downturn
noun
down·turn
ˈdau̇n-ˌtərn 
: a downward turn especially toward a decline in business and economic activity
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Further declines in home prices would deepen the hit to household balance sheets, said Lizzi Lee, a fellow at Center for China Analysis, noting that the property downturn has already inflicted significant job losses across construction and related sectors.
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Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 18 May 2026
In 2024, Samsung paid no performance bonuses at all after the chip unit posted operating losses throughout the memory downturn.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 17 May 2026
These platforms rest on an assumption that proactive state policy can significantly improve living standards, not merely soften an inevitable downturn, and offer voters more optimistic — if sharply divergent — diagnoses and cures than the pervasive resignation captured in the article.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
Energy prices have surged due to the disruption to supplies, prompting governments to ration fuel and raising fears of an economic downturn as inflation builds.
—Reuters, NBC news, 15 May 2026
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Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 18 May 2026
In 2024, Samsung paid no performance bonuses at all after the chip unit posted operating losses throughout the memory downturn.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 17 May 2026
These platforms rest on an assumption that proactive state policy can significantly improve living standards, not merely soften an inevitable downturn, and offer voters more optimistic — if sharply divergent — diagnoses and cures than the pervasive resignation captured in the article.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
Energy prices have surged due to the disruption to supplies, prompting governments to ration fuel and raising fears of an economic downturn as inflation builds.
—Reuters, NBC news, 15 May 2026
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“Downturn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downturn. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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