recessionary

recessionary
recession re‧ces‧sion [rɪˈseʆn] noun [countable, uncountable] ECONOMICS
a period of time when an economy or industry is doing badly, and business activity and employment decrease. Many economists consider that there is a recession when industrial production falls for six months in a row:

• The economy is heading into a recession.

• Analysts concluded that the US would get out of recession and interest rates would rise.

— compare depression
— recessionary adjective :

• We're in a recessionary period.

ˌdouble-dip reˈcession ECONOMICS
a recession in which the economy begins to grow after a recession but then falls into a second recession before growing again

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recessionary UK US /rɪˈseʃənəri/ US  /rɪˈseʃəneri/ adjective
► ECONOMICS relating to a period, usually at least six months, of low economic activity, when investments lose value, businesses fail, and people lose their jobs: »

They can handle the problems of slower growth or even a recessionary environment.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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