economic decline

基本解释

Many of the cities that have been around longest are in economic decline, such critics point out, and in some places more people are leaving them than joining them.
上述批評指出，很多歷史最悠久的城市現在都陷於經濟衰退之中，在有的地方更多的人沒有融入城市，反而離它們而去。

During this time the United States was in an economic decline known as the Great Depression.
The Dutch economy, the equivalent would be the decline of the Venetian economic power in the Mediterranean-- and trade with the East diminishes.
而荷蘭經濟的崩潰,有點類似於地中海威尼斯的經濟下降,他們和東方的貿易往來也銳減
耶魯公開課 - 歐洲文明課程節選
It was during the economic decline in the United States called the Great Depression.

It seems to mean a second period of economic decline following the 2007-2009 nosedive.
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Lastly, significantly higher oil prices would impinge already-strained consumer spending habits and lead to economic decline.
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This is not really a question stagnation but economic decline for many, if not most Americans.
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