"prompted decline" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a decrease in something such as productivity or activity that has been spurred on by a particular event or factor. For example, "The government's decision to reduce subsidies prompted a decline in production."
The timing is particularly bad for the travel industry, coming ahead of the busy school vacation season in July and August, prompting declines in the sector's stocks.
Her letter said that beginning in 1998 in Britain, "erroneous reports linking the measles vaccine to autism prompted a decline in vaccination and the worst outbreak of measles in two decades, including the deaths of several children".
After World War II, increasing mechanization prompted a decline in the Percheron population.
Prompt decline in blood glucose at this time may be related to activation of AMPK regulation of skeletal muscle glucose metabolism [ 44, 48].
The prompt decline of clinical signs following 2CA application in mice with crEAE implies a very rapid local and systemic (Fig. 10B,C) loss of effector cells following inhibition of continued protein citrullination.
What has not been addressed is that falling audiences may be prompted by declining standards as well as the easy lure of Twenty20, of which there is clearly about to be too much.
The church closed down in 2007 as part of the New York archdiocese's reorganization and consolidation, which was prompted by declining attendance and a shortage of priests.
Analysts caution that some favorable trends for the industry could reverse, prompting a decline in electricity prices.
If Mr Blanco's death does, as many hope, prompt a decline in ETA's fortunes, locals and tourists may once again be able to prove their bravado in the bull run rather than in riots.
(Swiss ten-year bond yields are already just 0.5%.)Having pointed out that US profits fell in the first quarter, it is also worth noting that the profit share of EU companies dropped as well, prompting a decline in business investment.
Nevertheless, if investors expect the eventual withdrawal of monetary stimulus to prompt a decline in markets, it makes sense for them to sell in advance so as to reduce their potential losses.
