The phrase "a further contraction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing additional reductions or decreases in size, scope, or intensity, often in economic or business contexts.
Example: "The company announced a further contraction in its workforce due to declining sales."
Alternatives: "an additional reduction" or "a subsequent decrease."
The result could be a further contraction in bank lending.
"If there were a further contraction it would certainly hit us as well," he said.
In July, the IMF forecast a further contraction of 4.2percentt in 2009 and growth of 0.2percentt in 2010.
Alasdair Reisner, of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association, urged the government to do more to support the construction industry, or risk a further contraction in the economy.
A further contraction of 1.5% occurs for the backbones of the substituted copolymers, probably in an effort to minimize the free volume.
Business confidence has turned down and a closely watched survey of purchasing managers points to a further contraction in activity over the summer months.
Successive rows of amnioserosa cells are then sequentially stabilised in a contracted state, driving further contraction of the tissue.
Note that the above mapping T is a further generalized contraction, but not a contraction.
That means that while the UK is likely to be out of recession, commonly defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth, there is a real danger of further contraction in the fourth quarter of the year.
At the top-line we now model -12% organic growth in 2015 followed by a further 2% contraction in 2016, driven by known contract attrition and a likely contraction in volumes.
But the real significance of the autumn statement is not that Balls had an off day but that Osborne has dug in and set the seal on a policy of years of further contraction of the public sector, with all that means for the poorer sections of the population.
