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recession
adjectives
an economic recession
• The economic recession of the '70s led to a fall in recruitment.
a world/global/worldwide recession
• America’s airlines have been badly hit by the world recession.
a deep/severe recession
• We are in the middle of a severe recession.
the worst recession
• Colombia is going through its worst recession in decades.
the longest recession
• The British economy was in its longest recession since the Second World War.
verbs
suffer/experience a recession
• The country was suffering a deep recession.
slide/slip into recession
(= start to experience a recession )
• Most analysts don’t believe the economy will slide into recession.
plunge into recession
(= start to experience a deep recession )
• The US is about to plunge into recession.
be hit by a recession
(= be badly affected by it )
• Rural areas have been hardest hit by the recession.
cause recession
• Rising oil prices help to fuel inflation and cause recession.
a recession deepens
(= becomes worse )
• Economists fear the recession may be deepening.
phrases
the beginning/end of the recession
• The Chancellor is confident that we shall see the end of the recession in the next few months.
be in the middle/midst of a recession
• We are in the midst of a world recession.
be in the depths of recession
(= be at its worst level )
• The country is in the depths of recession.
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recession
a period when a country’s economic growth stops and there is less trade:
• The industry has cut jobs due to the recession. • fears that the economy may be sliding into recession
depression
a long period during which there is a bad recession, so that there is very little business activity and a lot of people do not have jobs:
• During the depression of the 1930s, as many as 20% of the population were jobless.
slump
a fairly short period when there is a reduction in business and many people lose their jobs:
• The slump in the housing market is making it difficult for people to sell their homes.
slowdown
a period when there is a reduction in business activity, that may be the start of a recession:
• High prices could tip the slowdown in the US into a world recession.
downturn
a period during which there is a reduction in business activity and economic conditions become worse, when before the economy was growing:
• Public spending may reduce the effects of the downturn.
crash
an occasion when the value of stocks and shares on a stock market falls suddenly and by a large amount, causing economic problems:
• The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was disastrous for not only the American economy, but for the world economy.
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noun ADJ. bad, damaging, debilitating, deep, major, massive, painful, severe, sharp, steep It was the worst recession since the war. | mild | deepening | long, prolonged | short, short-lived | continuing | global, international, widespread, world, worldwide | economic, industrial, retail VERB + RECESSION cause | go into, move into, plunge (sth) into, sink into, slip into A rise in interest rates plunged Britain deeper into recession. | beat, combat | climb out of, come out of, emerge from, get (sth) out of, lead sth out of, move out of, pull (sth) out of active policies to pull the country out of recession | end | suffer from | escape (from) | ride out, survive As dozens of pubs go out of business, others are riding out the recession. | worsen RECESSION + VERB loom With a recession looming, consumers are spending less. | hit sth The country has been hit by recession. | bottom out (= reach the lowest level) PREP. in (a/the) ~ The economy is in deep recession. PHRASES the depth of the recession, the effects/impact of the recession, in the depths of a recession, in times of recession, recovery from (the) recession, a way out of the recessionBUSINESS
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