Most experts believe global oil consumption will decline in 2009 for the second straight year.
Now, those fields are mature and, in time, will decline in importance.
Also, the thinking that electricity demand will decline in an economic downturn is not borne out by history.
Mr. Obama's advisers believe that unemployment will decline in 2010, but not until late in the year.
Shaker has remained profitable this year by selling many stocks short, betting that they will decline in value.
Mr. Hevesi's report estimates that tax revenues will decline in the current fiscal year by 7.1percentt, or $1.6 billion.
The World Bank forecasts that the volume of international trade will decline in 2009, for the first time since 1982.
Some analysts predict that Aventis's total sales, which were $26 billion in 2002, will decline in the next year, forcing the company to cut staff.
Based on that lesson, the report expects that donations will decline in 2009, and even more so in 2010, then rebound.
Such funds often sell some stocks short, a bet that they will decline in value, to provide some insurance if the market declines.
These analyses demonstrate the magnitude of urban contamination of aquatic systems and air sheds, and suggest that, despite reductions in contaminant emissions in urban settings, streams and lakes will decline in quality as urbanization of their watersheds takes place.
