Those declines in prices helped to offset the impact of the downturn on consumers.
Cambridge University has drawn up a bursary scheme to offset the impact of top-up fees.
The NSP was introduced in 2011 to offset the impact of the undergraduate fees increase on poorer student participation.
It did not, however, take steps to offset the impact of the financial hiccup on growth expectations.Markets reacted.
Boeing must be hoping for launch orders for its 777X to offset the impact of the Japanese decision.
It could use tax credits to offset the impact of payroll taxes, which hit poor families proportionately harder than wealthy families.
Monetary policy will need to stay loose for an extended period to offset the impact of the major, sustained fiscal squeeze.
The company raised its prices in an attempt to offset the impact of the weak pound, which hit a 23-year low against the dollar last week.
But these changes were not enough to offset the impact of "unprecedented currency devaluations", Lafley said of the three months to the end of December.
China is trying to offset the impact of the world recession with a broad stimulus program aimed at increasing local demand for products.
In the latest quarter, sales in the company's large military business rose 9percentt, helping to offset the impact of the recession on the company's commercial-plane business.
