economic recession

collocation in English

meaningsofeconomicandrecession

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economic
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/
us
/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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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 ofeconomicandrecessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeconomic recession

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For example, events such as a war or aneconomicrecessionoften figure prominently in campaign agendas.
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Economicrecessionbetween 1873 and 1893 produced a number of the most vivid and memorable episodes 34.
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Often, by adverse economic conditions the respondents meant the drying up of government patronage due to the prolongedeconomicrecession. 14.
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Theeconomicrecessionand budgetary problems have forced public providers to scrutinise costs and efficiency.
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Additionally, it did not seem to have studied the implications that such measures could have for a society living ineconomicrecessionand sociopolitical frustration.
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In these countries the expenditures stay on a new higher level after theeconomicrecessionand do not adjust downwards.
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Thus, consumers' attitudes toward the economy after the official end of the 1990economicrecessioncould have been a cause of the unprecedented extended slowdown.
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Between 1980 and 1985, amidst the severeeconomicrecessionthe overall pattern of interregional income convergence continued.
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One hundred consecutive patient charts were sampled in two time periods: approximately 3 months before and 3 months after the onset ofeconomicrecession.
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Therefore, at the same time as the employer is dealing with aneconomicrecession, there is a need to increase the contribution rate.
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This could be the modern generation's response to theeconomicrecessionfollowing 1961.
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For example, there may be aneconomicrecessionwith low equity prices and low interest rates.
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On the economic front, a period ofeconomicrecessionlasting from 1979 until 1986 resulted in a dramatic loss of employment in heavy manufacturing, mining and textile industries.
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During the 1980s a new problematization of the value of science and technology emerged in the context of changing governmental discourses and a severeeconomicrecession.
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The same held true for the birth 1903-1912 cohort, who were confronted during their youth with theeconomicrecessionof the late twenties and early thirties.
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He discusses the extent to which the impact ofeconomicrecessionhas weakened the viability of the company schemes and created a new climate of uncertainty.
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Smaller charity/welfare organisations affected by theeconomicrecessionnow worry that the prevailing gambling atmosphere would further drain donations for charitable activities.
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