Softer demand is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to a decrease in the intensity or volume of a request. For example, "With a softening of demand, prices have begun to decrease."
The research firm attributed the shortfall to softer demand for consumer PCs in the United States and Western Europe.
Recorded music sales fell 4percentt in the quarter, hurt by softer demand in Britain, France and Canada.
Taking rents in Midtown South, she said, are a much larger percentage of the asking rent than in areas of softer demand like Downtown.
Another economic report showed that wholesale prices fell 0.1percentt in December, suggesting that softer demand was helping to tamp down prices of some raw materials.
Global investors were uneasy after the United States released figures on Friday showing decreasing personal incomes and weak consumer spending, suggesting softer demand for foreign goods.
General Dynamics, which is having softer demand for armored vehicles after the war-related surge in previous years, said its Gulfstream business jet segment had the best quarter for new orders since mid-2008.
"We continue to see soft demand".
Despite soft demand and high levels of inventories, oil futures in New York have averaged $75 a barrel over the last six months.
After a couple of years of exceptionally low stocks, soft demand and aggressive refinery runs have led to a reversal.
UK retailing is massively oversupplied: too many stores, too much space and too many websites – all chasing relatively soft demand.
Gains came even after technology firms, like Rambus, said earnings fell on soft demand in the slowing economy.
