Translation of "Konjunkturverlangsamung" in English

There are widespread expectations of an economic slowdown in the near future .

Under these conditions, a cyclical slowdown was to be expected.

Economie and monetary policy years of the programme, yielding annual average growth of around 2.5 %.

A more pronounced economic slowdown in China would be more noticeable than the devaluation.

To be sure, an unexpected slowdown in economic activity or a strong rise in the value of the euro could postpone the inevitable rate hike.

This gives China and its policymakers considerable room for maneuver in coping with the current growth slowdown.

Contrary to previous downturns, a positive growth differential has been maintained during the slowdown that began in 2001.

The play of automatic stabilisers in the context of the slowdown implied a considerable worsening of government finances.

The current financial crisis and economic slowdown will constitute a major challenge for Europe in 2009.

Despite the deceleration in economic activity since the spring, Spanish GDP rose in 1995 by 3%.

Thus, the US slowdown affects European exports in two ways.

Contrary to previous downturns, a positive growthdifferential has been maintained during the slowdown that began in 2001.

Secondly, any attempt to compensate for an oil-price-related economic slowdown by cutting interest rates would be misguided.

The more dangerous effect lies in China's further countermeasures and the synchronous economic slowdown triggered by deteriorating expectations.

Firstly, the analysis of economic conditions presented by the Central Bank and by the Commission could, in fact, be summed up more or less by a slowdown in the global space, even though, for us, the growth indicators are good for the next few months, that is for the coming 18 months, and do not encourage us to budge.

For 2007 , the consolidation plan suggests a very strong decline in the deficit ratio by more than 3 percentage points , in a context of a significant slowdown in economic activity , reflecting about equally large revenue-raising and expenditurereducing measures .

As a result, the desire to save will not add to aggregate saving to start new businesses, construct and sell new buildings, and so forth. Though investors may bid up prices of existing capital assets, their attempts to save only slow down the economy.

Continuing down the investment-led growth path will exacerbate the visible glut of capacity in manufacturing, real estate, and infrastructure, and thus will intensify the coming economic slowdown once further fixed-investment growth becomes impossible.

Even if it is, GDP-obsessed and debt-ridden local governments are likely to strive to achieve the highest possible growth rates for themselves, while paying lip service to Wen’s call for a slowdown.

It may be too late to avoid a recession in the advanced countries and a slowdown in emerging and low-income countries.

Given that advanced-economies’ growth prospects remain subdued, these trends are likely to continue – even with the evident slowing in China and other emerging markets.

For America today, the real question is only whether there will be a short, sharp downturn, or a more prolonged, but shallower, slowdown.

Attributing the ongoing slowdown to the financial crisis does not imply the absence of long-term secular effects, some of which are rooted in the crisis itself.

In the coming months, nearly every region in the world will experience economic deceleration, with exports declining and unemployment increasing.

Indeed, the combination of banking uncertainties, slower growth, and the heightened risk of underemployment and casual labor creates the political weakness now visible in the UK, Spain, Italy, and elsewhere.

As for the external environment , global economic growth has become more balanced across regions , with some deceleration in the United States and resilient growth elsewhere .