contraction
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However, risk remain, among them China’s private investment contraction and the threat of an overheating U.S. economy, Fitch says.
It nevertheless marks the sixth straight month of expansion after nearly three years in contraction.
Canada's population dropped by 76,068 between July and October - a contraction driven mainly by limits on immigration, the federal statistics agency has said.
From BBC
U.S. factory activity has contracted for nine straight months, with the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for manufacturing at 48.2 in November, below the 50 mark that separates expansion from contraction.
Those cuts are expected to trigger thousands of layoffs across Hollywood, which has already been squeezed by the flight of production overseas and a contraction in the once booming TV business.
From Los Angeles Times
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