The rate of decline in industrial output in Spain increased in February, according to official figures.
The research firm said the rate of decline in manufacturing "showed signs of moderating".
However, in the long run we expect the rate of decline in volume to be around 2-3%.
While Japan muddles along disappointingly, the rate of decline of Asia's smaller economies continues to exceed expectations.
Raising it to 70 would halve the rate of decline in the workforce.
The steepest fall was in job adverts, although the company said the rate of decline slowed in this category and all others.
Data on Friday showed that while contraction in the eurozone's manufacturing sector had continued in January, the rate of decline had slowed.
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Will, for example, a two-year trial demonstrate sufficient benefit when the rate of decline in patients might occur over a 10-year period?
And if past experience is any indicator, the rate of decline will be higher in weapons accounts than other types of military outlays.
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The rate of decline of most T-cell and B-cell lymphocytes was faster in men, while men also showed a more rapid age-related decline in two cytokines.
It was the fourth straight year of declining revenue for the AP, but the rate of decline has slowed sharply the last two years.
Although the rate of decline has slowed down, we do not foresee a case where the DVD subscriber base will stabilize, let alone grow.
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The rate of decline slowed slightly, principally because of EL James' Fifty Shades trilogy, which accounted for one in every 20 books bought last year.
In fact, figures for 2012 show that while e-book sales are still on the rise, the rate of decline in print sales has actually slowed.
The rate of decline was the fastest recorded since last December.
That is true even of businesses whose cash flow is in long-term decline, such as newspapers, as long as the rate of decline is relatively predictable.
Then, 19-24 months after prices bottom, inventory falls by roughly 1% per month, less than half the rate of decline than in the months just after prices bottom.
The rate of decline in government spending also slowed.
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Nevertheless, with improving macro conditions, increasing demand from emerging economies and the introduction of new convertible and hybrid designs, we forecast the rate of decline in global PC demand to drop down in the future.
Nevertheless, with improving macro conditions, increasing demand from emerging economies and the introduction of new ultrabooks, convertibles and touch-enabled designs, we forecast the rate of decline in global PC demand to drop in the future.
Twelve had falls of over 4.4% a year, which is the rate of decline that is needed to meet the millennium development goal (MDG) of cutting by two-thirds the child-mortality rate between 1990 and 2015 (see chart).
And, the rate of decline is accelerating.
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With major automakers announcing their Chinese sales for November, deliveries of Japanese automakers such as Toyota Motors and Honda Motors were down as expected, but the rate of decline was less than what many had predicted.
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"While the manufacturing sector continues to decline, the rate of decline has slowed very quickly, giving some hope that recovery may come faster than is generally found in a major downturn, " said Norbert Ore, chair of the ISM's Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.
The amount of private work being taken on had not increased, it found, the rate of decline in productivity had slowed, the ratio of full-time consultants to total staff in the NHS had risen and pay rises not linked to performance had slowed.
"Despite the easing in the rate of decline, the region still looks set for further contraction in the early months of 2013, as weak consumer demand in many countries combines with low levels of business confidence and falling global trade", said Chris Williamson, Markit's chief economist.
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Although he offers some points of light -- putting an aerosol layer of fine particles into the stratosphere to reflect back sunlight may, he says, could buy us some time by slowing down the rate of decline for a decade -- his projections are on the whole brutally pessimistic.
My seasonal adjustment (hand tuned) suggested that the rate of inventory decline had not changed significantly in the last two years or so and that there was no particular reason to think it was changing right now.
At the current rate of decline it will slow to a trickle within the next two to three years--right around the time Armstrong says operating income will start growing.
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