue from movies and television shows in home viewing formats fell 2.1 percent, to $18 billion from $18.4 billion, last year — a decided improvement from the 5 percent decline of the previous year and the persistent declines in the years before that.
43 WNV-caused mortality has also had a substantial impact on many bird populations and resulted in persistent declines in many bird species; it has altered avian community structure and likely affected community competence and enzootic transmission of WNV.
But the study said such changes would probably not change persistent declines in voter turnout and registration, which it said stemmed from "a decreasing hold of the idea of civic duty and involvement".
At their latest meeting, members of the central bank's Open Market Committee worried about persistent declines in the economy and talked about the best way to loosen credit markets.
As in our experience, although the organisms could still be recovered after alterations to improve drainage and reduce splashing, these modifications were temporally associated with persistent declines in the rate of clinical infections.
"Having become accustomed to persistent declines in the unemployment rate, the labour market data for the three months to May came as something of a shock.
"These data, combined with persistent declines in commercial paper rates, are clear evidence of stabilization in the commercial paper market," said Tony Crescenzi, chief fixed-income strategist at Miller Tabak & Company.
However, despite persistent declines in sequencing costs, population-based rare variant detection across large genomic target regions remains cost prohibitive for most investigators.
