Sentence examples for years of contraction from inspiring English sources

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.

After years of contraction, the economy is growing at 8.1% this year, says the finance minister, Tendai Biti, an MDC man.Health care and education have improved markedly, from rock-bottom.

This string of indicators has led state, city and federal government economists to a nearly unanimous conclusion: After two and half years of contraction, the New York City economy appears to have bottomed out, and a hesitant but discernible recovery may be under way.

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

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

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