Unending slowdown – The Hindu (Sep 02, 2017)
India’s economy continues to decelerate with the government’s estimate for first-quarter gross domestic product pegging growth at a 13-quarter low of 5.7% in April-June. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)
- inflation (noun) – increase of price level of goods & services & vice versa decrease of currency value.
- decelerate (verb) – slow down, reduce speed, slack up.
- peg at (verb) – fix, set/hold down, limit (price, rate and etc at a level).
- protracted (adjective) – very long, prolonged, extended/extensive.
- slide (noun) – fall, drop, decline.
- dampen (verb) – decrease, reduce, lower.
- inventory (noun) – an unsold supply of a product that are stored in a place.
- wane (verb) – decline, decrease, disappear.
- slacken (verb) – decrease, lessen, subside.
- heartening (adjective) – encouraging, boosting, reassuring.
- deteriorate (verb) – worsen, get worse, decline.
- augury (noun) – omen, sign, indication.
- contemplate (verb) – consider, think, look at.
- crowd out (phrasal verb) – oust, overthrow, remove.
- sliver (noun) – a small/thin piece of something.
- silver lining (phrase) – identifying a good thing in a bad situation.
- buoyant (adjective) – booming, strong, growing/developing.
- swathe (noun) – a broad area of something.
- encompass (verb) – include, subsume, incorporate.
- have one’s task cut out (phrase) – be faced with a tough task/work.
- tailwinds (noun) – (in business) it describes a situation or condition that will move growth, revenues, or profits higher. Headwinds is a situations or conditions that make growth harder/difficult.
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