Such complexities are one reason Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill has dismissed repeated pleas from industry lobbyists to encourage a mild decline in the dollar.
A mild decline in prices in a few euro-zone countries can be managed, economists say, but it will add to the risks of deflation.
The slowdown is becoming evident in falling retail sales, weaker job growth, a decline in industrial production, a drop in home construction permits and a mild decline in freight traffic.
The mild decline in manufacturing — down 1.5percentt from a year earlier, much less than the 24.3 percent plunge in the first quarter — stemmed from a "spike" in the "volatile" biomedical sector, and an improvement in the electronics sector "due to inventory restocking," it said in a statement.
He added: "A mild decline in prices is no problem for real GDP growth, and especially in the eurozone.
After a historically bad year for personal computers, market analysts are expecting a more mild decline in this calendar year, and a stabilization over the 300 million yearly unit mark.
Azathioprine resulted in a marked decline in relapse rate in two of them, and a mild decline in one (Table 1).
CKD, even a mild decline in renal function, is well acknowledged as an important risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
The Nordic investigators observed a mild decline in cognitive function in the 60 Gy arm compared with in the TMZ arm at the 6-week time point, but unfortunately no late outcomes were available.
The neuropsychological examination showed a mild decline in raw scores, particularly between the second and last examination, but no significant changes were found when age was controlled for in statistical analyses (repeated measures Mancova) (table 3).
