Sentence examples for persistent declines from inspiring English sources

"Having become accustomed to persistent declines in the unemployment rate, the labour market data for the three months to May came as something of a shock.

"These data, combined with persistent declines in commercial paper rates, are clear evidence of stabilization in the commercial paper market," said Tony Crescenzi, chief fixed-income strategist at Miller Tabak & Company.

But the study said such changes would probably not change persistent declines in voter turnout and registration, which it said stemmed from "a decreasing hold of the idea of civic duty and involvement".

At their latest meeting, members of the central bank's Open Market Committee worried about persistent declines in the economy and talked about the best way to loosen credit markets.

As reported by the D.E.G., industrywide revenue from movies and television shows in home viewing formats fell 2.1 percent, to $18 billion from $18.4 billion, last year — a decided improvement from the 5 percent decline of the previous year and the persistent declines in the years before that.

Large, wide-ranging carnivores face greater threats and more persistent declines than most other mammal species.

The second is a persistent decline in productivity growth over the last dozen years.

A persistent decline in the immigrant population could damage the overall Arizona economy, Ms. McLaren said.

The steep, persistent decline in its partnership rolls has jeopardized the firm.

But persistent decline is harmful, especially if the population is ageing as well as shrinking.

The carmaker is suffering from a persistent decline in sales and is busily restructuring itself.