... percent decrease over the same period in ...
                        
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                        shrinkage in the price of stocks
                        
                        
                    
                 
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        decline of the rates of exchange
                        
                        
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        decline at the rates of exchange
                        
                        
                    
                 
                
                
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        decline in mortality rate
                        
                        
                    
                 
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        bearishness
                        
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                        downtrend
                        
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                        to be marked by a decline of prices
                        
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                        to be on a downswing
                        
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                        the dollar plumetted and the yen skyrocketed
                        
                        
                    
                 
                
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        Provision for Decrease in Value of Marketable Securities (-)
                        
Noun, Accounting