Sentence examples for month of contraction from inspiring English sources

The Spanish regulator, Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, said last week that 486,183 mobile phone accounts were deactivated by Spanish operators in October alone, the ninth straight month of contraction that has seen two million prepaid accounts, or 9.4 percent of the current total, taken off networks since February.

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

Australia's manufacturing index showed a seventh month of contraction, and a similar survey in India showed activity down for a second month in December.

The service sector has not had a month of contraction in four and a half years, according to the institute's monthly reports.

The composite PMI figure, seen as a barometer of growth, edged up to 47.2 from October's 28-month low of 46.5, marking its third month of contraction.

A survey of Chinese purchasing managers, just completed by HSBC and Markit Economics, shows a third consecutive month of contraction in the manufacturing sector.

That is the biggest monthly drop in five years and the ninth straight month of job contraction.

At 10 A.M., the National Association of Purchasing Mangers gave further support to Fed ease, when the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index for December showed signs of contraction in the business expansion.

At 10 A.M., the National Association of Purchasing Mangers gave further support to Fed's easing of interest rates, when the Chicago Purchasing Mangers Index for December showed signs of contraction in the business expansion.

The Spanish economy contracted by 0.3 percent in the January-March quarter, the same rate of contraction as in the last quarter of 2011, the National Statistics Institute said in Madrid.

Flash estimates of euro-zone economic activity showed a quickening downturn in February, ruining hopes that the slower pace of contraction in January might represent green shoots.