Sentence examples for contraction in spending from inspiring English sources

The sources of the contraction in spending in the United States varied over the course of the Depression, but they cumulated in a monumental decline in aggregate demand.

If the United States and China slap large tariffs on each other's exports, it could drive up costs for consumers, lead to a contraction in spending and arrest growth.

If fact, it was the severity of the contraction in spending that caused both the Great Depression and Great Recession.

And because so much government spending was cut, what followed was the most severe contraction in spending and investment since the 1930s.

Of the seven categories covered in Nielsen's Global AdView Pulse report — television, radio, outdoor, newspapers, magazines, Internet and cinema — magazines were the only medium that saw a contraction in ad spend over last year, going down by 1.4percentt.

We wouldn't have seen the calamitous contraction in consumer spending that we're now witnessing.

Some fear that a slowing housing market may finally mean a contraction in consumer spending.

A decade ago, it took "tax hikes, a sharp contraction in military spending, and an unprecedented economic expansion to achieve fiscal consolidation," the I.M.F.

The Center for a New Economy has warned that a sudden contraction in government spending might throw the economy into reverse.

Ministers, you might remember, liked to bang on how private companies will pick up the slack as tens of thousands lose their jobs as a result of the contraction in public spending.

"This particular downturn is driven by a rare contraction in consumer spending, and that is starting to hurt a broader range of people than those hurt by the mortgage crisis".