Sentence examples for prolonged downturn from inspiring English sources

Japan, the world's second-largest economy, has been struggling to overcome the worst prolonged downturn since the end of World War II.

The newspaper group Knight Ridder said yesterday that its full-year earnings were likely to fall short of its expectations, citing a prolonged downturn in the advertising market that hurt October sales.

Many Chinese investors are angry over the prolonged downturn.

That could result in a much deeper, more prolonged downturn.

But the prolonged downturn is no excuse to flout the rules, Mr. Monti replied.

Unlike the national firms, they did not have the resources to survive a prolonged downturn.

Mr Greenspan's fans claim that America has escaped a prolonged downturn.

The prolonged downturn, which has not spared law firms, also must play a role.

"Should the economy enter a prolonged downturn, mortgage losses could be higher than in past recessions," it warned.

[C7.] Last fall, Peter Olson, the chairman of Random House, warned that a "prolonged downturn" was gripping the publishing industry.

One or both of them are likely to get into trouble before the stock market suffers a prolonged downturn.