decline, dropoff, uptick, slowdown, slump, spike, downturn, drop, softness, decrease, weakness, upturn, upswing, sluggishness, surge, deceleration, slackening, slowing, downtick, dip, cutback, decine, downslide, contraction, deterioration, glut, slippage, softening, bounceback, deline, increase, nosedive, resurgence, upsurge, letdown, plunge, nose dive, downdraft, pullback, dearth, classified advertising, swoon, influx, shrinkage, shrinking, loss, turnaround, reductions, rise, weakening, recession, losses, shortfalls, oversupply, lag, improvement, bump, exodus, plateauing, meltdown, seasonality, slide, snapback, boomlet, downswing, trend, disruption, downshift, hemorrhaging, rockiness, layoffs, fall, tailspin, shakeout, cannibalization, flattening, lousiness, implosion, pipas, unevenness, blip, steepening, shakiness, durable goods, fluctuations, sag, collapse, nondurable goods, diminution, choppiness, discrepancy, gains, overcount, turnabout, disparity, erosion, crunch, lull, mismatch, skittishness, selloff, aberration, decrement, declines, acceleration, convergence, curtailment, easing

decline, diminution

drop-off, falling off, slack, slump