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For many global companies, the rise of the Chinese consumer is the only thing standing between them and a decline in their business.

There has been a string of disappointing housing data recently, starting with an unexpected decline in August existing-home sales.

Indeed, the decline in world trade in the first year is equal to that in the first two years of the Great Depression.

But there has been a sharp reversal this year as a slowdown in policy sales has led to a decline in premium revenues.

Internet advertising is growing rapidly for many and is beginning to offset some of the decline in print.

The standard newspaper definition of a recession is a decline in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two or more consecutive quarters.

Beijing also needs to see a decline in the cost of the raw materials imported to feed its industrial machine.

near the beginning of a chain of events that led to the Great Depression, a period of economic decline in the industrialized nations.

At least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise three days a week seems to reduce cognitive decline in older adults.

In the U. S. , the monthly decline in vehicle sales accelerated for the last three months, falling 41% in February from a year earlier.

With the recent sharp decline in Chinese manufacturing output, the global decoupling theory seems to have died a well-deserved death.

He was forced to grapple with the problem when he analysed the satellite data and found a slight decline in precipitation around Adi Ha.

A decline in the long-term growth rate of real GDP over two or more quarters.

"Housing prices will decline in the fourth quarter this year, but how much it will drop is uncertain, " Xu said.

Other large-scale trends have paralleled the decline in violence and cruelty, but it is not easy to sort out cause and effect here.

But, he said the decline in imports would be largely because of the fall in prices of industrial materials.

inflation : An increase in the general price level, resulting in a decline in the purchasing power of the monetary unit.

The cost for this tonic seems to be a drastic decline in Americans' economic mobility.

The rise, compared to a year earlier, breaks a 13-month decline in trade as a result of the global downturn.

The company said the action was 'in response to a precipitous decline in our business over the last 30 days.

Critics of the U. S. automobile industry say years of mismanagement have been responsible for a decline in sales and plant closures.

And worst of all, all this decline in margins has occurred with this massive build up in inventories, something I've never seen before.

The company said the popularity of netbooks caused an 8 percent decline in its software business.

Pinker convincingly demonstrates that there has been a dramatic decline in violence, and he is persuasive about the causes of that decline.

Indeed, some had been hoping for a modest decline in the first quarter to take some of the heat out of the market.

He saw a decline in his power of walking and thought his "memory not so faithful as it used to be. "

A decline in physical communication in an increasingly Web-based society was also a factor, he said.

But the most obvious effect so far of the prospect of more quantitative easing by the Fed has been a decline in the U. S. dollar.

Worse still would be a combination of a return to higher levels of interest rates combined with a decline in crop prices.

SAM : Well, you know, you were just talking to me a minute ago about the precipitous decline in advertising revenue.

In the beginning of the reformation in China, the movement returned to glory again, thus later it had to decline in the market economy.

Even well-paid workers sensed their decline in status. obedience to the ding-dong of the bell-just as though we are so many living machines.

One of the main reasons was a sharp decline in new export orders, with manufacturers blaming slacker demand in Europe and China.

Given the decline in iron-ore prices and demand, it isn't clear how easily BHP would be able to sell so much production capacity.

A Wey spokesman says that the decline in Wey-linked stocks mirrors that of Chinese stocks traded in the U. S. in general.

But while online advertising has grown, it has not increased quickly enough to make up for the decline in traditional print advertising.

Since the appreciation of RMB leads to a decline in the price expressed in domestic currency, the exporter is unable to run the price up.

"I did not forecast a significant decline because we had never had a significant decline in prices, " he said.

The US central bank said the pace of economic activity had "slowed markedly, owing importantly to a decline in consumer expenditures" .

What was encouraging was that we saw some decline in obesity, (but) we saw an increase in the racial disparities.

Lampdimming used for too long has been a decline in the rate cut will run the exposure.

Among investors, the question a few months ago wasn't whether the U. S. dollar would decline in value, but rather how far and how fast.

If the decline in prices were to continue, it would be an indication of continued weakness in global demand.

The UN said the decline in Columbia was caused mainly by the authorities' destruction of plants by hand rather than by aerial spray.

Inflation is the name given to an increase in price levels generally. It is also manifest in the decline in the purchasing power of money.

However, concerns have been raised that the decline in numbers may be part of a wider structural issue, unconnected to the economic turmoil.

A decline in investor rights was a marker of a rising bubble in the years leading up to the market collapse of 2008 .

Rapid population growth is due not so much less than the birth rate rose as a result of the decline in mortality.

He said this was partly due to a decline in litigation related to the credit crisis.

is that frequent activity of this sort seems to slow the rate of mental decline in those without cognitive impairment.

The decline in the household saving rate and the current-account surplus would seem to be connected.

The steep decline in product prices was the biggest factor behind the operating loss, the company said.

"Given the decline in our current account surplus, there is no foundation for a sharp rise in the renminbi, " he said.

With the coming of modern emergency measures and air safety, airplane accidents are actually beginning to decline in number.

Shares of stockbrokers retreated sharply, reflecting a decline in market volumes to around a third of the level a year ago.

The authors say there was no negative impact on careers, and no decline in client service standards.

Bernard Hoekman, director of the bank's international trade department, has "little doubt that the decline in trade has bottomed out" .

Rather than facing a decline in global competitiveness, China has continued to gobble market share in many markets.

That means incremental growth in Asian consumption could still make up for the decline in exports if it is strong enough.

But there was no decline in the ratio among couples whose first child was a son.

Since the US was the epicentre of the financial crisis, the relatively small decline in output is remarkable.

Well, in the first few years of this decade there was some extraordinarily fast decline in Arctic sea ice.

Throughout his life he would like to guard things, but eventually as the general decline in quicksand fingers trace.

Behind that decline in real rates, argues the McKinsey Global Institute, was not so much a savings glut as an investment dearth.

Despite the evidence of a decline in national wellbeing, governments continue to put economic interests first.

Economists said the decline in factory orders would result in manufacturers hiring fewer workers.

This coincided with the beginning of the long decline in the US dollar.

The decline in revenue collections for the city and state will likely reach its nadir this year, he said.

'So far we are seeing, at worst, an orderly decline in the housing market, ' he said.

Its citizens are growing ever more conscious of their country's rise and of a perceived relative decline in American power.

Members noted the analysis in the paper that the main reason for the decline in the Backing Ratio was the increase in the Aggregate Balance.

Another worry Mr. Paulson had during the dark days of 2008 was 'a sudden decline in the dollar. '

But what defined the recent recession was the biggest decline in consumption and investment since the Depression.

Oman has been especially ambitious with its heavy-oil projects as it looks to offset a steep decline in its light-oil production.

There have been a number of assertions that the unemployment rate is much higher than we should have expected, given the decline in GDP.

The main reason there was the decline in demand from the ex-Soviet bloc economies in Eastern and Central Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

Thus the decline in home prices will undoubtedly cause pain, but it is unlikely to be a trigger for a US consumption collapse.

But this was not enough to offset the multi-year decline in household consumption, which slumped to a new low of only 35 per cent of GDP.

In the west, such a dramatic decline in sales would be seen as very bad news for the overall economy.

But analysts say allowing a slow decline in the dollar isn't a policy to be feared unless the fall turns into a rout.

Such a fund could offer partial protection against a decline in purchasing power in the U. S.

Bulgari's poor performance follows news in January that Swiss watch exports suffered their biggest monthly decline in at least two decades.

Buckner said the study suggests the cognitive decline in aging may be linked to communication problems between regions of the brain.

The first is the decline in barriers to the free flow of goods, services, and capital that has occurred since the end of World War II.

And, of course, the sharp decline in stock prices has a negative wealth effect and a pernicious effect on consumer confidence.

Furthermore, there was a decline in the number of female dropouts due to marriage in the post-intervention period.

They found that there was an overall decline in the amount of water flowing into the world's oceans.

The effects of that on state population growth were compounded by a decline in international migration, something seen in all states.

The outbreak appears to be in decline in Koulikoro and Segou regions but is still not under control in Mopti region.

Just tired, wanted to own all the vitality, are exhausted in this period, and then decline, in the dark, sleep.

Real 'learning' would have resulted in a large-scale positive change in behavior, and of course, decline in obesity levels.

Such a major decline in monthly foreign trade is rare in the 30 years of reform and opening up.

Overall, the swindlers intermediary caused the total cost of improving social welfare and social decline in the total.

The standard way of minimising this decline in performance is a few days of acclimatisation.

Among other things, it led to horrific pollution and a decline in life expectancy, where life expectancy is strongly correlated with wealth.

Objective To probe the cases of the surface decline in Murphy's dropper while transfusion .

The disappearance of a federal tax credit for home buying led to a worse-than-expected decline in May U. S. home sales.

A counterpart to this focus on sovereign risk has been a decline in the euro against the dollar.

Furthermore, the decline in manufacturing capacity is probably only the beginning of the bad news.

This decision is the culmination of a steady decline in constitutional protection for the right to privacy.

"They're encouraging in some sense because the rate of decline in the economy as a whole is slowing, " he said.

Births of boys are on the decline in several industrialized countries, including the United States, the U. K. , and Canada. In the U. S.

Toyota reported a 32% decline in operating profit between July and September, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.

On this observance of World Refugee Day, we must note a troubling trend: the decline in the number of refugees who are able to go home.

The general decline in environmental quality has affected crops as well as the soil.

The cause of the decline in handwriting may lie not so much in computers as in standardized testing.

China's super-rich are particularly active in London, attracted by depressed property values and the decline in the value of sterling.

Copper resumed a decline in London and New York. Aluminum, zinc, nickel, lead and tin also fell.

Credit Agricole said the fall in handouts used to buy sweets, CDs and video games was caused by a decline in households' purchasing power.

Concerned over the decline in influence of his committee, he has plans to put it back on the map.

Even while just standing in one place, a rapid decline in the number of signal bars can be observed depending on how the phone is gripped.

Both the decline in jobs and the increase in the unemployment rate have been more severe than in any other recession since World War II.

But seen from a historical perspective, there has been a striking decline in work-related injuries and deaths in the US.

This was accompanied by a steady decline in the personal saving rate and a rise in household debt relative to income.

While there has been a decline in book reading generally, the decline has been especially sharp for literature.

And on top of that, using fertilizer and chemical herbicides further exacerbates the decline in productivity.

In the U. S. , payrolls continued to decline in January (when it declined by $20, 000 net).

It forecast the decline in prices would persist at least throughout the fourth quarter.

And my local market saw a sharp decline in sales, culminating in a need to take the loss this tax year and get out.

Marriage began to experience a decline in the 1980s, but in the last decade its popularity has fallen more sharply.

There has been a progressive decline in his living standard over the past years.

Some investors worry about a recent decline in bank deposits, a trend that could strain banks' liquidity if it continues.

PC sales have suffered from decreased spending on technology, and have continued to decline in recent quarters.

another is the size of the non-performance of the company and the decline in market forces, this force is also not small Watch for.

Nokia has fared better than many rivals during the recession, but it too has been hit by a sharp decline in consumer spending.

For China the crisis was an extraneous event that was experienced mainly as a temporary decline in exports.

The study is among the first to reveal the environmental consequences of such a catastrophic decline in species.

But a continued decline in the value of the dollar is a double-edged sword for the U. S. economy.

Microsoft attributed some of the decline in Windows revenue to a greater mix of PCs shipped to emerging markets, where prices were lower.

Writing looks as bad as reading to those who see nothing but decline in the advent of the Internet.

Globalization is coupled with an ideology of free markets and free trade and a decline in state intervention.

The Basel Committee's report shows that the benefits of the consequent decline in the probability of a costly crisis are substantial.

of the total , a notable rise in non - us dollar foreign currency deposits more than offset a decline in us dollar deposits.

The general decline in hat wearing led to the demise of proper hat racks in restaurants and bars.

Although a total flip may be hundreds or thousands of years away, the rapid decline in magnetic strength is already damaging satellites.

The rise in the yield, which follows a decline in the price, were in line with a decline in German bunds, another safe-haven asset.

Export orders continued to contract, but in the smallest decline in eight months.

This leads to the simple definition of a depression as a recession that lasts longer and has a larger decline in business activity.

The decline in computer science applicants is likely to continue for a while.

Shandong yarn prices fell still, contract is not ideal, market sentiment out of pure polyester yarn, decline in trading volume.

Smoking was associated with mental decline in middle age, as it is with dementia and a host of physical ills later in life, they found.

Second World War, general decline in Western European countries, the United States stood out to form the US-led capitalist camp.

The net stimulus to demand imparted to the rest of the world depends on a decline in their trade surpluses or rise in their deficits.

That has not translated into a dramatic decline in interbank borrowing costs yet.

He found a progressive decline in pollination over the years which was most pronounced early in the flowering season.

"In the absence of a disease such as Alzheimer's, people [compensate] quite well despite the decline in memory, " he said.

Partly it's the fact that some predicted changes, like a decline in Arctic Sea ice, are happening much faster than expected.

There has been a decline in the number of people borrowing from public libraries, but book sales are rising.

But he cautioned: "It is not a boom. It's not going to offer the prospect of a rapid decline in the unemployment rate. "

In particular, the extreme decline in operating losses is something that will be concerning the company's strategists.

Since the end of the first dotcom bubble, we've seen a gradual decline in the number of people applying to earn computer science degrees.

For now, stock prices suggest many investors are comfortable knowing that at least the decline in profits has been halted.

For the next 150 years there was a growth of social responsibility, followed by a decline in the next 50.

These were followed by the establishment of an "international" caliphate rule and eventually by a steep decline in Arab-Islamic power.

The main reason was the steep decline in imports, particularly oil and oil products and industrial supplies and materials.

Until last month, the rate of decline in exports had been slower than for other big Asian economies.

European Americans had, as expected, continued their slow decline in percentage of the total U. S. population.

On a larger scale, during the 1990s there was a dramatic decline in teenage birth rates in the US, especially among African Americans.

In contrast, cognitive function test scores continued to decline in the group that didn't have vigorous exercise.

Another report concluded that the long-term decline in wage share, wage disparities and the link between global economic crisis.

As time went on by, Liverpool embarked on what can only be seen as a gradual decline in success.

In Europe, there has been a massive decline in the popularity of religion.

This was mainly attributable to a rise in savings deposits and time deposits , which more than offset a decline in demand deposits .

However, due to the rapid development of IT industry and global competition, Kodak's traditional business has a sharp decline in demand.

However, the huge imbalances would not be resolved merely by a decline in the value of the US dollar.

More troubling, lost focus has led to a decline in Cisco's core switching business, as more nimble rivals like Juniper Networks take share.

A drop in the price of a company's bonds is treated as a decline in a liability, producing a gain.

But adding to the weight of the decline in consumer spending was the drag from cuts to government spending and investment.

The persistent decline in long- term bond yields in an increasing interest rate environment cannot go on for ever .

Ever since radio first came to life, there has been a terrible decline in amateur singing throughout the world.

First, there has been a decline in moral values and political civility at home.

First, global industrial output tracks the decline in industrial output during the Great Depression horrifyingly closely.

Japanese retail sales suffered their sharpest decline in more than two years last month, underlining the weakness of household spending.

Smoke-free public places and a high tobacco tax have led to a decline in smoking on the island.

The same seems to be a sad autumn afternoon, waiting for me, and so on under the withered flowers in full bloom, a decline in full bloom.

With growing global demand for oil, especially from China and India, and a decline in easily extractable oilfields, prices skyrocketed.

For Americans, the effect of a sharp decline in the dollar will be considerably higher import prices and a reduced standard of living.

North America and Latin America were the only two regions to suffer a decline in the number of HNWIs.

It was Tosoh's first such move in 10 years, and the company cited a sharp decline in demand from China as a reason.

We [have], over the last twenty-five years, seen an alarming decline in the number of beekeepers.

On the whole, macroeconomic volatility may bring to the company's operation the risk of decline in market demand.

Radiotherapy used to treat brain tumours may lead to a decline in mental function many years down the line, say Dutch researchers.

Indeed, the shift to digital media has led to a slight decline in the overall amount of time spent consuming media.

Overall, cotton is still in decline in the channel, short pattern has not changed and will continue to seek support.

That means a 15% decline in stocks over four months has resulted in a recession a third of the time "not a great predictor, " he writes.

There are fears that with the decline in financial services, external economic shocks might be catastrophic for some smaller territories.

One contributing factor may be a decline in the number of predators, which include sea turtles and certain species of fish.

Last week the company posted a 35% drop in first-quarter earnings, hurt by a 58% profit decline in its GE Capital unit.

A more diversified debt holder base would prepare the Treasury for a potential decline in foreign participation.

Growth in the global economy remains fairly robust, supported by favourable financing conditions and a further decline in oil prices.

With a decline in farm income in excess of 50% from 1929 to 1932, one might have anticipated massive migration.

A few days ago on the decline in the proportion of antemarital examination reports have caused concern in the community.

New polling last month showed a steep decline in the numbers of Americans who share Gore's sense of urgency in acting on climate change.

Second-quarter GDP data showed a decline in private consumption and exports, offset by only a small increase in government spending.

The worst hit sectors were machinery, which saw exports drop 20. 9 per cent and electronics, which had a 28 per cent decline in shipments.

The Great Moderation, the substantial decline in macroeconomic volatility over the past twenty years, is a striking economic development.

Gold, meanwhile, has benefited from a decline in the U. S. dollar with recovery hopes fueling interest in currencies seen as higher risk.

The U. N. also reported an 18% decline in Colombia's coca crop, the plant used to produce cocaine.

Unexpected decline in initial jobless claims in the US, together with better-than-expected confidence data, sustained the market.

With the decline in market concentration of China's bankcard industry, the performance of it will take on a growth trend.

But if Mr Xu is anticipating a repeat of the last, very orderly decline in house prices, he may be disappointed.

The ageing of the world's populations is the result of the continued decline in fertility rates and increased life expectancy.

The latest economic figures highlight the sharp decline in consumer demand for such goods as a result of the global economic crisis.

That points not to a revival but rather to a slower rate of GDP decline in the present quarter (it could scarcely get worse).

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said there have been signs that the sharp decline in economic activity may be slowing.

The distortion causes a noticeable decline in compressor performance under large mass flow and a slightly drop under low mass flow.

But visa rules matter: many schools reported a decline in Japanese business after the last tightening of the language requirement.

The long decline in competitive sport was meant to be reversing.

Most companies associated with the luxury-goods market, however, will have to adjust to a decline in demand.

The center warns of a decline in air quality and advises residents in these regions to stay indoors or take precautions.

The third-quarter decline in GDP was a dismal development but it does not make a further boost to quantitative easing a sure thing.

Even more troubling was the surprisingly large decline in a key gauge of business spending in July.

But what if the decline in the oil price is the result of a global recession?

Mattel's largest Chinese supplier, Zhongmei Toy Co. , also in Foshan, says it has seen no decline in business since the recalls.

Only recently in 2007, the tulip network shut down outside access, on-line number and a sharp decline in traffic, it suffered a heavy blow.

There has been a gradual decline in the population of the town.

The decline in marriage rates has affected people in every age and ethnic group, but it has been steepest among the young.

As a result of the decline in sales Delphi is forecasting utilization rates of between 50-75% in all of it's compressor plants globally.

Some on Wall Street say it's a bad sign, attributing it to a decline in the labour force as people gave up looking for work.

There has also been a significant decline in equity prices.

While this sounds like a good thing, it actually reflects a decline in the number of women getting mammograms.

Turning to America, so far the decline in its total trade deficit has been modest, because of the higher cost of oil imports.

The statement on May property data included a massive month-over-month decline in sales volume in terms of floor space and value.

The industry's so-called " " purchase decline in, in a sense, is unable to find the right platform.

You have to be able to show a decline in the number of children dying from these diseases.

Also, Germany's trade surplus grew in October, but the outlook for exports remains bleak, due to a sharp decline in orders for German goods.

Further afield, the crisis has fed into a relentless decline in emerging-market stocks.

An investor has to realize that a decline in price does not always equate to a decline in value.

Having stoked a boom, now the Fed can't prevent at least a short-term decline in the US economy, and maybe worse.

pollution to water quality deterioration of a general decline in the quality of drinking water sources and threaten people's health so on.

Investment returns from real estate and equities do not offset the losses from the decline in the dollar's value.

Their aim is to understand the decline in haute cuisine at high altitude .

Despite their decline in numbers in recent years, the red telephone box regularly tops polls as one of Britain's most iconic structures.

They see it as a possible framework for engineering an orderly decline in the dollar and avoiding potentially destabilizing trade fights.

Second, the central bank's leading indicator of inflation has turned around and appears to be signaling a coming decline in inflation.

As you reach your 30s, your eggs may decline in quality and you may ovulate less frequently, even if you're still having regular periods.

And, similarly to caffeine, people who have high blood levels of this B vitamin may see less decline in their verbal skills as they age.

These changes and the advent of color televisions, VCRs and video rentals led to a sharp decline in the popularity of drive-ins.

Ashworth said he expected the pace of decline in the job market to moderate but the underlying position would stay weak.

There was a sharp decline in the comparable manufacturing index for Japan, published on Tuesday.

However, BA's share price rose, as the decline in its premium traffic for October slowed considerably compared with recent months.

DIRE predictions that the financial crisis will result in a calamitous decline in philanthropy are probably exaggerated.

In 2009, there was a slight decline in started MA applications (down to 84), but a major increase in finalized applications (114).

This system of marriage and concubinage made women experience a disastrous decline in terms of their social position.

Decline in the number of birds species indicates environmental deterioration worldwide, said Mike Rands, CEO of Birdlife International.

The compound is being investigated with a view to developing a drug that could slow the natural decline in memory associated with aging.

The one exception was on the trade front, where the decline in exports and imports compared with the year before was sharper than expected.

In this regard, the recent decline in commodity prices, as well as the increased stability of the dollar, has been encouraging.

The largest contributor to the first-quarter dive was the decline in exports which, in turn, drove down private investment.

Japan and Spain were the only markets in the latest survey to register a decline in confidence from July.