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How to use the word downturn in a Sentence?

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What we know is market conditions continue to erode with an uncertain future, the steps we’ve taken to stay ahead of downturn impacts – which enabled several strong quarters in a row – are no longer enough. We now have to make additional decisions to prepare for the road ahead.

Jeff Clarke

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There are considerable downside risks to sentiment, with two-thirds of consumers expecting an economic downturn during the next year, notably, the debt ceiling debate looms ahead and could reverse the gains seen over the last several months; past debt ceiling crises in 2011 and 2013 prompted steep declines in consumer confidence.

Joanne Hsu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Fed foresees a soft landing, with an increasing risk of a mild recession, enabling it to keep rates higher for longer, on the other side, markets are pricing in a more severe economic downturn, forcing the Fed to bring down rates quickly.

Christian Scherrmann

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We seem to have entered an economic downturn that will have a broad impact on the digital advertising business, it's always hard to predict how deep or how long these cycles will be, but I'd say that the situation seems worse than it did a quarter ago.

Mark Zuckerberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There could be a slowdown or even a shallow and short recession. But we're not seeing a protracted downturn that would inflict a lot of pain.

Bruce Van Saun

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Business confidence is now at a level which would typically herald an economic downturn, adding to the risk of recession.

Chris Williamson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The difference with this inflationary cycle is that we are coming out of a recession. People have a lot of repressed needs. They've been dreaming of a vacation for over two years, celebrating life events with family and friends, there won't be such a downturn in travel and leisure.

Priya Raghubir

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We're not seeing a turn in the job market just yet, though we are hearing more from employees that they're concerned about a potential downturn and layoffs.

Daniel Zhao

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You could miss the best rebounds if you stop investing because of a potential downturn. You run the risk that the market will go up while you're waiting on the sidelines, it's important to remember that volatility is a normal part of investing, and you don't actually lose any money unless you sell your investments for less than what you paid for them.

Tony Molina

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Millions of people are struggling to meet their daily needs, there is a huge workforce in Southeast Asia that depends on daily wages, and they are being affected because of this economic downturn.

Abhishek Rimal

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If risks materialise and lead to a severe economic downturn, we would of course need to consider how to respond with monetary policy, what tools to deploy will depend on economic conditions at the time. We must and will have the means ready to act.

Masazumi Wakatabe

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

We're not in a downturn anymore. Things are incredibly robust and it's almost a euphoria.

Ivan Kaufman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don't think a short-term hangover will lead to a multi-year downturn.

Troy Gayeski

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Honestly, I would be surprised if we can point to this recent downturn as the moment in time where we turn the corner and everything’s downhill from here.

Ronald Hershow

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It’s more of a discussion about the country and the economic downturn that we’ve gone through, the president wants to lay out all of the specifics of his plan, hear feedback from them as he has with many different groups over the past couple of weeks.

Jen Psaki

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Despite the downturn in global trade, Irish exports are projected to have grown by over 4% last year, with this resilience reflecting the strong growth of exports of pharmaceuticals, computer services and business services, as a result, GDP is now estimated to have grown by 2.5 per cent in 2020.

Central Bank

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Millions of people are staring at a wall of expiring support programs, such as the pandemic unemployment insurance and eviction protection, which dampen the brightness of the incoming holiday season, while we see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel with upcoming vaccines, there is still a big question around whether Congress can come to terms on a new stimulus package to help the country recover from the current economic downturn.

George Raitu

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It’s an American tragedy and it’s essential that we move with urgency. Inaction will produce a self-reinforcing downturn, causing yet more devastation.

Janet Yellen

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Food security means families don't have sufficient food to provide an active and healthy lifestyle, but most importantly it means they don't have sufficient resources to go out and purchase more, while food insecurity always rises when there's an economic downturn, what is shocking about it this time is that it's disproportionately affecting families with children and children themselves.

Lauren Bauer

Found on CNN
3 years ago

A trade war, especially at this point in time, where the world economy is going through a historical downturn, would hurt the economy, jobs and confidence even further, a multilateral solution... is clearly the best way forward.

Angel Gurria

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If not contained and reversed, the downturn could further widen gaps in economic well-being that the long expansion had made some progress in closing.

Jerome Powell

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The COVID-19 pandemic is set to cause a major downturn in global auto sales in 2020, the long-term trajectory has not changed, but the market will be bumpy for the next three years.

Colin McKerracher

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

People want to avoid uncertainty in a downturn, having a brand like Apple that can showcase quality and make people less worried about breakdowns or after-sales service can bring in buyers.

Nicole Peng

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Clearly there is huge uncertainty as to how deep the downturn proves and how long restrictions remain in place, a fall in the region of 25% in GDP over the next few months seems likely.

Thomas Pugh

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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