contraction
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Friday’s report caps a year in which GDP recovered from a mild contraction in the first quarter to stronger levels of growth in the second and third quarters.
This ion movement generates electrical signals, including the nerve impulses responsible for muscle contraction.
From Science Daily
Most efficient among them is residential investment, which leads by seven quarters on average and has the deepest average contraction heading into recessionary periods.
From MarketWatch
However, lobate scarps do not explain all of the Moon's relatively recent contraction features.
From Science Daily
Gross domestic product expanded 0.2% in the three months through December, bouncing back from the 0.5% contraction in the third quarter of the year, Switzerland’s statistics office said Monday.
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