downturn

Example Sentences

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“In recent years, affected by multiple factors such as an economic downturn, Mianchi County has encountered unprecedented difficulties,” the county government wrote in response to one message from a substitute teacher in September.

From The Wall Street Journal

In each of several major market downturns in recent decades—periods when the S&P 500 fell 20% or more—the sector generally outperformed.

From The Wall Street Journal

They could crank up the returns with borrowed money without having to worry that you’d want to pull out in a downturn.

From The Wall Street Journal

And it would give the business more of a hedge for economic downturns.

From The Wall Street Journal

Four years into China’s property downturn, one of the country’s biggest real estate developers is facing a reckoning over its bonds.

From Barron's