slowdownslow‧down /ˈsləʊdaʊn $ ˈsloʊ-/ noun 
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a slowdown in the US economy2[countable] American English a period when people deliberately work slowly in order to protest about something
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Thesaurus- a slowdown in consumer spending
- A slowdown in investment may not hit growth for a while.
- A breakdown in communications between these departments can cause slowdowns and a failure to meet production schedules.
- As economies mature, they say, economic slowdown comes with the territory.
- He also warned that a slowdown in money supply growth this summer could threaten the recovery at just the wrong moment.
- The Energy Department also sees a slowdown in economic growth after 2010, when baby boomers will start retiring.
- The world's richest countries also showed a slowdown.
- We have seen shallow, shortlived economic recoveries, sturdy, eight-year booms, temporary slowdowns, and deep depressions.
- Worldwide premiums fell, mainly due to the slowdown in the property market, as much of the division's business is mortgage-related.
THESAURUS► recession
Collocations a period when a country’s economic growth stops and there is less trade: · The industry has cut jobs due to the recession.· fears that the economy may be sliding into recession
► depression a long period during which there is a bad recession, so that there is very little business activity and a lot of people do not have jobs: · During the depression of the 1930s, as many as 20% of the population were jobless.
► slump a fairly short period when there is a reduction in business and many people lose their jobs: · The slump in the housing market is making it difficult for people to sell their homes.
► slowdown a period when there is a reduction in business activity, that may be the start of a recession: · High prices could tip the slowdown in the US into a world recession.
► downturn a period during which there is a reduction in business activity and economic conditions become worse, when before the economy was growing: · Public spending may reduce the effects of the downturn.
► crash an occasion when the value of stocks and shares on a stock market falls suddenly and by a large amount, causing economic problems: · The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was disastrous for not only the American economy, but for the world economy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an economic slowdown/downturn
1[countable usually singular] a reduction in activity or speedslowdown in (=when businesses become less successful)· Experts are predicting an economic slowdown at the beginning of next year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► economic· The political reality is that Connecticut is suffering from the economic slowdown that has hit most of the north-east.· But falling morale ran deeper than the nation-wide economic slowdown.· Cisco spent most of the session in negative territory after the company warned it was feeling the effects of an economic slowdown.· With the abrupt economic slowdown, credit card companies expect more delinquencies and bankruptcies.· A string of economic figures published after the rate cut point to an economic slowdown.· Manufacturing has been one of the industries hardest hit in the nationwide economic slowdown.· As economies mature, they say, economic slowdown comes with the territory.
► sharp· Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, is worried about the sharp slowdown in monetary growth.· The developed world has experienced a sharp slowdown in growth.· He cautioned, however, that a sharp slowdown would affect economic activity in California.
VERB► blame· Shearson yesterday blamed the continued slowdown in market activity and excess capacity for the redundancies.
► hurt· Not all companies are being hurt by the slowdown.
a slowdown in the US economy2[countable] American English a period when people deliberately work slowly in order to protest about something