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• n  the act of slowing down or falling behind

• Hatoyama's victory marks a major turning point for Japan, which is facing its worst economic slowdown since World War II, with unemployment at record highs and deflation .
• Overheated Chinese manufacturers, like this one in Baotou, face rising costs and fears of a global slowdown.
• But amid signs of a global economic slowdown, crude prices have cratered, and gas prices are following.

• lag
• retardation

News & Articles

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• Report: Slowdown in health care costs to continue
  There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause. A report Tuesday from accounting ...
  June 18, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Slowdown in health care costs should continue, report says
  WASHINGTON -- There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs might be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause.
  June 18, 2013 - Pioneer Press
• Report: Slowdown in US health care costs may turn into a trend, not a pause
  WASHINGTON — There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause.
  June 18, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Quotes

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• Alan Greenspan in CNSNews.com
  While, yes, it is possible we can get a recession in the latter months of 2007, most forecasters are not making that judgment and indeed are projecting forward into 2008 ...... with some slowdown,Greenspan said.
• Ben Bernanke in Reuters UK
  With the economy likely to be weak for several quarters, and with some risk of a protracted slowdown, consideration of a fiscal package by the Congress at this juncture seems appropriate,Bernanke said in prepared remarks for delivery to a...
• President Bush in New York Times
  This money is going to help Americans offset the high prices we're seeing at the gas pump and at the grocery store, and it will give our economy a boost to help us pull out of this economic slowdown,President Bush said Friday.