contraction

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“We expect consolidation to halt the trend of industry revenue contraction over the last two years,” Citi analysts write in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal

Weaker signs were visible in employment, which continued to show contraction, albeit at a slower pace than in December.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Notably, new export orders returned to expansion territory after a contraction in December, primarily buoyed by increased demand from Southeast Asia and other overseas markets,” said Yao Yu, founder at RatingDog.

From The Wall Street Journal

China’s official gauges of factory, services and construction activity unexpectedly slipped into contraction at the start of 2026, signaling a cooling in economic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal

The selloff has also crushed Wall Street’s price-to-earnings forecasts, with software names suffering the biggest contraction in PE multiples of any subset in the technology sector, according to Trivariate Research analysts.

From Barron's