Increased production could be expected to cause a decline in prices.

Nor did they ever cause an absolute decline in economic activity.

Drought years in the mid-2000s caused a decline from 30,000 down to around 18,000.

Poverty has caused a decline in the state of the Hotel.

This caused a sharp decline in their status and market value.

Periodically, however, a severe winter will cause a major decline in the population.

It's a travesty and will do nothing but cause a decline in our education system.

It also caused a new decline of the upstate hospital population.

And that is likely to cause a decline in consumer spending.

The 1994 players' strike caused a decline in interest and industry consolidation.