Sentence examples for modest downward from inspiring English sources

That could put modest downward pressure on prices.

While no clear evidence supports assertions that immigration reduces average earnings, available research suggests immigration may place modest downward pressure on wages for the lowest paid.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The number of people filing for jobless benefits fell only slightly last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, maintaining the year's modest downward trend.

But Howard Archer, an economist at Global Insight, said that what he termed the "modest downward revision" in figures for the second quarter "does not materially change the picture".

Donnell added: "While the balance between supply and demand is not significantly out of kilter, subdued demand and weak consumer confidence are set to keep headline prices under modest downward pressure over the months ahead".

So even a modest downward revision to the surplus could force Democrats and Republicans to make politically difficult choices about taxes and spending that they sidestepped when the surplus was growing almost by the month.

But the weight of the evidence is that QE3 had a modest but significant downward impact on Treasury yields and a positive effect on demand for riskier assets.

"Reforms that offer the prospect of reducing these costs have modest potential to exert downward pressure on overall health spending," the study concluded.

Although the CEDIN may have a modest effect on reversing downward trends in the property market and construction industry, it is unlikely to prove a panacea.

Even amid the recession's darkest hours, private equity posted modest gains, trumping stocks' downward trajectory.

Expressions of humility such as a slight smile, modest dress or eyes directed downward show characteristics of self-regulation, forgiveness and modesty— or the virtue of temperance.