Sentence examples for moderate declines in from inspiring English sources

The only exception to the brightening regional economic picture at the start of 2013 was the north-east, which saw moderate declines in business activity and incoming new work".

HONG KONG — A 7 percent stock market sell-off in Tokyo led to moderate declines in equity markets across Europe and Asia on Thursday, and Wall Street opened weakly, amid concerns about global growth and uneasiness about central bank actions.

"Despite moderate declines in the overall index and current conditions sub-index, the figures remain robust,” said T.J. Marta, economic and fixed-income strategist for RBC Capital Markets.

Reflecting this change in social behavior, we also find moderate declines in the probability that participants engaged in gratuitous property damage, were involved in alcohol-related crime, or were a crime victim.

At 300 and 350 °C, Ag@Al2O3/10 showed moderate declines in SERS signals, which can be explained by its structure changes when exceeding its melting point of ~265 °C.

They found that both groups experienced similar moderate declines in activity and body temperatures, far different from the sharp drop that occurs during winter hibernation in other bear species.

Julian Hardwick, an analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland, expects a more moderate decline in organic volumes than in previous quarters.

"Top-line results came in somewhat ahead of expectations, reflecting a more moderate decline in U.S. comps," Colin McGranahan, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, wrote in a note to clients.

But if QE is perceived to stabilise the European economy, it could end up being positive for the euro, at least in the short term.As far as European economies are concerned a moderate decline in the euro would probably be good news, as it would deliver a modest stimulus at a time of turmoil.

This recent drought had the highest accumulated CWD of all the droughts but only moderate decline in water supply in comparison to the other droughts.

However, Figs. 1 and 2, which also comprise papers on these topics, seem to suggest there has been only a moderate decline in research on derivatives pricing.