Only the Pacific states have been spared a net decline in business lending.

The total net decline to the Dow from program trades was 30.44 points.

But from 3 o'clock until 4 o'clock the net decline totaled only 13 points, or 16 percent.

The report showed a net decline of 199,000 pounds instead of the expected increase of up to 1.5 million pounds.

According to census data, nearly 50,000 blacks moved out of Washington in the 1980's, a net decline of about 11 percent in the city's black population.

The District of Columbia's net decline of migrants, more than 45,000, placed it sixth in that category.

Some studies have concluded that to show a net decline in numbers, it would be necessary to kill half the resident population of a given area every year.

Chrysler alone had a net decline in sales, of 1.2 percent.

The practice ended abruptly when the Guard reported a net decline of 156 soldiers for the week ended April 10, 1999.

The governor's budget director testified that if 10 percent of retirees moved to Florida (a conservative estimate), there would be a net decline in state revenues.