Sentence examples for modest fall in from inspiring English sources

— and concludes that the modest fall in unemployment is all about emigration.

With just a modest fall in oil prices, the sands' production would start to go.

What probably happened was that a comparatively modest fall in shares prompted a number of investors to sell, driving prices yet lower.

Inventory figures to be released today are expected to show a modest fall in crude oil stocks and mild increases in refined product supplies.

The Independent, which plans to relaunch its website this month, reported a modest fall in daily online readers in September, down 0.99% to 658,113.

When trading started in London, the FTSE 100 index fell 160 points: a big tumble on a normal day, a modest fall in these exceptional circumstances.

The Bank's central projection for the economy already incorporates some modest falls in house prices the first time the Bank has made this prediction.

However, the weaker prospects for confidence, household incomes and the labour market mean that we do expect some modest falls in house prices".

Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, said: "The relapse in mortgage approvals in April from an already low level reinforces our belief that modest falls in house prices are more probable than not over the coming months".

"We do not believe such an outlook need be materially affected by flat, or modest falls in, house prices, provided that transaction volumes do not take a sharp downward turn and cause our customers to cease trading".

"The relapse in mortgage approvals in April from an already low level reinforces our belief that modest falls in house prices are more probable than not over the coming months, as tighter fiscal policy and the possibility of gradually rising interest rates before the end of 2011 maintains pressure on the housing market," he said.