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- verb transitive To convert (waste materials etc.) into new
materials orproducts of lesser quality and reduced functionality.
Etymologies
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Perhaps decades of stimulus every time we have an economic downcycle (with no tightening on the other end) has produced an economy that is dependent on more demand than it should organically.
Matthew Yglesias » A Crisis of Demand, Not Productivity 2010
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Perhaps decades of stimulus every time we have an economic downcycle (with no tightening on the other end) has produced an economy that is dependent on more demand than it should organically.
Matthew Yglesias » A Crisis of Demand, Not Productivity 2010
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Another possible cause for the decline: a normal downcycle in the healthcare market.
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"Unless sufficient companies have the will and financial ability to invest through the downcycle, there is a real risk that supply growth may lag the eventual rebound of demand, leading to substantial price increases -- possibly as early as this year," he said.
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But even if they have not (yet) done the decent thing and resigned, stocks are probably close to the bottom of this downcycle.
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About South Korea's STX Pan Ocean, for example, Credit Suisse says it will survive this downcycle "if it takes drastic measures" such as canceling its capital spending plans.
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The way we ‘downcycle’, we are just creating a brief stop on the way to the landfill.
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"Just going by a gut feeling, I'd say we're probably two-thirds of the way through" the current downcycle, says Alan Chua,
Hong Kong Bears Roar 2008
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The New Deal dragged out the downcycle and far worsened the pain of the depression.
"Obama said things like: 'We are one nation; we are one people; and our time for change has come.'" Ann Althouse 2008
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The New Deal dragged out the downcycle and far worsened the pain of the depression.
"Obama said things like: 'We are one nation; we are one people; and our time for change has come.'" Ann Althouse 2008
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