21.   The company needs to get a flexible wage agreement in place before the next downturn.

22.   The stock market surge this year has left many money managers and financial advisers fretting over an overvalued market and speculating about the next downturn.

23.   The whole region is bracing for the next downturn with anxiety, and optimism.

24.   This was proclaimed as a precautionary measure to prepare BA for the next downturn, when price competition was bound to intensify.

25.   Those lower costs should help the company when the next downturn comes along.

26.   While the industry is thriving now, that could happen in the next big downturn, union officials say.

27.   Lower rates could also lead to risky business speculation that might make the next downturn in the economy more painful.