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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
financial recession .
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Examples
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The Fed's decision to signal a pause is a calculated bet that the combination of its efforts to kick-start lending and the $110 billion tax-rebate checks arriving in American homes this month will be sufficient to boost economic growth from its current, recessionlike pace by the second half of this year.
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The economic data that have been reported provide "very strong confirmation of a recessionlike shortfall in employment and flatness in real output," says Robert Hall,
Economists Weigh Possibility of a Recession Amid Economic Growth 2008
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Because home sales and moves stimulate purchases of appliances, electronics and furniture, the giant chains that catered to house flippers and renovators have reported recessionlike results.
The New Money Pit 2007
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business indicators fell one-10th of a point in June, to 90.8 - a recessionlike reading.
unknown title 2011
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