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We got a bigger-than-expected decline because offshore production is still down by more than 50 percent and imports were down. The shock of Katrina is still being felt.

Mark Zandi

You have to go back 25 years to find a decline that is as significant on a percentage basis.

We've had pullbacks in the price over the last few months, and the prices have always rebounded, so there's some wariness. You need to see a more sustained decline in prices over a longer period of time.

We already were expecting a 5,000-job decline in manufacturing employment in May.

There is a lot of nervousness about gasoline after the huge decline in supplies the last five weeks.

It would take a large decline or a significant shock to the system to see a reduction in deals.

E. B. White

These declines do seem to be irreversible now,

The risk does decline with time after you stop but those numbers aren't clear,

There will probably be some funds flowing out of Taiwan, weakening the currency. More losses in the stock index may prompt some investors to sell more shares. The Taiwan dollar has room to decline today.

We monitor the lake's fish populations yearly and watched the quality of the bluegill decline after we found shad in the lake.

We might still be seeing some small declines in manufacturing overall, but even that's a mix. This year you'll see more hiring in nondurable manufacturing sectors such as in chemicals, in rubber, in plastics, in paper.

We expect that funds held 17-18 million ounces of gross long positions as of Tuesday. If the net long position is more than this then we will become even more bearish; only a release that shows that the net long positions declined from the 15 million ounces reported last week would make us positive about the short-term outlook for gold.

James Brooks

These livestock futures declines are all feeding off one another. You can't isolate just one reason for the lower prices. It's all inter-related.

This was low because of lower energy prices. I don't think that's a decline we can expect to continue.

Those ratings have come from fundamental improvements in monetary and fiscal policy. Deficit spending has declined considerably in emerging-market countries.

Technology had run up so much that it's not surprising some of these would come off pretty hard. You can't minimize the possibility that technology has had a great, huge run and there will be a decline for a while.

Still, the one-month modest decline in the index is in line with the general trend of economic expansion since 9/11 (terrorist attacks) and the weakness of 2002.

It's unusual. It's a significant decline from the pace that he was on.

Do not read too much into the weak January reading as the entire decline was due to the weather.

Considering the huge increase in the stock prices towards the end of last year, the price decline is due to unmatched demand and supply, rather than because of fundamentals.

The notion that the digital imaging market is losing ground just isn't accurate. Overall, the short-term outlook is very good, and while the long-term outlook shows declines in sales, there is still great potential for the market.

It's a great number obviously, and that's a sigh of relief, but I wouldn't put too much into the decline of the core,

It's extremely important for districts like ours that are seeing a pattern of decline in enrollment.

Hugh Johnson

It's a big drop, a very substantial drop. The magnitude of the decline is a surprise.

It's been good returns this year, and people are locking in their profits and squaring positions. I won't read too much into the decline today.

It should be a positive for the market. The decline was more than expected. It probably has to do with the drop in energy prices that we've seen. To come in down 0.7 is less inflationary pressure.

It's been a steady decline over the past 28 years that I've been with the agency.

Mike May

It's been a fairly steady decline since the 1980s.

It's stunning. We looked at 20 areas, and 16 out of the 20 showed declines in health indicators.

A slowdown in the housing market suggests possible declines in consumption. That would be a negative factor for Japanese exporters.

That type of monthly decline was unprecedented. We were not comfortable with management's explanation as to why it happened.

That type of monthly decline was unprecedented, ... We were not comfortable with management's explanation as to why it happened.

Between Texas Instruments, the rise in oil prices, and commodities, we got hit today. But the decline wasn't terrible. Last week we had nice gains, and today, we're kind of consolidating.