on the brink of recession
collocation in Englishmeaningsofon,brinkandrecession
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on
preposition
uk/ɒn/us/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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brink
noun[S]
uk/brɪŋk/us/brɪŋk/
the point where a new or different situation is about ...
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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 ofon,brinkandrecessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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All reports currently point towards a world on thebrinkofrecession.
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On that basis, one wonders what is happening now, when the economy is in stagnation and on thebrinkofrecession.
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To return to the eurozone, is it not in serious trouble, teetering on thebrinkofrecession?
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There are still worries about inflation at a time when industry is on thebrinkofrecession.
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His record is already telling a tale of two economies: services booming, and manufacturing on thebrinkofrecession.
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Far from being poised on thebrinkofrecession, as we were in 1929, we have actually already experienced it.
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For example, manufacturing looks like teetering on thebrinkofrecession.
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Exports are falling; unemployment is rising; output is stagnating; industry is on thebrinkofrecession; agriculture is in recession and the cronies are in clover.
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