Sentence examples for downturn forces from inspiring English sources

They are unpopular with large swaths of the British electorate for earning lavish salaries even as a prolonged economic downturn forces many households to scrimp.

As the economic downturn forces the administration to rethink priorities, global health must not — and in a multitrillion-dollar budget need not — lose out.

That way, if the economic downturn forces him to enact a tax increase, Mr. McGreevey can at least defend himself against charges that he broke his promise.

If the global downturn forces China to switch the mix of growth from exports to consumption, it would also help to make its future growth more sustainable.The government is expected to supply a fiscal stimulus to keep growth above 8%.

Photograph: Eurostat Updated at 10.46am GMT 10.06am GMT Eurozone unemployment hits record high again It's official: Eurozone unemployment has hit a new record high of 11.9%, as the economic downturn forces more people out of work.

Marks & Spencer focused on offering more expensive, better-quality meals, but the current downturn forces the chain to increasingly compete with cheaper supermarkets like Tesco and Asda, and Wal-Mart's store, which also sell clothes.

Stores have greatly reduced their inventories since last year, when the economic downturn forced them into panic selling.

Still, she said, the economic downturn forced her to make do with less city money.

The fallout from the housing downturn forced Countrywide into Bank of America's arms.

The global economic downturn forced developing nations to curtail weapons purchases strikingly last year, the Congressional Research Service found.

His successor, veteran politician Yasuo Fukuda, but scandal and the economic downturn forced him to resign in 2008.