Sentence examples for months of contraction from inspiring English sources

Commercial and civil engineering activity hit 50.1 and 50 respectively, improving after several months of contraction.

After so many months of contraction and stagnation, some businesses will soon feel pressure to expand, analysts said.

France suffered 10 months of contraction after shrinking at a faster pace in February, according to the Markit purchasing managers' index (PMI) survey.

A rebound by the manufacturing sector helped the economy of Canada grow by a stronger-than-expected 0.4percentt in April after two months of contraction, but economists see growth remaining weak for the rest of the year.

After 18 months of contraction, the economy expanded from July through September at a 2.8percentt annual rate, and many economists expect the expansion to be even stronger in the fourth quarter, approaching 4percentt.

Readings above 50 indicate expansion, so the September figure provided more evidence that the Chinese manufacturing sector was growing again after several months of contraction, while the economy as a whole had stopped decelerating.

A separate study of stocks and recessions by Ned Davis Research showed that equity prices tend to drop nearly 5percentt in the first six months of contractions.

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

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

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.

It followed a "weather-induced" month of contraction - the first in more than two years.