mild recession

collocation in English

meaningsofmildandrecession

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mild
adjective
uk
/maɪld/us
/maɪld/
not violent, severe, ...
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recession
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈseʃ.ən/us
/rɪˈseʃ.ən/
a period when the economy of a country is not successful and conditions for business ...
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(Definition ofmildandrecessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The sort of policy which would be all right in amildrecessionwould be no good at all in a slump.
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As inflationary signs developed, there was a reduction of purchasing power, with a consequentmildrecession, an increase in unemployment and the rest.
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The policy in a slump would be disastrous if it were employed in amildrecession.
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He said that when the man next door is unemployed it is amildrecession, but when you are unemployed it is a depression and a slump.
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This mistake, critics charge, allowed what might have been a relativelymildrecessionto explode into catastrophe.
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Having entered amildrecessionfollowing a boom in 1968-69, growth reaccelerated in late 1970 and early 1971, despite the worst drought since 1952.
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This further hurts the economy, creating a vicious cycle and potentially turning amildrecessioninto a major depression.
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By the early 1980s, the combination of amildrecessionand new competition spawned by airline deregulation act (1978) posed an additional threat.
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The country experienced amildrecessionin 1998 and 1999.
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The country rebounded from amildrecessionin 1998/1999 and achieved notable economic growth during the following years.
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For the decade though, and despite amildrecessionbetween 1960 and 1961, the average still managed a respectable 30% gain from the 616 level to 800.
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Amildrecessionin 199294 also dampened ridership, but a booming economy in the late 1990s helped increase ridership to near the peak level of 1980.
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