11.   Household spending has declined four of the last five years.

12.   Household spending has declined in recent years largely because wage growth remained sluggish, economists said.

13.   Household spending has declined four out of the last five years.

14.   Household spending has declined in four of the last five years.

15.   School spending has declined, hospitals have been closed and nursing staffs have been reduced because of budget cuts.

16.   There was a drop in factory orders for consumer goods and capital spending declined.

17.   They contended that opening up the commercial photography sector would help preserve production and engineering expertise when military spending was declining.

18.   While state spending has declined, it has not been reduced by shrinking the size of state government alone.

19.   By not allowing for inflation, however, it would mean that defense spending would gradually decline in real terms.