Credit growth in the overall economy declined in 2009 as economic activity stalled.

The port's use and traffic declined significantly, causing a decline in the city's economy.

The economy contracted in 2012, and wages declined, despite increases in Germany and some northern countries.

The world economy was highly integrated in 1914, but economic interdependence declined during the next three decades.

The post Soviet economy crumbled, crime skyrocketed, and life expectancy declined. Russia s voice in global affairs lost authority.

Its foreign debt would have declined in line with its GDP, thus sheltering the economy from default and economic disaster.

On the contrary, employment outside manufacturing and trade declined, so that the economy as a whole suffered a net loss of 1.26 million full time equivalent jobs.

He declined my proposal.

3 declined to answer.

Sami's health has sharply declined.

The market declined by 97 .

The victim declined to press charges.

Vlissingen declined during the 18th century.

On the contrary, ODA has declined.

The use of torture had declined sharply.

For two years, sea levels have declined.

The Fed declined to regulate these dubious practices.

According to the Financial Times, he laughingly declined.

The number of social assistance recipients has declined.

The economy contracted in 2012, and wages declined, despite increases in Germany and some northern countries. Reliable statistics are not yet available, but poverty in Europe s south is increasing for the first time in decades.

Meanwhile, the US share of global output has declined.

Civilisation declined to attend the UN s anti Israel festival.

So it is very likely that when the global economy has returned to a sort of normality and safe haven demand has declined, the prices of US government securities will fall and their yields will rise.

Instead, the index declined three times more steeply than others.

and transition economies, while FDI into developed countries declined further.

The number of civilian jobs declined from 44,062 to 43,415.

The figure for males declined slightly from 1.0 to 0.91 .

These declined owing to the crisis of the mid 1990s.

In fact, in the Olympics, India s record has declined over time.

The extreme poverty rate has declined significantly between 1999 and 2010.

By the early 17th century moreover, Venetian power had declined considerably.

Japan s overseas aid declined by 44 when that country hit hard times.

As rates of economic growth have declined, this has meant growing unemployment.

Fishing catches had declined by 91 between the years 1953 and 1957.

That number has declined from the 1.6 million peak registered in 1993.

In contrast, deaths due to lung cancer have declined significantly among men.

BEIJING China s economy is, at long last, undergoing a rebalancing, with growth rates having declined from more than 10 before 2008 to roughly 7.5 today. Is this China s new normal, or should the country anticipate even slower growth in the coming decade?

Global problems have declined dramatically relative to the resources available to tackle them.

Within Lebanon itself, Hezbollah is still strong, but its comfort level has declined.

As a result, the disease burden in the developed world has declined substantially.

But, as Mubarak s regime declined, so did the government s control over the Bedouin.

The US declined to cooperate with Iran to press ahead on the case.

DHS declined an interview request, instead referring PRI's The World to its website.

When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined

While the service economy has become a driving force for economic growth, competitiveness and development in other developing countries, the share of sub Saharan Africa in the world's commercial services exports declined from 1.35 per cent in 1990 to 1.1 per cent in 2004.