The phrase "a continuing recession" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an ongoing economic downturn that is persisting over a period of time.
Example: "The government is implementing new policies to address the challenges posed by a continuing recession."
Alternatives: "an ongoing recession" or "a prolonged recession".
Look at the recession bars — and bear in mind that each recession over this period was followed by an extended "jobless recovery" that felt like a continuing recession, and was met with further Fed easing.
Many forecasters think that the impact of these drags on the economy will be a recovery that is slow and generates so few jobs that it feels more like a continuing recession.
And continuing to cut rates in coming months -- especially in half-point increments -- could leave the United States approaching the bind that is bedeviling Japan, where official interest rates are close to zero, leaving Japan's central bank severely constrained in its ability to fight a continuing recession.
Of these factors only likely high African American turnout and a continuing recession remain, and the recession this year is more likely to influence the results of the election rather than boosting participation.
De la Rúa inherited a massive foreign debt, a deficit that was larger than expected, and a continuing recession.
At best, then, this is a recovery that, as far as workers are concerned, might as well be a continuing recession.
But it painted a gloomy picture that included weak growth in consumer spending, a decline in demand for machinery and equipment, weak growth in exports and a continued recession in the construction industry.
"There is a stark dichotomy between the continuing recession with rising unemployment across Europe and the rally in financial markets," Fitch said in a statement on Monday.
WASHINGTON — Donations to the Salvation Army in the Washington area have fallen 15 percent below last year's in the first two weeks of its Christmas season bell-ringing campaign, officials from the organization said, dragged down by the continuing recession and a new limit on ringing outside Giant Food stores.
Such proposals — familiar since the 1930s — are now enjoying something of a revival in the face of continuing recession.
"Mr. President," television reporter Sam Donaldson yelled at him after a press conference, "in talking about the continuing recession tonight, you have blamed the mistakes of the past and you've blamed the Congress.
