The sharp decline in personal savings rates has prompted many banks to create accounts designed to attract or keep customers.

The disastrous decline prompts concern well beyond this hill town.

The continued decline in interest rates prompted a number of corporations to offer new debt securities yesterday.

Global competition and a decline in American work-force skills have prompted Congress to pay more attention to the needs of the economy.

The global decline in fertility rates has likewise prompted some astonishing essays.

But the decline has not yet prompted widespread withdrawals.

The decline in offense has prompted wide discussion about rules changes.

"A sharp decline could prompt the Fed to exert more downward influence," he said.

In other developments, the recent decline in interest rates prompted a number of new corporate debt offerings yesterday.

The decline has prompted the University of California system to increase its tuition next year to $4,049 from $3,044.