Sentence examples for continued to edge lower from inspiring English sources

Ahead of the crucial Scottish independence vote and the latest US Federal Reserve meeting, leading shares continued to edge lower.

House prices continued to edge lower last month and the market is expected to remain subdued but stable into 2013, the Halifax said today.

Rics said the number of new instructions in August was unchanged on the July figure, while prices continued to edge lower – albeit at a slower pace than in previous months.

Yet the unemployment rate has not risen, but plummeted, from 20% in 1997 to 8.2%, and continues to edge lower.

"Prices will continue to edge lower at the bottom end of the market even as demand for these homes picks up a bit," Joshua Shapiro, chief United States economist at MFR, wrote in a research note.

In addition, demand for new homes is stagnant despite record low mortgage interest rates, and competition from foreclosures continues to cloud the sector, said Joshua Shapiro, chief United States economist at MFR Inc. "This suggests that prices will continue to edge lower at the bottom end of the market even as demand for these homes picks up a bit," Mr. Shapiro said.

On that issue, it seems, China and the U.S. will continue to edge closer to confrontation.

The ratio of household debt to disposable income has continued to edge up (see chart 1).

He said that prices would continue to edge "a little bit lower" with the clearing away of much of the exaggeration surrounding Turkey's plans.

That's going to continue to edge towards us.

Update: Ryan Avent beats me in the shrillness department: European markets continue to drop, and bond yields continue to edge upward.