crise
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The result is a large, permanent loss in output featuring persistently high unemployment, company liquidations and financial crise.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2020
There was more to Peter’s crise than his worry about Patsy or growing distaste for his surreptitious assignment.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
France has referred to la crise since the Mitterrand years – that’s a long time in freefall.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2016
The crisis was long abuilding, and a surprise to no one when it came: the only question was which of France's innumerable Cabinet crises would produce the crise de regime.
From Time Magazine Archive
"This seems to be a new period and crise of the most great affair," writes Baillie, recording these facts.
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by David Masson
In the European sovereign-debt crises of 2011-12, the stock markets of the affected countries — Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Greece — fell by 50%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
He warned of the risk of food crises in African and Asian countries, saying Moscow was also unable to export its grain through the Black Sea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
In those famous cases that led to crises, the Fed was flipping the narrative; in this case, it is simply trying to find a level of rates that would put some downward pressure on inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
The group has also created a $100bn contingency reserve arrangement to help members facing financial crises, although it has yet to be tested.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“I want to understand how crises work, how governments react, everything.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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