It is estimated to be in the low 50s, a slump from around 62% in 2007.
But the three might be in for a longer-term share slump as details of the new taxes and rules become known and investors flee.
He says that without guidance from teachers and librarians there seems to be a "slump" in the reading levels of books chosen by teenagers, who appear disinclined to try more complicated works.
It has just pulled its previous ratings hits Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and The Weakest Link after seeing a big slump in viewer numbers.
Its survey of European property suggests that far more Spanish houses were being built last year than are likely to be needed in steady market conditions, let alone a slump.
And, sometimes, a slump in profitability may not be representative of long-term potential.
The new aircraft ordered in the halcyon days of an upswing will arrive and have to be paid for in the depths of a cyclical slump.
That would be their weakest performance in a decade, aside from the global slump of 2009.
The economy may stay in a slump, but the central bank will be fine.
For now, however, barring a new recession, Sensata does not appear to be in danger of seeing sales slump that badly.
Since then, the data revisions and a steeper than expected slump in investment suggest that 2% might be closer to the mark.
What the Bank of England is and should be watching, however, is not the level of house-prices but the level of borrowing: a substantial fall in house-prices now will be far better than an escalation of debt to levels that would result in a prolonged deflationary slump such as that experienced by Japan and other Asian countries.
As charts 3 and 4 show, it would be one of the biggest losers in the region both from a rise in oil prices and from a slump in demand for electronics.
China seems to be coming out of its economic slump, and visions of that country once again providing fast growth in a plodding world have fueled a bit of a rush on Chinese equity funds.
But with Kidd just weeks away from his 40th birthday, perhaps there is a more important question worth raising: Is Kidd just mired in a massive slump, or has he just passed the point where he can continue to be productive each night?
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