The same forces that are driving sales prices down are putting downward pressure on asking prices, says Leslie Tyler, vice president of marketing for ZipRealty.
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Rolling the middle button up results in a piercing attack while rolling it down gives you a downward slash.
Other factors I expect to help hold down inflation include the downward pressure on labor costs of the rapid expansion in productivity since the middle of 2009.
And Chinese stocks all through the steel industry, from iron ore to finished goods, which were built up in the expectation of a bigger stimulus package than has yet materialised, are now being run down, amplifying the downward price swing.
The banking system was not functioning correctly and we had to either fiscally stimulate the economy or watch the economy tumble further and further down in a self-sustaining downward spiral, that would horribly damage hundreds of millions of people.
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Additionally, engineer-to-engineer selling protects the company from downward pricing pressures during a down economy.
In the U.S., gold jewelry continued its long term downward path with fourth quarter demand down 9 percent to 42.7 tons while full-year demand fell by 11 percent to 115.1 tons.
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Real GDP growth in the second quarter was revised down due, in part, to a downward revision to agriculture inventories as a result of the devastating drought our nation faced this summer.
You could argue that Medicare administrators have fallen down on the job in terms of putting downward pressure on the price charged by service providers, but private insurance have not shown any competence in this matter either.
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Both factors place downward pressure on home prices, consequently dragging down profitability.
At the summit of Corcogemore, I could see the land around me roll and slope downward, as if the ground had slid down suddenly and the rocks holding it together made one final grab at staying put.
We are in an odd way a very snobbish nation but as Alan Bennett once said, snobbery is an amiable vice when it looks upwards, it's only when it looks downward it's horrible, if you look down on people because, if you admire in some way some style of eccentricity in other people there's nothing that wrong with it.
Prices and incomes go down together and once that pattern becomes anticipated, deflationary psychology causes a destructive downward spiral of spending.
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Adam released Chris Burke down the left flank and he delivered a perfect cross but the striker's downward header skipped up off the turf and spun against the crossbar.
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In more blunt terms, a downward move by domestic large-cap stocks now has an increased chance of dragging down emerging market stocks, REITs and commodities with it.
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Bernanke also said he considered beginning to tighten even farther down the road, guaranteeing ultra low rates until at least late 2014 and possibly putting further downward pressure on the U.S. dollar.
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The ISI forecast is consistent with a previous downward revision by Barclays Capital, which now sees 5% PC unit growth this, down from 8%.
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The drop in available homes for sale follows a similar downward trend exhibited in January, when the number of homes listed for sale nationwide on Zillow was down 17.5 percent year-over-year.
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Then, when the proverbial can no longer is kickable down the road, governments will open their treasuries, investors will take big haircuts, living standards will adjust somewhat downward, the eurozone will be reconstituted and the game will start over.
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