recessionary
of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
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How to use recessionary in a sentence
That’s consistent with general recessionary trends, said Ray Major, chief economist and deputy CEO at the San Diego Association of Governments.
San Diego Shrunk Last Year Because of Negative Domestic Migration | Andrew Keatts | March 25, 2022 | Voice of San DiegoIn September, we will return to unemployment benefits funded almost entirely by states that have been relatively ungenerous during non-recessionary periods.
The U.S. Spends Less Than Nearly Every Country on Unemployment. That's Why People Can't Get Jobs. | Sarah Damaske | July 7, 2021 | TimeA recessionary environment is a great environment for Rent the Runway, but a pandemic is a terrible environment.
The pandemic cramped Rent the Runway’s style—but here’s how the company is fashioning a comeback in 2021 | Michal Lev-Ram, writer | December 24, 2020 | Fortune“A prolonged slowing in the pace of improvement over time could trigger typical recessionary dynamics, as weakness feeds on weakness,” he said.
Americans could face ‘unnecessary hardship’ without more stimulus, says Fed chief | Lee Clifford | October 6, 2020 | FortuneThe U.S. is a consumer-driven economy, but consumer confidence remains at recessionary levels and wages have hardly budged.
In the midst of our recessionary times, it might be comforting to read these great novels about people losing their jobs.
Well, it is partly downturn chic, partly recessionary despair.
Summers was quicker than Bernanke to recognize recessionary possibilities back in 2007.
We realize that it may sound crazy to be talking about boosting compensation during recessionary times.
British Dictionary definitions for recessionary
/ (rɪˈsɛʃənərɪ) /
of, caused by, or undergoing economic recession
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