downside

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A downside break could suggest that growth expectations are deteriorating, echoing the decline during the 2022 cyclical equity bear.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

At the same time, downside risks have to be considered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The St. Louis Fed president told reporters that he also saw greater downside risks to the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

New research from The University of Texas at El Paso suggests that habit may come with an unexpected downside.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

They often approached visitors as if they might be deities, possibly calculating, in the spirit of Pascal's wager, that the downside of an erroneous attribution of celestial power was minimal.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann