contraction
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That would mark a second straight month above the 50 threshold separating contraction from expansion.
She was having contractions; she just couldn’t feel them.
Non-durable goods activity also weakened, led by monthly contractions in food, and in plastics and rubber products manufacturing.
In a report Tuesday, economists at Bank of Ireland said they expect the economy to grow by 2.8% this year and 3.5% next, but added that a contraction “can’t be ruled out.”
Its manufacturing sector, already under pressure from trade tensions and high interest rates and in contraction by some measures, is particularly vulnerable because its supply chains are tightly intertwined with Europe, said Lovely.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
