The authoritative survey, whose respondents speak for 50% of the sector's turnover, also reported a "noticeable weakening in sentiment" over the last 12 months.
Experts say not to panic because the market was overdue to let off some froth, but it's a noticeable shift in sentiment after months of investors shrugging off any political or trade turmoil.
But now, largely because of tough actions by the record companies to combat free music sites through the courts, legislation and even through techno-guerrilla tactics, there is a noticeable change of sentiment in a small segment of the downloading cognoscenti.
Meanwhile, a noticeable shift in sentiment has occurred after the latest rally decimated the ranks of the bears and sent money managers scurrying back into stocks.
Since Mr. Bush's speech on Thursday, there has been a noticeable shift in Arab sentiment, with Arab nations edging back toward the American posture of putting the onus on President Hussein.
Hillbrow, in contrast, shares little of these sentiments, with noticeable divisions between neighbourhoods and an absence of safe shared public spaces.
That sentiment was less noticeable in the rest of Canada, and the Lowe's bid was favorably viewed by most of the investment community outside of Quebec.
Langley echoed the sentiment, saying she has seen a noticeable change in the way women are using their voices and coming forward to support one another.
The relation between the negative sentiment and the degree of violence is not, however, noticeable from Figs. 9 and 10.
April industrial production and capacity utilization and the University of Michigan's early reading on May consumer sentiment were the only economic data yesterday; neither report had a noticeable impact.
