Sentence examples for lower for the first from inspiring English sources

Mortgage rates edged lower for the first time in three weeks as consumer confidence fell, Freddie Mac said this week.

The use of Side-Fired reformers could be more convenient with respect to Top-Fired reformers, because the temperature gradients through the reactor wall are lower for the first one by 10 °C approximately.

Some physical variables related to human impact were lower for the first path (e.g. soil penetration resistance and secondary treads), while other biochemical and microbiological variables were higher for the second path (e.g. β-glucosidase and phosphatase activities, soil respiration).

Stock indexes were lower for the first time in three days, as jobless claims climbed more than economists estimated and concern about a slowdown in Chinese demand dragged down commodity producers.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, newsstand sales for the magazine, which has a circulation of 2.1 million, were down by 11percentt for the last six months of 2000, and Condé Nast executives said Glamour's newsstand sales had dropped even lower for the first three months of this year.

Still, as expected, the major averages closed the quarter lower for the first time since 2016, and overall, it has been a rough month for stock investors.

Mortgage rates moved lower for the second time in three weeks.

Leading shares are heading lower for the fourth day, with Aberdeen Asset Management the biggest faller.

In Treasury trading yesterday, prices ended lower for the fourth straight session.

[Page C2.] Stocks Mixed but Fall for Week Stocks were mixed but closed lower for the third consecutive week.

Two takeover developments and renewed trouble in Greece have combined to send shares lower for the third day running.