slackening


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Synonyms for slackening

the act or process of becoming less active or intense

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Synonyms for slackening

an occurrence of control or strength weakening

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After all, the recovery is slackening," Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML) said in a research note.
The analysts explain the slackening of the growth rates of accumulated profits with general trends in the system, specifically
And although United boss Sir Alex Ferguson insisted there would be no slackening off by the Champions, even though the title was won a fortnight ago, it was hard not to notice a slackening in attitude from the hosts.
Honohan, who is also the governor of the central bank of Ireland, said that the easing of tensions on the financial markets should not result in slackening in the pace of reforms in the banking sector.
He however perceived a degree of slackening in the actual position of House Speaker who (according to Harb) proved to be less enthusiastic towards implementing the proposed law.
Summary: BEIJING - China's central bank cut benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday in a surprise move to shore up slackening economic growth, its first rate cut since the depths of the 2008/09 financial crisis.
FRANKFURT, Germany, Dhu-AlQa'dah 1, 1432, Sep 29, 2011, SPA -- Germany's jobless rate fell to 6.6 percent in September from 7.0 percent the month before as the country's export-oriented economy continues to create jobs despite slackening growth, AP reported.
The drop is down to slackening demand in the UK as well as the global economic slowdown.
Despite recent signs of a slackening pace of global economic growth, California exporters turned in another impressive performance in April with shipments totaling $12.8 billion, a gain of 14.4 percent over the same month last year, according to an analysis by Beacon Economics of foreign trade data released this week by the U.S.
Talking to media outside Parliament House on Friday, he also demanded that Punjab police should rather focus on extracting truth from the American killer; as Punjab police was quite adept at extracting 20-year-old facts with ease, while its slackening pace with Raymond Davis case was unfathomable.
Japan's solo foray into currency markets, its first in six years, sparked fears other nations might follow suit to prop up sagging exports and that such competitive devaluations could prove lethal to the slackening global economic recovery.
In addition, during the first half of this year, a relative high slaughter level in combination with slackening demand led to an increased availability of beef on the domestic market.
Papacostas was responding to opposition criticism that the National Guard was facing a slackening off and disorganisation in light of the theft of some 170 kilos of plastic explosives from an army depot in Limassol and a missing anti-tank rocket propelled grenade from a camp near Nicosia.
In their study of the European steel sector, the experts said they expect slackening market activity which will affect many companies.