The numbers show that housing markets at the heart of the boom on the West Coast and in Florida had much farther to fall than in the Midwest and Northeast, where most of the damage to values was done by rising unemployment and deteriorating business environments in the wake of the financial crisis.
A reading below 50 signals deteriorating business.
Blackstone Group backed away from its offers last month, however, citing Dell's "deteriorating" business.
This is despite the fact that during recent years, Oman's competitive fundamentals have deteriorated and its business environment perceived to be risky; according to the Global Competitiveness Report (2016), Oman's rank in doing business declined from 46th to 62nd position between 2014 2016.
"The business environment is deteriorating rapidly," he says.Not so, insists the government.
For European carriers, the business environment is deteriorating rapidly, resulting in sizable losses," Mr. Tyler said.
It is an open question how long Slovakia's government can continue in this vein without damaging the economy.Lost confidenceThe Slovak Business Alliance (PAS) announced on June 26th that the business environment had deteriorated over the two years that Mr Fico has been prime minister, pointing to a 6.5-point decline in its business environment index to 120.
According to a CBI poll, seven out of ten finance directors reckon that the business environment in Britain has deteriorated in the past five years.It is not surprising that business is fed up with Labour.
As the business environment in Iran deteriorates, many Iranian businesses have relocated to Dubai, in an effort to circumvent the existing sanctions.
In July, top German industrialists complained publicly to Prime Minister Wen Jiabao that the business environment for foreign companies in China was deteriorating.
