This gives the net balance of minus 5%, compared with 4% in the previous quarter.
BBC: Scottish economy 'still sluggish' says Lloyds TSB report
During December, a net balance of 37% more surveyors reported an increase in new instructions.
This gave a net balance of -10% - a deterioration from the -3% of the previous quarter.
The net balance of -5% was a slight improvement on the previous quarter.
The overall net balance of turnover for firms in the production sector was marginally up on the last survey period.
Confidence among surveyors grew, despite a net balance of 19% more respondents reporting a fall in house prices in December.
Scottish chartered surveyors also continued to report drops in prices, as a net balance of 12% more respondents claimed that prices had dipped.
This gave a net balance of -5%, which was a slight improvement on the previous quarter and the same quarter a year ago.
Production sector firms were slightly more optimistic, with an overall net balance of -2% for turnover in the next six months compared with a -10% balance for services firms.
BBC: Scottish economy 'still sluggish' says Lloyds TSB report
Firms in the production sector said they fared slightly better than those in the service sector, reporting a net balance in turnover of -2% compared with -5% for services firms.
BBC: Scottish economy 'still sluggish' says Lloyds TSB report
More significantly, the longer-term outlook suggests a more upbeat picture for house prices, with a net balance of 28% more surveyors predicting a rise in prices over the next 12 months.
The overall net balance for export activity in the three-month period was 0%, significantly worse than the 9% of the previous quarter and the 10% balance recorded in June-August last year.
BBC: Scottish economy 'still sluggish' says Lloyds TSB report
By contrast, those aged less than 25, who have not experienced a recession since joining the workforce, still showed a small net balance of respondents expecting the economy to continue improving over the next year.
The overall net balance for projected export activity in the next three months was -3%, in contrast to 5% in the previous quarter and a huge drop from the 21% balance recorded in the same quarter last year.
BBC: Scottish economy 'still sluggish' says Lloyds TSB report
That applies both to the current budget balance and the net fiscal balance, including capital expenditure.
Instead of the 'net fiscal balance', that smaller 'current budget balance' doesn't include capital spending.
These transactions come right out of your Battle.net account balance, which can be funded by credit card, or PayPal.
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Housing and capital goods spending along with our net trade balance remain depressed but have wound down to nearly irreducible lows.
Those worried about the U.S. trade deficit should thank George Mitchell as our net energy balance improves by hundreds of billions of dollars.
If you expand or shrink any of these three imbalances, it puts pressure on the others to expand or shrink to maintain the net zero balance.
The answer seems clear, suggesting financial advisors need to change the conversations they have with clients from net worth as measured by a balance sheet to true net worth, as measured by human capital.
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Each component of the energy balance net radiation, turbulent heat fluxes, heat transfer into the ice and heat supplied by precipitation is derived separately from the measurements, and the variability throughout the year is evaluated.
Neither the current budget balance nor net debt would have been increased.
Alstom currently has euro6.27 billion of net prepayments on its balance sheet.
This is roughly equal to one-third of the net assets on the balance sheet, and 10% more than the total market capitalization of the company.
The coalition has pledged to restrict the level of annual net migration - the balance between the number of people who come to live in the UK for the long-term and the number who are leaving - to "tens of thousands".
Since the current-account balance equals the net saving of the private and public sectors, a budget deficit boosts the external deficit.
Financially, Apollo Group is in stellar shape with a massive net cash position on its balance sheet, and significant free cash flow generation capabilities.
The fundamental problem is the trade imbalance and what we can expect as an exportable service to balance against the net import of manufactured goods.
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The thorniest question is whether the rise of China and other emerging-markets is affecting wages in the U.S. The textbook view is that trade hurts some workers and helps others and on balance is a net plus.
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