RECESSIONの意味、不況、不景気

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2009.05.18(Review of 2007.01.16 edition)

Have you been enjoying this lovely month of May? We certainly hope so, because we've chosen this period of blue skies, green grass, and mild temperatures to look back at a set of rather sobering - but timely - words.

Today's topic says it all ...

Today's Lesson
RECESSION   不況、不景気

Explanation

  • A recession is a situation when economic conditions in a country become worse for a period of time.
  • recession とは、ある一定の期間、国の経済状況が悪化する状況、つまり、不況、不景気という意味です。

RECESSION

examples

  1. (fictional news report)
    The government has announced a significant drop in the nation's GDP for the fourth consecutive quarter. There can now be no denying that we are in the middle of a full-fledged recession.
  2. The current recession has resulted in large layoffs and plummeting production in many industries.
  3. The Federal Reserve chairman announced that he believes the recession will end sometime this year.
  4. After experiencing the worst recession in the young nation's history, their economy is finally turning around.

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