soft-landing

"Our hope is that what we will be able to do is continue on what we call a soft-landing approach, a gradual decline over time," the official said, speaking anonymously in line with his agency's policy.

NYT > Home Page By ROD NORDLAND 2011

The question on investor's minds is whether emerging markets, and in particular, China, can engineer a so-called soft-landing in which they halt the rise of inflation but don't tip their economies into recession.

Europe Sinks Markets Tom Lauricella 2011

The question on investor's minds is whether emerging markets, and in particular, China, can engineer a so-called soft-landing in which they halt the rise of inflation but don't tip their economies into recession.

WSJ.com: What's News US 2011

Though China's overall economy has entered what many economists are calling a "soft-landing," with forecasts for roughly 9 percent growth in the last quarter of the year, real estate remains a wild card.

China Curbs Lending To Cool Housing Market By ELAINE KURTENBACH 2010

Though China's overall economy has entered what many economists are calling a "soft-landing," with forecasts for roughly 9 percent growth in the last quarter of the year, real estate remains a wild card.

China Housing Market: Government Moves To Curb Lending Again AP 2010

It also said the government will look to improve the country's ability to absorb external shocks by improving its fiscal standing, ensuring a soft-landing for household debt and restructuring troubled savings banks.

Revised GDP Confirms South Korea Economy Slowing In-Soo Nam 2011

HSBC economist Qu Hongbin, however, said the data is consistent with a "soft-landing" scenario.

HSBC Preliminary China PMI Falls in September Aaron Back 2011

But the concerns about faltering demand that spiked in the second quarter have investors zeroing in on the risks to that thesis, with one major concern being whether China is able to engineer a soft-landing for its red-hot economy.

Commodities Close a Quarter of Records and Retreats Liam Pleven 2011

On the fourth day they dropped two of the ship's soft-landing probes-one on Kimball's Plain, the other at its antipodes.

Tin 2010

When AIG failed, the idea was: try for a soft-landing of the company to avoid another systemic collapse in the financial market (e.g., like a run on the banks).

Jeffrey Feldman: AIG Counter-Party Payments Worse than Bonuses 2009