The method was harsh, but brought a 17 per cent drop in retail prices and an end to formal rationing.

The firm also reported a 45 per cent drop in sales volumes across the UK this year.

The statistics included a 14 per cent drop in national income.

The one per cent drop in interest rates will only give very minor help.

Immediately we saw a 50 to 60 per cent drop in business and it was fairly painful.

Nationally there has been a 12 per cent drop.

The 1988 federal budget had envisaged a deficit of $500 million, due primarily to a 22 per cent drop in oil revenues.

Total column ozone indicated a 60 per cent drop from early August measurements.

That followed a 6.7 per cent drop on Sunday, after the market had been battered for weeks.

Their direct result was our industry's labour efficiency 40 per cent drop'!