"Their ability to lead the market has diminished," Mr. Lee said of city housing programs.
Already the financial-market meltdown has diminished the endowment funds that cover museums' day-to-day operating expenses.
Nowadays, the role of Verviers as the main market place has diminished, but for Afghan cashmere, Verviers is still a major destination through Iran.
In Europe, its main export market, its influence has diminished as the EU has weakened its grip on prices by liberalising markets and through the courts.
"It's not a crisis in confidence, but it is a more cautious approach," Mr. Sohl said of the perspective of investors, whom he said may also have less to invest in new companies because the market's decline has diminished their capital.
"Letting private markets reign," she writes, has "diminished the Consumers Republicc's otherwise substantial achievements".
And "if they managed to mis-sell that much insurance then their branch staff can't be too bad at selling," notes one industry consultant, waspishly.The main reason for the surprising resilience of Britain's domestic banking market is that competition has diminished sharply.
The price of generics, particularly in markets such as the U.S.A., has diminished dramatically with statins now costing less than $5 per month.
"The market share of horse racing has diminished over the past 10 years with the rise of internet betting [on other sports]," he said.
But email has diminished that market, forcing owner Joel Landis to consider collaborating with Shayne O'Keefe, owner of Hot Spokes, which transports edibles from 10 restaurants and food shops in the Downtown/Midtown area.
