Sentence examples for profit contraction from inspiring English sources

This all means that companies will see slower profit growth or even profit contraction".

But eventually Wall Street prices will fall, thanks to a sustained contraction of corporate profits.

Higher expenses associated with new store openings caused a 170 basis point contraction in the operating profit margin to 25.51%.

They might have an incentive to write down assets and reduce the useful life of machinery so that when the recovery comes earnings look even better and last longer as profit margins begin their usual cyclical contraction.

Now on the flipside of the downsizing curve, its apparent sharp reductions in policy rates have undone the liquidity contraction, with rising business profits feeding confidence and unleashing business activity.

As profits evaporate, nowhere is the pain of contraction and uncertainty sharper than in the newspaper industry.

Wall Street is adding jobs and its profits are growing after a period of contraction, according to a report released yesterday by State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi.

It is time once Almostto "Can Do!" In my neveryost, the cost of jobs program versus the cost of there not being a jobs program.

That means a 1% contraction in global gross domestic product will slash corporate profits in Japan by 18%, added the former Japan economist for Merrill Lynch.

"In the short run, as a way to keep profits up, the firms will drive down costs and that will mean contraction in the work force," Mr. DiNapoli said.

For-profits reduced operating expenses more aggressively than not-for-profits but faced even larger reductions in revenues, suggesting a fairly major contraction in the intensity of services provided.