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‘A slowdown can be in the economy.’

[⟨det slowdown.nin.p ⟨the-local economy.n⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Yes, we are in an unusual economic environment with a major slowdown in the economy, global competition becoming more and more intense, generational differences creating new market opportunities, the Internet displacing more traditional marketing strategies.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It does so by gimmicking what are ordinary slowdowns in the economy and turning them into catastrophes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Hopefully things should be calming down a? bit at work, although despite an overall slowdown in the economy, we are booming!?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I say this because the B of C has reduced rates by about 1.5 % since summer 2007, and we are still seeing slowdowns in the economy.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“A slowdown in the economy also changes the credit worthiness of potential borrowers as sales and profits decline.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The slowdown in the global economy, the U.S. housing slump and record oil prices are taking an increasing toll on companies and consumers.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

About the Survey The 2008 AFP Women in Finance Survey, sponsored by Citi’s Global Transaction Services, asked 3,000 corporate practitioner members – evenly split between males and females – about the impact the current slowdown in the U.S. economy has had on job security and prospects for career advancement.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The US securities firm reiterated its’ ‘overweight’’ rating for the shares, but has trimmed its expectations or organic growth for the second half of 2008 to 4 %, the same as in the first half, on the basis of a projected slowdown in the economy.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

However, these phenomena may be short lived as rapid inflation and the significant slowdown in the US economy are both likely to damage confidence and could curtail spending.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The economics came into play as by the end of the week the slowdown in the economy became more obvious and caused the sentiment to weaken even more.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Carney, contradicting Sweater Vest Steve’s assurances, warned that’ ’ any slowdown in the U.S. economy would have consequences for Canada’ ’.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Analysts expect growth to cool further in the second half as the slowdown in the U.S. economy spreads to Europe and Asia 2) Singapore’s Temasek doubles profit, fears contagion Temasek warned of further contagion from the global credit crisis after it doubled its full – year profit by selling billions of dollars of assets.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But while its interactive community has been relatively quiet, it has nonetheless been incubating a fast – growing bunch of businesses that may even be better placed to ride out any slowdown in the economy, should one actually arrive.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The Bank also painted a gloomy picture for the construction industry as a result of the correction in the housing market and the general slowdown in the economy, predicting that, if housing starts remain at their present depressed level, that could reduce economic growth by between a quarter and a half percentage point.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

So, given the slowdown in the global economy, investments in the infrastructure sector hold the key,’ ’ said V Theegala, an analyst with a local brokerage.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering’s (STE) share price has receded 30 per cent YTD on concerns over a slowdown in the global economy and aviation industry.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

With the mid – market segment of the apparel industry susceptible to overall macro economic conditions prevailing in a country, the present slowdown in the US economy is expected to take a little steam off the market’s growth.
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In the British National Corpus:

Keith Williams, managing director of Dun and Bradstreet UK, said: “High interest rates and the present value of the pound look like escalating the slowdown in the economy.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney said earlier this week, Any slowdown in the U.S. economy would have consequences for Canada, but the current situation poses particular problems.
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Queried on 2013-05-19.