Industrial commodity prices were undercut by a sharp decline in manufacturing.
But the drop was foreshadowed by a sharp decline in a separate consumer sentiment index released last week.
The dollar rebounded against other major currencies, bolstered by a sharp decline in the price of gold.
Some economists argued that such a discrepancy would be followed by a sharp decline, which soon arrived.
Major Polynesian settler impact (commencing ∼700 yr BP) was associated with forest clearance as indicated by a sharp decline in forest pollen types.
The growth of renewables is being accompanied by a sharp decline in coal burning, not only in China, but in the U.S. and elsewhere.
He is typically considered a "close but no" guy, his brief stretch of greatness from 1982 to '87 followed by a sharp decline.
Buoyant initial sales are typically followed by a sharp decline several months later, inviting the steady introduction of items to take their place.
Britain's manufacturing sector shrank at its fastest pace in more than two years, hurt by a sharp decline in demand for exports.
Its boom in the second half of the 1990s was fed by a sharp decline in borrowing costs on the mere prospect of euro membership.
The number of papers published in the ISSC has sextupled in the 10 years from 2001 to 2011, followed by a sharp decline (i.e., 43%) in 2015.
