Sentence examples for year of contraction from inspiring English sources

Manufacturing output fell again in November, leaving the beleaguered sector on course for a full year of contraction.

Construction spending fell by a real 2.2 percent last year, marking the fourth year of contraction out of five.

Colombia's and Venezuela's GDP grew in the year to the first quarter, after more than a year of contraction.

There is no immediate end in sight; forecasts for 2013 generally anticipate another year of contraction for several peripheral economies.

It led to a home-building binge that now, as Ireland enters another year of contraction, has left empty houses clustered in untenanted "ghost estates".

And so it seems to be: growth should reach 4% this year; exports, hit by the tech crash, have begun to rise after more than a year of contraction, and business confidence is increasing.

He singled out figures for business investment, which have recently recovered after three years of contraction.

Set the eagle free Angela's new partner ReprintsThe Irish economy has stabilised after three years of contraction.

If Ireland's economy shrinks again this year, as expected, it will become the only major European economy to experience three consecutive years of contraction.

After years of contraction that have thrown millions of Russian officers and soldiers into a depressed economy on meager pensions, Mr. Putin now faces the politically wrenching task of cutting hundreds of thousands more active-duty slots.

The country had a small growth spurt last year after three years of contraction, largely because of a surge in exports from pharmaceutical companies, which have a strong base in the country because of a low corporate tax rate of 12.5 percent.