Further rise in ...

IMO:

"Experts expect further rise in the price in the coming months."
somehow, this feels to me as being equivalent to the same sentence using the plural:
"Experts expect further rises in the price in the coming months."

This would not happen with:
"Experts expect a further rise in the price in the coming months."
when I

Hi Marius,
thanks for your reply. I don't understand why "further" doesn't have to be preceded by "a". "Rise" is a countable noun. Could you explain this, please?

I can't explain it. This is how I feel the phrase
Others might differ.

When reading it initially, I

I don't feel it that's why I asked . Thank you for your reply.

I found a rule. It might apply here:
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difficult cases: "half-general"

Some expressions are "half-general" - in the middle between general and particular. In these expressions, we use no article.

Compare:
eighteenth-century music
the music of the eighteenth century
African butterflies
the butter

Marius, thank you a lot. I appreciate your help.

Best wishes
Magda