sales fluctuations

If Fed decisions had reduced the economy's volatility, every sector would be affected, and the change would definitely show up in sales fluctuations.

The changes reduced the sales base on which bonuses were calculated and made the bonuses more sensitive to annual sales fluctuations.

He would even comment on short-term auto sales fluctuations, but only after warning his questioner that the statistics were close to meaningless in predicting longer term trends.