noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an economic slowdown/downturn (= when businesses become less successful )
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Experts are predicting an economic slowdown at the beginning of next year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
economic
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The political reality is that Connecticut is suffering from the economic slowdown that has hit most of the north-east.
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But falling morale ran deeper than the nation-wide economic slowdown .
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Cisco spent most of the session in negative territory after the company warned it was feeling the effects of an economic slowdown .
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With the abrupt economic slowdown , credit card companies expect more delinquencies and bankruptcies.
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A string of economic figures published after the rate cut point to an economic slowdown .
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Manufacturing has been one of the industries hardest hit in the nationwide economic slowdown .
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As economies mature, they say, economic slowdown comes with the territory.
sharp
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Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, is worried about the sharp slowdown in monetary growth.
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The developed world has experienced a sharp slowdown in growth.
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He cautioned, however, that a sharp slowdown would affect economic activity in California.
■ VERB
blame
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Shearson yesterday blamed the continued slowdown in market activity and excess capacity for the redundancies.
hurt
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Not all companies are being hurt by the slowdown .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a slowdown in consumer spending
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A slowdown in investment may not hit growth for a while.
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A breakdown in communications between these departments can cause slowdowns and a failure to meet production schedules.
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As economies mature, they say, economic slowdown comes with the territory.
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He also warned that a slowdown in money supply growth this summer could threaten the recovery at just the wrong moment.
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The Energy Department also sees a slowdown in economic growth after 2010, when baby boomers will start retiring.
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The world's richest countries also showed a slowdown .
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We have seen shallow, shortlived economic recoveries, sturdy, eight-year booms, temporary slowdowns, and deep depressions.
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Worldwide premiums fell, mainly due to the slowdown in the property market, as much of the division's business is mortgage-related.