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Michigan is not yet at rock bottom, but it will be in three to five years. We are a seeing an economic decline in the next five years.

The practice of torture, though on decline particularly in urban areas, remains widespread in China.

Ben Bernanke

Deflation is defined as a general decline in prices, with emphasis on the word 'general.'

I think if anything, interest rates will stay still or decline and that could potentially offset the petrol issue.

We do license products very selectively. In the past, we've declined to license such products. We would rather be out there riding the products down the road.

Without a doubt, the decline mainly reflects the run-up in gasoline prices.

Unfortunately, what has precipitated this decline is a real fear of interest rates rising. Personally and professionally, I think interest rates go a little higher than most people expect and until that happens, until we see the end of that fear, I think the market between now and the end of June is going to be very, very nervous.

You'd have to say there's probably still scope for some further declines in the very near future.

We are seeing a decline and it's real.

Samuel Bodman

I would expect there to be some decline in price but that is a function of the marketplace,

David Healy

I guess I'm a little skeptical about the product side of this restructuring. Can they turn around the decline in market share with their new product?

I don't think that market is going to decline or evaporate.

Hugh Johnson

Hardware, software and semiconductors are the three top-performing groups right now, and there has been a decline in oil prices. These things are pushing the markets up.

We feel hopeful there will be a reversal of decline in enrollment.

The purpose of pay phones was to serve people in motion. Wireless phones now serve that same purpose, which is why we're seeing a decline in pay phones throughout the United States.

George Washington

When, in the decline of Life, I gratify the fond wish of my heart in retiring from public labors, and find the language of approbation and fervent prayers for future happiness following that event, my heart expands with gratitude and my feelings beco

He could have tackled the unfair tax system. He could have made the environment a priority. He could have faced up to the pensions crisis. He could have addressed the problem of personal debt. He has declined to do any of these. This is a legacy from which it will be difficult for him to escape.

Harlequin stabilized its operating profit in 2005 after experiencing a significant decline in profits in 2004.

French unemployment is stabilizing. We see further declines in the jobless rate.

Vendors are likely to see a fundamental shift in the market as they come to grips with the steep decline in mature-market desk-based growth and are forced to seek growth in other market segments.

There is no question that many households are suffering declines in real incomes.

We're seeing a definite decline in settlement rates. But we don't know how it will pan out in the fishery.

Unless there is a quick rebound in sales, this suggests further weakness in production and declines in inventories over the months ahead.

David Healy

With their sharp decline in market share, they have frankly got too much capacity, too many plants, too many people to be profitable in North America.

We're expecting a decline in employment because we expect the volume of originations to decline pretty significantly next year -- 20 percent.

The psychology that led to the decline has been digested.

We are taking the decline of these killer whales seriously and we will work to sustain and support this population.

We've seen this how many times already this year -- three? ... A lot of these names could have 50 percent downside from here. Our big issue is, are the sequential declines (in revenue) over? I'd say no.

We've seen lead levels dramatically decline in kids, PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) levels decline, all because of direct government intervention that gets these out of the environment.

There is a lot of following stocks around today. That was the big thing after the huge decline in the European equity markets - there was a lot of nervousness about what would happen in the U.S.

There is definitely a movement downward. Everyone has been talking about the decline in big SUVs, but no one has really talked about this similar movement away from large luxury cars.

There is definitely a movement downward, ... Everyone has been talking about the decline in big SUVs, but no one has really talked about this similar movement away from large luxury cars.

Kevin McCarthy

When gross public debt exceeds 90 percent of GDP, economic growth tends to decline considerably.