But this trend has been going on for the last 18 months now of continuing decline of click profitability.
The latest census figures for Northern Ireland show there has been a continuing decline in the Protestant population.
The deeper concern is the continuing decline in the share of Americans who aren't working or even looking for work.
The continuing decline in real defense spending posed a larger problem for defense planners seeking to maintain a credible two-MTW capability.
And while major crimes show continuing decline in right-to-carry states, this phenomenon parallels a major crime rise in heavily gun-controlled cities.
Third-quarter revenues fell 4 percent year-over-year to KRW 12.38 trillion (USD 10.93 billion) due to the continuing decline of feature phone sales and overall weak demand.
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Monday saw the publication of this essay in Scientific American by Robert Fortner, highlighting a new NSF report on the continuing decline of US Science productivity.
Meanwhile, in a survey conducted by the Federation of Master Builders, a third of small to medium-sized building firms said they feared they would have to cut staffing levels this year in the face of a continuing decline in the industry.
For these reasons, they are unable to demonstrate whether an observed reduction in hospital admissions was due to measurable reductions in exposure to tobacco smoke or to other factors, such as the long-term continuing decline in heart disease rates, other factors that may affect smoking prevalence, changes in other risk factors for heart disease, or mere chance fluctuations.
Gasoline demand is continuing to decline since the past couple of years despite weakening prices.
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Membership of company and private pension schemes is continuing to decline, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
But the statistics all show a catastrophic and continuing productivity decline.
For the recession of 2008 to be over, there would still not be 11 million homes facing foreclosure, and housing prices would not be continuing to decline.
Despite the historically low rate of interest, and the seemingly available supply of credit, applications for mortgages are not increasing, as one might expect, but actually are continuing to decline.
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The combined result of the two big parties was the worst in a western state in nearly 60 years, continuing a decline speeded up by their awkward power-sharing at federal level.
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The suicide rate then rose gradually through the 1960s and 1970s, but in the 1980s it began to decrease, continuing to decline steadily until 2000. (Anyone recall what happened to the economy in 2000?) From 2000 to 2007, the last year for which the researchers had data, the suicide rate was on the rise.
Meanwhile, the number of U.S. troop fatalities in March reached 38, a higher figure than in February but continuing the general decline in American troop deaths through the last six months.
We are continuing to see a decline in the level of optimism.
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The disappearing jobs list also reflects the continuing long-term decline of no- and low-skilled manufacturing jobs in the U.S.--sewing machine operators, engine assemblers, machine tool setters, home appliance repairers and textile knitting machine operators.
Lower credit costs, continuing reserve releases and a decline in delinquicies will help boost revenues industry-wide, but looming questions about mortgage putbacks, foreclosures, depleting revenues from debit card fees and regulatory costs are still concerns.
But while the credit scores of applicants at Class A and B properties (newer properties in nicer neighborhoods with better amenities) are showing improvements, credit scores of applicants at Class C properties (older properties in less desirable areas) are continuing a multi-year decline.
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Moreover, the oil and natural gas services industry currently is nearing the bottom of its cyclical decline, but is continuing its secular growth patterns.
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"Mortgage approvals are continuing to rise, helped by a further decline in mortgage rates, " said the economics consultancy.
While overall there is a significant decline in cancer mortality, the obesity epidemic is continuing to push the cancer mortality rate upward.
Indeed, the continuing European debt crisis and slowing Chinese growth contributed to the decline in aluminum demand and prices over the last few quarters.
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Verizon reported that 4.6% of its customers cut off their local phone lines, the result of a continuing shift toward cell phone-only households as well as the decline in second phone lines used for Internet access.
The decline would be steeper and faster were it not for a continuing, if modest since it is already world-beating, increase in longevity of old people.
This sunny forecast is largely based on an expected decline in crude oil prices combined with higher gasoline inventory levels and a continuing drop in demand due to increased small-car sales and other factors.
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"We expect 2013 to be another tough year for the EMEA telecommunications industry as revenues are likely to decline in Europe by up to 2% next year, due to continuing macroeconomic weakness, aggressive price cuts and tough regulation, " Moody's Investors Service said in a recent report.
Yet one effect of the continuing violence across Indonesia could be that the role of the military, previously on the decline, will rise again.
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