After a sharp downturn in 1999 2001, the economy grew by 5 per year on average from 2002 to 2012.

For America today, the real question is only whether there will be a short, sharp downturn, or a more prolonged, but shallower, slowdown.

The sharp fall in house prices that followed caused a dramatic downturn in household wealth, leading to lower consumer spending and an overall fall in GDP.

So it is not clear what will occur to reverse the decline in GDP and end the economic downturn. Will a sharp dollar depreciation cause exports to rise and imports to fall?

Combined with widespread natural disasters in the mid 1990s and limited interaction with the world economy, this led to a sharp economic downturn seriously constraining the Government's ability to feed and care for its people.

This partially cushions the downturn.

Ms. Donna Sharp, Senior Partner, Sharp Global Partners Ltd., United States

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Now, however, increased government spending and the resulting rise in the fiscal deficit are being justified as necessary to deal with the economic downturn a sharp change from the reliance on monetary policy that was used to deal with previous recessions.

Every downturn comes to an end.

Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

But this is a synchronous global downturn.

And, finally, America has exported its economic downturn.

This realignment theory helps explain the current downturn.

The knife is not sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

Come at ten o'clock sharp.

Yet, ugly or not, the downturn will eventually end.

This move attracted sharp criticisms online.

Most Americans, however, are focused on today s downturn, not tomorrow s.

The downturn caused the deficits, not the other way around.

The situation was exacerbated by the economic downturn after 2008.

This may not be popular, especially in an economic downturn.

A downturn, however, usually exposes or sharpens latent social tension.

The Indian response was swift and sharp.

But the division is not that sharp.

As the downturn deepens, several countries may, for example, face bankruptcy.

It is now clearly in territory that implies an economic downturn.

Central banks can play an important role in a cyclical downturn.

In the Great Depression, bank collapses made the downturn far worse.

The question is how long and deep this downturn will be.

This lending squeeze resulted in a sharp drop in GDP and employment, while the sharp sell off in assets ensured further declines.

I looked away and heard a sharp scream.

The words were simple yet sharp and touching

As firms shed workers during the economic downturn, output fell more slowly.

Hence the rising risk of a major downturn and additional fiscal distress.

This downturn is complex an economic crisis combined with a financial crisis.

SK Thew explains how the economic downturn is aggravating Malaysia s domestic problems

In music, sharp, dièse (from French), or diesis (from Greek) means higher in pitch and the sharp symbol raises a note by a half tone.

But they cannot rule out the downside risk of a synchronized global downturn.

In a downturn, too many firms will fail, because they cannot shed labor.

The fallout of the 2008 global financial crisis saw a renewed economic downturn.

He's at the sharp knife edge of this problem.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.