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Example sentences for: downturn

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The Wall Street Journal runs a front-page feature reporting that China's leaders are responding to the general Asian downturn by putting off opening up their financial and currency markets and by overhauling the country's central bank.
A low personal saving rate raises questions about whether Americans have adequate resources to withstand a financial emergency such as unemployment in the event of an economic downturn.
Despite increases in state funding to meet the legal needs of the poor, low interest rates (which have reduced the IOLTA fund), high unemployment and the present economic downturn have threatened any gains.
The paper says the recent criticisms represent a "downturn" in Clinton's standing with the military.
As the glacial maximum approached 18,000 years ago, the cooler, dryer conditions were probably responsible for the downturn in the bison population, argues Cooper.