91.   The January-March negative growth was attributable to various factors.

92.   The local media industry has witnessed negative growth since the beginning of this year.

93.   The number of Japanese visitors has slowed and is likely to record negative growth this year.

94.   The negative growth experienced by the production of cereals, including rice, is evidence of the marginalisation of agriculture during the New Economic Policy period.

95.   The possibility of negative economic growth, though a psychological blow for the Japanese, hardly comes out of the blue.

96.   Total exports to Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East experienced negative growth.

97.   Two back-to-back quarters of negative growth is generally accepted as the definition of a recession.

98.   Two quarters of negative growth is the usual definition for recession.

99.   Two consecutive quarters, or six straight months, of negative growth is almost universally accepted as the threshold for recession.

100.   We expect a slowdown in the growth, but we do not expect negative growth.