downturn
Definition
Downward shift in an economic cycle, such as from expansion or steady-state to recession. A stockmarket is in downturn when it changes from a bull market to a bear market. Opposite of upturn.
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downturn is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance, Commodities & Precious Metals Trading, Economics, Politics, & Society, Investing and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
downturn appears in the definitions of the following terms:
hot money,
gross income,
cyclical stocks,
counter cyclical policy,
upturn,
deflation,
managed fund,
economic crisis,
defensive securities,
downsizing
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