| They can obtain resources to finance cyclical downturns and balance-of-payments disequilibria, thus allowing them to smooth out consumption. |
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| In past downturns, software spending declines usually trail the rest of the technology industry by six to nine months. |
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| While most companies plan for economic or business downturns, they do not do the same level of preparation for disaster. |
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| That's because highly levered businesses suffer in downturns as debt service eats into margins, and increases the risk of default. |
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| In the same way, aerospace often pulls out of downturns after the rest of a slumping economy is back on its feet. |
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| This will make recessionary declines less severe and shorter, but it will not prevent economic downturns completely. |
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| In the past, manufacturers responded to cyclical downturns in sales by making temporary lay-offs, usually concentrated among blue-collar workers. |
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| Many economists warn that too strict application of the rules hampers the ability of governments to respond to economic downturns. |
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| Over the years it has been shown that some businesses are better at weathering cyclical downturns than others. |
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| We should remember that economic downturns, accounting irregularities and even geopolitical issues are nothing new. |
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| But if the euro-zone economy is to weather future downturns better, the process must start. |
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| Defensive companies are those businesses that are said to weather economic downturns better than most. |
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| During economic downturns, states tend to balance their budgets by taking money away from infrastructure projects. |
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| Although there were the usual cyclic downturns, the rural economy on the whole rapidly improved in the twenty years succeeding the suspension of cash payments. |
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| The economic downturns in 1920 and 1921 darkened the public mood. |
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| As a result the growth in total wages has contributed far less to the overall growth in disposable personal income in this downturn than in prior downturns. |
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| Predictably, state funding for mental health services is sacrificed during downturns, like the Recession we just experienced. |
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| Smaller and more versatile aircraft reduce financial and operational risks to airlines, particularly in economic downturns, compared to jumbo jets, he adds. |
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| Historians generally agree that the Trek made it impossible for any government to ignore real job creation measures or mistreat workers in subsequent economic downturns. |
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| Beaten-down big caps with the financial power to weather the inevitable downturns in business can offer investors spectacular rewards when the economy recovers. |
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| The downturn in economic activity in Ireland in the second half of last year was unique in the context of previous downturns in the Irish economy. |
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| Investors who may be keen on some exposure to the retail sector should perhaps cast their eyes over grocers, which are generally fairly resilient to economic downturns. |
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| Tighter border security is sure to slow import growth even more in coming months, although lower imports will worsen downturns in economies around the world. |
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| With good growth forecasts, resilience to economic downturns and the prospect of more consolidation, the drinks sector is one to keep on your watch list. |
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| Well, one reason why upturns follow downturns is that downturns tend to overshoot. |
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| Such synchronized recessions were explained to last longer than typical economic downturns and have slower recoveries. |
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| It constitutes a provision of security against imparity and the possibility of foreseeable downturns in their futures. |
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| Cyclical unemployment is when workers lose their jobs during economic downturns as measured by Gross Domestic Product, which usually accounts for high unemployment rates. |
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| Keynes contended that aggregate demand for goods might be insufficient during economic downturns, leading to unnecessarily high unemployment and losses of potential output. |
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| The stable customer base also explains how the dialysis industry is noncyclical in nature and is only minimally affected by the vagaries of economic downturns. |
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| Last week when Coun Forbes announced the next round of swingeing cuts, MP Dave Anderson wrote a letter in favour of a Keynesian approach to economic downturns. |
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| While GHCs are exposed to cyclicality on the revenue side, margins of certain companies in the industry have proven remarkably resilient through economic downturns. |
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| To compare housing downturns across time in a meaningful way, it helps to look at various indicators of the market as indexes as opposed to raw numbers. |
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| As a result, companies need to pay special attention in order to manage risks that arise from the uncertainty during downturns in the credit cycle. |
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| It exacts a heavy toll in terms of tax administration and is pro-cyclical, constituting an unnecessary drag on capital investment during economic downturns. |
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| Downturns in business fortunes have always produced unanticipated changes in direction and resultant shakeouts. |
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| Downturns are times of retrenchment, but they are also times of opportunity. |
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