But they're improving because imports have fallen off a cliff, not because exports are firing again.
Now, the wheels have fallen off the straight talk express and he is starting to say let's extend them.
Japanese exports have fallen off a cliff, with the export-reliant economy mired in the biggest recession since World War II.
Where concerted clearance has been undertaken, casualty figures have fallen off dramatically, notably in parts of Afghanistan, Cambodia and Mozambique.
But sales have fallen off sharply as Spaniards curtailed their vacation spending, and he says the new plan could put his business under.
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All have fallen off--in some cases way off--even today's Top 50.
It's good news that our exports to India, China and others have been rising since then (less good that our exports to Ireland have fallen off a cliff).
"We went into this research a little worried that the level of investment would have fallen off but we found that investment does continue to grow, " she told BBC News.
This is because energy prices have fallen off their blistering highs during the spring and summer of 2007 and there's a worldwide drop in demand resulting from the global economic slowdown.
They are seven points behind and it is easy to look at the six draws they have had at home as a major reason why they have fallen off the pace.
Personally, I would have fallen off the wagon with a huge crash last week and whooped it up on a mechanical bull nicknamed Tipper -- and if that didn't win Florida, forget about it.
Ultimately, there will be a news item: Bob, tragically, must have fallen off the ship on the last night of the voyage while leaning over to get a better camera angle on the northern lights.
Spears' high ranking is a testament to commercially shrewd deals with companies such as PepsiCo (nyse: PEP - news - people ) rather than to her record sales--which actually have fallen off this year.
The events have largely fallen off the radar of the National Media, but they've generated local coverage, like this recent Houston TV report that featured the testimony of a tearful mother.
He said he could not believe a young boy "could have vanished and fallen off the edge".
Meanwhile, an entire pharmacopoeia of medicines have gone off patent and fallen out of use.
Sales have fallen, too, likely off more than 20% in the past year.
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Germany and the Netherlands have each fallen 30%, and France is off 27%.
Again, although the growth in this business has fallen off lately, banks still have on their books the loans they have already made.
Missed on nought in the slips by Swann off James Anderson, he might have fallen lbw to Onions on five.
Many of these initiatives have fallen by the wayside and as the competition fell off, Best Buy seems even less motivated to innovate.
In some cases, their homes have fallen in value so they cannot borrow enough to pay off the older loans.
Global stocks have fallen 15% this year and are about 20% off their early-May highs, as measured by the MSCI AC world index.
For the last two years Wigan have fallen at this hurdle in the play-offs and, coming off the back of successive victories over Castleford and Hull KR, they battled hard.
But most of those initiatives have either failed to get off the drawing board, such as the MLEC, which was aimed at relieving banks of their off-balance-sheet liabilities, or they have fallen short, such as the HOPE NOW Alliance for modifying mortgages.
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Oil prices have fallen back, consumer confidence has shot up, share prices are well off their mid-March lows and spreads on corporate bonds have narrowed.
Freddy Shepherd replaced him, since when, despite twice reaching the FA Cup final, the club has fallen off the pace in the Premiership, even though they have invested heavily in players like Michael Owen and Albert Luque.
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Gold prices have fallen consistently since last October, just before the impressive rally in equities took off.
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Since the beginning of the euro crisis, a late March time frame, they're off about 20%, which is roughly where European markets have fallen.
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