'demand contraction' is an acceptable phrase in written English.
It is usually used when referring to a situation in which demand for goods or services is reduced or contracts. For example, "The demand contraction in the automotive industry has had a negative economic impact."
At the time of the call on WNR Dietert expected weakness across the entire refining sector, but specifically anticipated the combination of significant refining capacity growth and significant demand contraction and its negative impact on earnings and cash flow.
On the one hand, the perception that the crisis involved a persistent aggregate demand contraction, especially in countries concerned by current account reversals and debt crises, prompted reforms aimed at improving the adjustment capacity of the labour market, including within the framework of financial assistance programmes.
It's the near term demand contraction.
This was due to high tensile force demand, consequent contraction of the tapered nut and pullout.
During the Great Depression, a tariff war led to a suppression of demand, a contraction of world trade and prolonged and deepened global economic agony.
Modifying the mechanisms responsible for energy production elasticity appears as a possible mean to maintain a balanced control pattern ("normal" control shared by energy-supply and demand) on contraction, and to ensure sufficient flexibility to adapt to new conditions.
These adaptations in cardiac metabolic pathways may assist in meeting the energetic demand of contraction.
Under normal conditions, the heart utilizes a variety of metabolic pathways, such as the oxidation of carbohydrates, fatty acids, lactate, and pyruvate, to meet the high-energy demands of contraction and maintenance of cellular function.
This paper exploits a unique cross-country, firm-level survey to study the responses of European firms to the sharp demand and credit contraction triggered by the global Great Recession of 2009.
Heart muscle cells have a high and varying requirement for metabolic energy, the demand increased as contraction stimulation [ 11].
Under physiological conditions cardiomyocytes are metabolizing a wide range of substrates including fatty acids, glucose, lactate, pyruvate, ketone bodies and amino acids, to meet the ATP demand for muscle contraction and further cellular mechanisms [ 9].
