Sentence examples for contraction in from inspiring English sources

A number below 50 denotes a contraction in the sector.

Anything below 50 signals a contraction in activity.

That compares with a 5percentt expected contraction in Europe and a 10percentto15percentcontractionctinn in the United States and Japan.

The result could be a further contraction in bank lending.

This corresponds to the state of contraction in intact muscle.

A figure below 50 indicates a contraction in activity.

It was the region's sixth quarterly contraction in a row.

Still, it's the 25th consecutive month of contraction in employment.

Any figure below 50 indicates a contraction in activity.

Any reading below zero indicates contraction in the region's manufacturing.

The institute's forecasts now show contraction in the Japanese economy through the spring of 2003.