Sentence examples for continued downward spiral from inspiring English sources

But the ongoing deterioration of the country's infrastructure -- particularly its health and sanitation systems and its energy supply -- has left many North Koreans in a continued downward spiral.

The review must occur before the lenders can negotiate with the new government over whether to soften the bailout terms to reflect the continued downward spiral of the Greek economy.

The airline dismissed its previous chief executive, Robert Ayling, because of the company's continued downward spiral and hired Mr. Eddington away from Ansett Holdings, the Australian airline company, to strengthen management and help British Airways return to profit.

The housing sector is caught in a continued downward spiral.

Anticipating the potential for a continued downward spiral in state budgets, the architects of the 2009 Recovery Act set aside $87 billion for Medicaid, $49 billion for education stabilization aid and $4.3 billion for a welfare emergency contingency fund.

If we fail to alert America to this looming crisis, we will only see a continued downward spiral of our economy, our young people will not find the work they want and need, the purchasing power of the average family will dwindle and the state of America's prowess in both the economic and political arena will be lost.

Half of those surveyed say the market's continuing downward spiral has affected their long-term plans.

Nelson said the continuing downward spiral in rates meant that some small building societies had found themselves creeping up the best-buy tables.

It is my prayer that, absent a revival of thought, Mr. Rich and other members of the hard-core left that dominate the Democratic Party will continue in their joyful, misguided misery, thereby ensuring the continuing downward spiral of their cause.

The consequence of this policy failure is a continuing downward spiral of more vacant homes, continuing declines in property values and home equity, depressed home construction, and stresses on homeowners who spend every penny of disposable income to keep their houses.

Instead, they simply continued the downward spiral that had begun just a few months after his second term inauguration.