Word: slump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More important, he has been deadly from the field--8 for 16 last night. And they have been good shots, not the forced, awkward efforts he favored during a long mid-season slump...
...perverse way, one of the most discouraging projections of all was the board's consensus forecast that a recession for 1980 now looks to be a somewhat milder affair than the 2.4% overall slump that had been predicted as recently as last December. Recession is certainly painful for anyone thrown out of work, but without at least a temporary economic downturn there is no real hope of slowing the price spiral...
Eric Heiden won his third speed skating gold medal yesterday and Ingenar Stenmark of Sweden pulled out of his slump to win the giant slalom medal that has so long eluded...
...Boston public relations man. Like millions of other inflation-savvy consumers, Salvi, his wife and three children have caused wonder and befuddlement for the economics profession. Since interest rates are at their highest levels in a century, and the economy is by all accounts poised for its second slump in six years, experts have been predicting for months that people would soon start to cut back on spending and borrowing, and stash away more of their cash in the worry that hard times lie ahead. So much for fine economic theories...
...goes down. During the week, bond prices plunged through the floor, and interest rates rose to an unprecedented level of nearly 12% for U.S. Treasury bonds and more than 13% for Triple-A issues; many of those securities do not expire until well into the 21st century. The bond slump hurt not only substantial investors but also millions of members of pension plans and profit-sharing funds that hold bonds or other debt-related investments...