The peak year for council or housing association tenancies was in 1981 when there were 5.6 million socially owned properties in England - most owned by local authorities.
Speaking at a conference in Dublin this week, organised by the Institute of International and European Affairs and the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, Chris Skrebowski, a consulting editor of Petroleum Review, argued that spare capacity in the oil market could be eroded by 2015.
Analysts at payments association Apacs say that that no significant peak has been spotted on transactions through the Chaps transmission service.
There are around 15, 000 such companies offering across India, conducting an average of 50-100 investigations a month during peak wedding season, says Kumar Vikram Singh, chairman of the Association of Private Detectives of India (APDI).
Applications for refinancing are 17% below this year's peak in September, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
The Pet Food Manufacturers' Association reckons that the number of dogs has declined from a peak of 7.4m in 1990 to 6.5m now.
ECONOMIST: Cats and dogs fight it out for prime pet position
The result: Sales of CDs fell more than 30% to 614.9 million units last year from a peak of 881.9 million in 2000, according to the Recording Industry Association.
Employment in the securities industry nationwide fell 10.7% from its peak in March 2001 to October 2003, according to figures from the Securities Industry Association.
In the UK alone, recent figures from the British Beer and Pub Association show that overall beer sales have fallen 22% since their 1979 peak.
The company, owned by Italian firm Candy, has a 60-year association with Wales, employing 5, 000 people at Merthyr Tydfil at its peak.
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