Recent studies have documented the rapid decline of large predatory fish species such as billfish, sharks and tuna.

So what explains the sharp decline in China s economic output, in an environment of rapid credit expansion? The answer is simple the way the credit is being used.

Disbursement rates were affected by the uncertainty surrounding the transition to a new business model and the rapid decline in core resources, all of which coincided with the challenges involved with introducing the Atlas system.

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The issues of quality and access to health care are inadequately addressed, and, coupled with a decrease in life expectancy, the decline in fertility rates and the rapid spread of infectious diseases, those major challenges remain.

It used to be called rapid prototyping, rapid modeling.

Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean and shocking stats about its rapid decline as she makes her TED Prize wish that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet.

A rapid assessment survey undertaken by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime in March 2005 suggested a decline in cultivation in 2005 in contrast to the record levels of more than 131,000 hectares under cultivation in 2004.

Pessimists focus on the rapid decline of its demographic dividend, its high debt to GDP ratio, the contraction of its export markets, and its industrial overcapacity. But both groups neglect a more fundamental determinant of China s economic prospects the world order.

Automation, for example, seems to have spurred an unexpectedly rapid decline in routine white and blue collar jobs. This has resulted in stagnating median incomes and rising income inequality, both of which constrain the private consumption component of aggregate demand.

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I did not decline.

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Nonetheless, China eventually managed to rid itself of deflation and return to rapid economic growth. For starters, a decline in investment during the deflationary period together with firm closures, mergers, and acquisitions reduced overcapacity, clearing the way for investment to rebound strongly in 2002.

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It may decline some more.

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Italy, meanwhile, failed to use the significant windfall from the steep decline in long term interest rates caused by the introduction of the euro and a decade of rapid economic growth to repair its debt position. Italy s debt barely budged and stayed well above 100 of GDP.

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The rapid decline of the dollar and the pound, but also of the renminbi now more firmly tied to the dollar than ever is fanning tensions. Some of the ghosts of the 1930 s have returned, too in particular, the fear of unfair trade advantages caused by competitive devaluation.

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Some people say it's not population decline.

At an OPEC meeting in the run up to the election, the group s dominant producer, Saudi Arabia, shelved plans to restrict oil production to counteract the rapid decline in world prices, allowing them to continue to fall. This has brought considerable benefits to the oil importing advanced economies including Japan.

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And this change is getting more rapid.

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The rapid growth in imports amazes us.

There was a big decline in coffee prices.

This represents a substantial decline over previous years.

The problem is analogous to that which arose at the beginning of the twentieth century, when rapid productivity growth in agriculture forced labor to move from rural areas to urban manufacturing centers. With a decline in farm income in excess of 50 from 1929 to 1932, one might have anticipated massive migration.

This brings us to a crucial obstacle Government, business, financial, and academic elites are not trusted. Lack of trust in elites is probably healthy at some level, but numerous polls indicate that it is in rapid decline, which surely increases citizens reluctance to delegate authority to navigate an uncertain global economic environment.