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In the current economic downturn, the firm has no doubt already laid off a good number of bright young peo-ple like Ms Clinton.

Had not the Depression taught that attempts to balance the budget would only worsen an economic downturn?

Extensive operating costs and marginal advertising revenue in the economic downturn have made it a challenge for YouTube to turn a profit.

Waiting it out: The global economic downturn has pummeled China hard, with migrant workers being among the worst hit.

The HKSAR Government SME Committee was set up to look for ways to help SMEs in time of economic downturn.

"The theme was that pharmaceutical prescriptions are more of a necessity [even in an economic downturn], " says Prof Levich.

Issuance activities of non-Exchange Fund paper slowed down in the year amid economic downturn and a poor external environment.

There had been speculation that Mr Reddy's term might be extended for a year to maintain stability during the economic downturn.

That may be why, he said, the company prospered through the economic downturn.

The company has since been losing orders and customers due to its precarious financial situation and the overall global economic downturn.

Short courses, the bread and butter of many schools, are often the first to be axed by companies in the face of any economic downturn.

"Without substantial policy action, we would almost certainly face the worst economic downturn since the Second World War, " he said.

The stress tests were aimed at estimating how much each bank would lose if the economic downturn proved even deeper than currently expected.

It's a long-term priority, and not the kind of thing to be derailed by an economic downturn.

A company co-founder said the need for such a service had collapsed amid the economic downturn.

The risk of a protectionist reaction is all too real, especially in a global economic downturn.

In the present global economic downturn, China is among the few countries that have the economic muscle to pull the world out of it.

The stress tests were aimed at estimating how much each bank would lose if the economic downturn proved even deeper than expected.

drum up customers in the economic downturn: letting customers decide how much they want to pay for their meal.

He said the unemployment rate remains "unacceptably high" and that faster growth is needed to replace jobs lost in the economic downturn.

trying to convince an America hit by an economic downturn and fighting an unpopular war in Iraq. . .

Now, however, the company is confronting a game-changer that Mr Lafley had not foreseen: a global economic downturn.

He said keeping the yuan stable was "an important contribution" to global recovery from the economic downturn.

S. banks. And it raised questions over whether the bank was strong enough to withstand another economic downturn.

But, on the whole, protectionism has not been a hallmark of this economic downturn.

The current economic downturn grew out of a culture of irresponsible lending and borrowing and "a failure of the entire system, " he said.

Across the U. S. , the economic downturn has affected loan access for students in at least two ways.

How much will the financial crisis and economic downturn affect public health, both internationally and within individual countries?

I think with the economic downturn they're trying to take advantage of us, as a way to cut retirees' benefits and justify it.

Each rise of a skyscraper breaking the world record tends to be followed by an economic downturn.

Speaking in Tanzania, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the economic downturn would be more severe than previously thought.

Hyundai was one of the few manufacturers to increase sales and gain market share during the global economic downturn.

But it warned that 2009 would be "a very difficult year" due to the global economic downturn and its negative impact on the travel sector.

The economic downturn will no doubt be very unpleasant.

This is still true of Volvo, even though it is no longer doing as badly as it was in the depths of the economic downturn.

Like a number of its Asian neighbours, the Philippines has begun to rebound from the economic downturn.

The global economic downturn, which deepened after the Huiyuan bid was announced, might have hardened government opposition.

By itself, the Great Recession is the longest economic downturn in the United States since the Great Depression.

Keeping employees motivated has never been as important as during the current economic downturn.

Maserati is a tough sell at the moment, as premium luxury car sales have dropped off significantly due to the global economic downturn.

The economic downturn has also opened the door to a seemingly alternative ideology to the West's liberal-market approach.

This is not to say that the economic downturn has had no effect at all on domestic life.

Economic downturn, many competitors, maybe I'm not you seen the best, but I am definitely the most enthusiastic about this job candidates.

Air cargo has continued to decline, a further demonstration of the global economic downturn.

People are unlikely to be receptive to a message of voluntary austerity in the midst of a severe economic downturn.

And a savage economic downturn in 2008 has added urgency to the heart-searching about immigration's costs and benefits.

Persistent fears of a deep economic downturn and deteriorating corporate performance are keeping the markets in Europe in a gloomy mode.

But economists questioned whether Japan will be able to spend its way out of the economic downturn.

The high-tech economy has weathered the economic downturn well, at least so far.

When the economic downturn hit, Sparkman says, she was so deep into her major that she wasn't willing to turn back.

The need for guidance in this area has become all the more pressing at a time of global economic downturn and rising health care costs.

Only after the next economic downturn will it become clear whether the tighter rules have made American capitalism stronger or weaker.

The coming weeks will allow us to see just how prolonged and deep the general economic downturn will be.

With Asia having firmly recovered from the economic downturn, people are simply 'looking to enjoy life more, ' she said.

As economic uncertainty rises, consumer anxiety regarding the depth and length of the current economic downturn is understandable.

I'm sorry to hear that, but I guess the economic downturn has affected most businesses.

He quickly steered the country out of an economic downturn, with a leadership style learnt in the boardroom.

Ever since 2002, when America began to recover from a mild economic downturn, migrants both legal and illegal have streamed over the border.

This places them at the centre of one of the hardest- hit segments of the global IT industry as a result of the economic downturn.

However, at this time of economic downturn, it is our responsibility to help relieve the hardships faced by the community.

Reid maintains they helped create jobs in a state especially hard hit by a housing and economic downturn. In Washington, former state Sen.

However, the Far East is feeling the bite of the economic downturn as well, which may slow down the modernisation process.

But if a global economic downturn is to be averted, some believe central banks in Europe and elsewhere will have to follow the Fed's lead.

Mr Hopkins also said newspapers in Australia had proven resilient so far in the face of the global economic downturn.

Investors worried the new administration won't be in a position to act fast enough to avert a deep economic downturn.

Our state continues to struggle through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Full recovery from the economic downturn may be stifled by an increasing focus on cutting oil consumption.

in the advanced stage of economic catching-up, due to lack of independent innovation, Japan ran into a long economic downturn.

In the middle of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, companies face a daunting choice.

There is no doubt that Expedia has gained new market clout in this economic downturn.

The British Chambers of Commerce warns of possible economic downturn in the next half year.

The immediate priority is to avoid renewed financial stress and a second economic downturn.

LATVIA'S self-discipline in the face of a sharp economic downturn and tough austerity measures gets plenty of praise.

The economic downturn in the US has hurt the pharmaceuticals industry worse than any other export sector in the Indian economy.

But how is the new enthusiasm for entrepreneurship standing up to the worldwide economic downturn?

Confronted with the economic downturn and the high price of the commodities, Costco stuck to its price advantage of some special products.

This was not a desirable choice either, since they would have difficulty finding work during the economic downturn.

He told investors on this earnings call that it is now clear that we are in a global economic downturn.

But this has not been enough to protect China from a global economic downturn.

Jobs stressed that it was difficult to determine how the economic downturn would affect Apple's sales.

The economic downturn has produced many losers, but at least two winners: business school and law school.

Australia was the hardest hit as it aggressively cut its interest rate and on sharp economic downturn.

And, according to Andrea Alfieri, a Rome-based accountant, the economic downturn may have had a pernicious influence.

The rising price will pinch consumers and industries that had found lower oil prices one of the few bright spots in the economic downturn.

Governments across Europe do indeed face a juggling act as they try to protect their citizens from the full force of the economic downturn.

Indeed, as the world goes into a severe economic downturn, the threat of beggar-thy-neighbour devaluations becomes acute, as in the 1930s.

Asia has led the world out of the global economic downturn thanks in part to a welcome burst of consumer consumption.

Residential investment fell so sharply during the economic downturn that it has little room to decline further.

And yet, in the worst ever economic downturn, the annual benchmark price is the second-highest it's ever been.

The focus is expected to be on dealing with the global economic downturn rather than human rights issues and growing concerns about Burma.

Despite the economic downturn the company has been highly profitable this year, making $3bn in the last quarter.

These companies have the strength to resist the economic downturn, but these companies do not give you exciting profits.

Cynical as it may sound , it may take a sobering economic downturn to drive home the need for further change .

With a US economic downturn looming, the pressure to hold down spending is expected to intensify further this year.

South Korea's recovery from the economic downturn, already one of the fastest in Asia, accelerated over the past two months, new data show.

He originally hoped to begin it with an example of Beijing opera, which fell victim to the economic downturn, the only such casualty.

Geithner says it's crucial for the United States and China to work together to affectively combat the global economic downturn.

It shows consumer confidence has dropped sharply in the last month as the reality of the economic downturn hits home.

But the prolonged length of the economic downturn and continued high gasoline prices have taken their toll.

While no current residents claim to be victims of foreclosure, all agree that tent city is a symptom of the wider economic downturn.

Analysts blame the drops on fears of an economic downturn in the United States, a key ally and trade partner with Gulf Arab countries.

Britain has become a nation of sleeping pill addicts since the start of the economic downturn, figures revealed yesterday.

The economic downturn in the U. S. , by far the world's largest oil consumer, has taken some steam out of oil demand.

A spokesperson for IKEA in China said the Swedish home furnishings multinational had, like B& Q, been impacted by the economic downturn.

"A great deal of the pain from this economic downturn still lies ahead of us, " said Doug Elmendorf, CBO director.

Therefore the higher the nominal wages of employees, the more unemployment will be generated by an economic downturn.

The other factor is Europe's economic downturn, the effects of which can be seen more starkly at the other end of the Mediterranean.

The strengthened Sino-German cooperation is of special significance in the context of the current global economic downturn, Wen said.

Thanks to Wall Street's leading role in causing the economic downturn, bashing wealthy businesspeople is back in fashion.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the pace of the most bruising global economic downturn in decades is slowing, Germany's central bank said.

First, global primary energy consumption fell in 2009, but like the broader economic downturn, changes varied greatly across regions.

However, the end of the era of cheap credit and the global economic downturn has led to a sharp fall in such activity.

Lessen the human cost of the economic downturn and its impact on the most vulnerable.

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For several months China's government has been withdrawing stimulus measures it used to get China through the economic downturn.

Prices then remained relatively stable until 1998, when there was a collapse, in the wake of the economic downturn in South-East Asia.

People in the restaurant business said they did not like raising prices during an economic downturn.

Some of these gains are now threatened by the global economic downturn.

Companies in an array of industries have been paring dividends in an effort to weather the global economic downturn.

There are already clues as to the sort of government that could emerge from, say, a sharp economic downturn or a political crisis.

Alcoa, like most producers, has cut production in the last six months as the global economic downturn stunted demand.

One by one, countries across the block are in danger of succumbing to the global economic downturn (see article).

Based on your experience so far, would you say that an economic downturn is a good time to start a freelance business?

Shares on the stock market have fluctuated as a result of a world-wide economic downturn.

Their enthusiasm for this business has grown as the economic downturn has squeezed margins in their consumer-focused activities.

GIC's view is that with this latest move, Citigroup's capacity to weather the severe economic downturn will be strengthened, ' he said.

And everybody says it's the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

But if it is not done quickly, the economic downturn may be over before the stimulus arrives.

The raid was part of a crackdown on increasing crime in Guangdong that has been brought on in part by the economic downturn.

Ireland's public finances have been battered in the economic downturn, and education has not escaped savage cuts in funding.

The positive: Fears of deflation, and a second economic downturn, have receded.

I took advantage of the current economic downturn to stock up on my index funds and reviewed the performance of my other mutual funds.

They are proposing a huge spending bill along the lines of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal to try to reverse the economic downturn.

With the US in the grip of an economic downturn, such policies are unlikely to be vote-winners.

Even though PetroChina has managed to outperform some of its international peers, it hasn't escaped the economic downturn.

In India, questions are being raised over how a possible economic downturn in the United States will impact India's fast-growing economy.

According to a report by PwC, a consultancy, 93% of shoppers say they have changed their behaviour as a result of the economic downturn.

China's utilities have been keen to expand overseas by seizing opportunities presented by the global economic downturn.

Providing universal health care is seen by some economists as a way to stimulate domestic spending during the current economic downturn.

The companies have fallen on hard times since the economic downturn, exacerbated by over-expansion.

Efforts should be made to reverse the current economic downturn and fight against protectionism in trade.

He said Glide had seen an almost 30% rise in the need for its services since the economic downturn, but also a 20% decrease in donations.

The economic downturn and forecasts of a recession could be leading people to seek relief from live comedy, club organiser s have said.

Large and small companies across the globe still carry a significant burden resulting from the economic downturn.

Even in an economic downturn, children still need exciting, good value toys to entertain and inspire their creativity.

If the economic downturn has clouded your mind with worry, then our new sister site, What Money Cannot Buy, is for you.

Aid agencies and major world bodies are to meet to to seek ways of encouraging trade by emerging nations during the economic downturn.

Despite the global economic downturn, the nation of China is still on track to become the world's largest automaker by this year.

With fears of economic downturn in the air, the Rudd Government has toughened the selection criteria for general skilled migration.

Analysts estimate that a large proportion of these loans would quickly become non-performing in the event of an economic downturn.

Apple shrugged off the economic downturn to report a 15% jump in profits for the first three months of the year.

Up to Christmas [the economic downturn] hadn't hit us at all.

This was partly a result of large debt taken on by some governments to reverse the economic downturn and finance bank bailouts.

An economic downturn always comes together with a reshuffle of the entire market.

In an economic downturn, Chinese banks might face liquidity issues, says Jason Bedford of KPMG, a consultancy.

Amid the recent economic downturn, demand in the U. S. is rising for small wind turbines to power people's homes.

Even before this week's riots in Britain (see article) governments were bracing themselves against protests stoked by the economic downturn.

Plus, the government is drafting another policy package to help nine key industrial sectors hit hard by the global economic downturn.

Many companies have stalled and even went on the verge of bankruptcy against the backdrop of the global economic downturn.

ANA announced in April its first annual loss in six years as the global economic downturn reduced the number of people taking to the skies.

Analysts attributed the widening gap to the wave of layoffs in the economic downturn that have devastated household budgets.

However, due to the subsequent global economic downturn, the couple had to close down their business very soon.

Uncertainty due to the economic downturn, high production and cautious trading are characterizing the first part of the 2009 campaign.

Pop quiz: Can for-profit colleges overcome the double whammy of tighter lending standards for student loans and an economic downturn?

The news came as the central bank warned, in its quarterly report, that the risks of an economic downturn in China were rising.

Mr. Toyoda and his new top managers have pledged not to close any plants amid the global economic downturn.

However in the current economic downturn parents are struggling to find the money to pay for traditional summer outings.

In winning the presidency, Mr. Obama conveyed an image of remaining steady and focused during the banking crisis and economic downturn.

Unfortunately, economic policy is utterly unprepared for an economic downturn.

This luxury model is unlikely to survive what is turning into a prolonged economic downturn.

The economic downturn of 2008 shattered Mr Brown's claim to have done away with boom and bust.

The economic downturn and the higher cost of funds have reduced the willingness of companies to spend for acquisitions.

The worst economic downturn since the Great Depression hadn'toccurred just because of a simple crash.

Half the class are from India, he says, but with the economic downturn, "things are very bad for those who wanted to seek jobs in the UK" .

In the economic downturn, the advice to have three months of expenses put away has stretched to six months of expenses.

The economic downturn may usher in new opportunities for women to lead, but barriers preventing them from reaching the top remain.

U. S. President Barack Obama has announced new help for small business owners who have been hard hit by the economic downturn.

But the economic downturn in the UK will be so extreme that policy will be excessively loose for some time.

The financial crisis and economic downturn have forced world leaders to recognize that the old thinking and dogmas were flawed.

Many economists point to America's moribund housing market as a major contributor to the economic downturn.

History has shown that some countries were plagued by a post-Olympic economic downturn, or called "Valley Effect" or "V-low Effect" .

Intuit, which markets the popular QuickBooks line of financial software, is weathering the economic downturn rather well.

For one thing, our current economic situation bears a striking similarity to the economic downturn of the early 1990s.

Those who will be hit hardest by the economic downturn and high unemployment are the urban blue-collar workers.

Japan, despite its very high standard of living, had, until the current economic downturn, a strongly positive balance of trade.

AS job losses mount and bailout costs run into the trillions, the social costs of the economic downturn become clearer.

The background to Nazism in Germany was the lost war (WWI) and the economic downturn in the depression.

Chaos and an economic downturn have followed this development in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis.

Demonstrators complained that the Yemeni economic downturn, high unemployment, a growing gap between rich and poor.

There are more questions than answers, they say, about how the worldwide economic downturn will affect Alaska.

In an economic downturn, businesses tend to go into protection mode.

China can respond to the economic downturn by tailoring its recovery measures towards low-carbon solutions. Jing Xuecheng explains how.

At the time of the economic downturn hit Russia last autumn.

This bleak picture comes from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), which said the economic downturn is worsening.

Others are saving more and spending less, still shaken from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

In spite of Bush having presided over the economic downturn, Obama has failed to establish a clear lead over McCain on the economy.

While the news may be full of stories of an economic downturn, remember that markets are cyclical and will recover.

Finally, rather suddenly in the fall, came the global economic downturn, and it is now gathering speed at a frightening rate.

Unfortunately, that might not happen fast enough to prevent a major economic downturn.

So some of the countries are already in economic downturn here in Europe.

SOUTH AFRICA was rather slow to feel the impact of the global economic downturn.

The next phase of the world's economic downturn is taking shape: a global jobs crisis.

Economic downturn increases the risk that people will neglect health care, with prevention falling by the wayside.

If they have to take an economic downturn, presidents want to do it in the first half of a term.

Boyd said Priceline is further insulated from a U. S. economic downturn by its presence in international markets, especially Europe.

The economic downturn has left criminal defense lawyers without clients: though crime still flourishes, criminals are short on cash.

NK : The market for translation and interpreting has been growing steadily, even throughout the global economic downturn.

In the midst of the global economic downturn, there's one industry that's expanding rapidly: China's state-owned energy companies.

Asia's low-cost airlines, which took off in good economic times, are facing the stiff headwinds of the global economic downturn.

Access to capital, whether debt or equity, has mitigated fears of apocalyptic defaults that threatened to extend the economic downturn.

The move underscores how difficult the situation has become for an auto industry buckling under a global economic downturn.

Economists and other experts offered projections about just how bad the economic downturn, which many said constitutes a recession, may be.

THE DEEPENING ECONOMIC downturn has been hard on a lot of people, but it has been hard in a particular way for economists.

Small-business owners are discovering an upside to the economic downturn: a deeper pool of talent to tap through internship programs.

And it's not hard to see why bus travel is more attractive in the current economic downturn.

How China responds to its economic downturn will be watched carefully.

"If shopping is an emotional habit for women they may feel the need to keep spending despite the economic downturn, " said Professor Pine.

Traffic deaths typically decline during an economic downturn because many motorists cut back on discretionary travel.

"Despite the fluctuations in the economic downturn . . . we have full support (from the parent companies), " Komiyama said.

We also have to cope with shrinking external demand caused by the global economic downturn and trade and investment protectionism.

Economic downturn increases the risk that people will neglect care, with prevention falling by the wayside.

Look in Liu Youtao, economic downturn enterprise manages demand this kind to be behaved more exuberantly to ERP.

But a growing body of research suggests that there's one negative outcome that is actually less likely during an economic downturn: death.

2009 was a difficult year for many, in particular those facing the continuing effects of the economic downturn.

Across Asia women are bearing the brunt of the global economic downturn as export manufacturers shed workers.

For instance, during an economic downturn, fluctuations in income may compel parents to withdraw their children from school.

Today, the financial crisis and the economic downturn are likely to alter drastically the career paths of future years.

The Manpower chief also predicted some US companies that cut staffing too deeply in the economic downturn could suffer when demand returns.

Male breadwinners, even those not suffering job loss or dislocation amid the economic downturn, face an array of pressures these days.

Even the employees in big city are hocking their Rolex watches and diamond necklaces to make ends meet in the economic downturn.

The central bank decided to reduce the interest rate to prevent economic downturn.

As a result, oil has stayed expensive, in spite of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Some of the things that can go wrong have been highlighted by the economic downturn.

The unstable region shows the potential of the economic downturn to inflame simmering tensions.

Zdziko is one of dozens of migrants to Slough whom the economic downturn has made homeless.

Small to medium-sized businesses, their core client base, are also being badly hit by the economic downturn.

But the fact is, the economic downturn is not affecting the fundamental way that we've done business for 114 years.

The current economic downturn has put our community and every citizen to a rigorous test.

Analysts say that's another sign of the impact of the economic downturn on demand for oil.

The economic downturn has resulted in a fall in passengers numbers, with the number of tube users dropping by 6. 4% in August.

Given the extreme fragility of the private sector, that could cause another economic downturn.

But as the world gradually emerges from the economic downturn, global rebalancing means the US and Europe must save more over time.

So an economic downturn is no friend of the environment. Brother, can you spare a turbine?

Last night's discussion at the UCCA raised some interesting questions on contemporary art in the economic downturn.

The search for cost cuts and new efficiencies amid the economic downturn should spur on the pace of innovation in application, he adds.

Almost 60 percent of the women surveyed reported being negatively impacted by the current economic downturn.

Page view "inventories" for online advertising continues to fall short of demand, even if an economic downturn takes place.

During that economic downturn, Mr. Leslau made his fortune buying commercial real estate on the cheap and redeveloping it.

However, while some still envisage the need for handouts, the economic downturn has limited other parents' options.

Demand from China helped Brazil weather the global economic downturn while trade with other major markets dwindled.