economic gloom

Market analysts say investors have yet to see relief in the global economic gloom as more statistics point to a deepening downturn.

THE speed with which clouds of economic gloom and even despair have gathered over the global economy has been startling everywhere.

Amid all the economic gloom, I do not think I am alone in feeling an odd excitement at the sense of living in uncertain and historic times.

It is the result of cyclical economic gloom combined with a secular rise in pressure on rich countries' borders.

Over the next three years, he expects sales to grow in the "mid-single digits" , despite the deepening economic gloom.

The deepening economic gloom may well mean that it will eventually prove necessary to cut interest rates to arrest a sharper downturn.

The deepening economic gloom will also alleviate traffic with thousands expected to stay at home to save money.

PARIS: Amid deepening economic gloom, the tale of the voodoo doll of Nicolas Sarkozy has provided some needed light relief for the French.

a year of economic gloom for the car industry.

But analysts say, the economic gloom shrouding Europe and other regions worldwide means all the bullish outlook is potentially here to stay.

Greece may be in for a period of both economic gloom and political instability.

Indeed, economists currently say China ought to remain a relatively bright spot amid the economic gloom.

AMIDST the encircling economic gloom, today's unemployment figures were, as predicted, chilling.

Given the current economic gloom perhaps renaming the whole stock exchange wouldn't be a bad idea.

But despite the economic gloom, economists and policymakers have not lost their interest in happiness.

How low can they go? As economic gloom sets in, that question is increasingly dominating the minds of metals investors.

And even companies that can still afford to advertise may be less willing to pay for lavish commercials amid economic gloom.

The city's boom offers a sharp contrast to the economic gloom elsewhere in northern Britain.

Even so, they are responding to the economic gloom by changing what they eat, where they eat and where they buy their groceries.

But that means around a quarter of companies are still hiring, despite the economic gloom.

Economic gloom abounds these days, but there is one ray of sunshine: the mergers-and-acquisitions market.

Yet talk to those on the ground, and deepening economic gloom has them worried about the viability of government reforms.

Some shoppers sought to banish the economic gloom with these festive bags.

Luxury brands are coping well despite global economic gloom.

It plans to build a second plant this year, despite the economic gloom.

ECONOMIC gloom and doom aside, America remains the world's richest large country.

Times of economic gloom can exacerbate the problem.

For all the economic gloom, prices are still so high that ever fewer young people can afford to buy a first home.

Costs peaked in 2008; economic gloom has since dampened them.