4
recession(noun, action, drop, decline, decrease)
3
depression(noun, drop, decline, decrease, low)
3
slump(noun, drop, decline, decrease, collapse)
2
bust(noun, drop, decline, decrease, low)
1
bad period(noun, expression, decline, low, collapse)
1
bankruptcy(noun, drop, decline, decrease, collapse)
1
bear market(noun, expression, drop, decline, failure)
1
big trouble(noun, expression, drop, decline, decrease)
1
bottom out(noun, expression, drop, decline, collapse)
1
collapse(low, failure, depression, reduction, slump)
1
crash(noun, drop, decline, low, collapse)
1
crisis(noun, drop, decline, failure, slump)
1
decline(noun, drop, decrease, low, collapse)
1
deflation(noun, drop, decline, decrease, collapse)
1
depreciation(decline, low, collapse, failure, depression)
1
dislocation(noun, drop, decline, failure, slump)
1
downtrend(noun, decline, low, collapse, failure)
1
downturn(noun, drop, decline, decrease, low)
1
drop(noun, decline, low, failure, slump)
1
economic decline(noun, expression, drop, decline, failure)
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