Sentence examples for Business contraction from inspiring English sources

A reading below 50 points suggests business contraction.

Tightening is probable in 2010, bringing with it the danger of business contraction that contributed to the present downturn as a result of the tougher monetary policy applied at the end of 2007 to check inflation.

Business activity in the Chicago area, considered a bellwether by economists, dropped to an index of 49.7 in October — below the critical number of 50 that indicates a business contraction — in October as costs increased and businesses received fewer orders, according to the Chicago arm of the National Association of Purchasing Management.

They're hunkering down for an extended business contraction.

Unlike minor business contractions that may occur in one country independently of business cycles in other countries, severe depressions have usually been nearly worldwide in scope.

He opposes corporate takeovers (indeed, foreign corporate takeovers), the superficial and venal vulgarity of the mass media, and, at a moment of sharply rising unemployment, the new world of business contractions.

Part of the explanation is valuation moved harshly lower during business contractions.

Job contraction.

They would like to see emissions reduced eventually by 80% or more, and the rich world to emit no more per person than the poor: a Utopian approach known in the business as "contraction and convergence".

The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago's index of Midwest business activity showed contraction for the first time since 2009, falling to 49.7 in September from 53.0 in August.

This recession has been particularly hard on small business and the contraction of small business credit only adds to the pressure.