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To bring the economy out of this downturn, the government should relax monetary policies. Trying to restrict inflation is the least of our worries right now.

After several quarters of dismal sales, dismay was prevalent throughout the tourism industry, but now it seems we are on the verge of a revival.

• dismay
• prevalent
• on the verge of ~

There was heavy trading on the stock market today as investors looked to buy stocks offering high dividends.

• look to ~
• dividend

Creditors are not eager to provide financial backing to entrepreneurs in this business climate.

• creditor
• provide financial backing to
• entrepreneur

During prosperity, speculators were greedy and willing to buy bonds that were not safe, if they received high interest.

• prosperity
• speculator
• interest

Since the outlook was dim and there was no sign of hoped-for stimulation, analysts downgraded the stock from buy to hold.

• hoped-for

Wall Street was rocked today when it was revealed that a well-known broker had swindled clients out of funds in their brokerage accounts.

• be revealed that ~
• swindle Sb out of Obj
• a fund in one's account.
• brokerage

If the government privatizes the railroad, liquidates unused properties, and maximizes the freight hauling business, they might revive the transportation industry.

• liquidate ~
• property
• freight
• haul

With subsidies for depressed sectors, the government has sparked the economy and several industries are now vibrant again.

• subsidy for ~
• depressed
• spark ~

Businesses have been discouraged and the economic outlook has been gloomy, but some economists discern a partial recovery.

• discern

The proprietor of that office building was successful during the economic boom but he had to liquidate all his assets during the recession.

• proprietor
• asset
• recession

Due to its trade deficit with Japan, the U.S. is levying duties on many imports, which creates trade friction.

• trade deficit
• levy duty on ~

Unemployment is hard to reverse because as worker competence rises, companies shed personnel who cannot be utilized in new types of jobs.

• competence
• shed

Due to the prolonged recession, many companies have a surplus of goods. I think the government should allocate funds to procure some of these goods and donate them to poorer nations.

• recession
• a surplus of goods
• allocate
• procure
• donate Sth to Sb

We have lots of paperworks to finish before the annual shareholders' meeting. We have to hand each of them a full report of our plan to diversify.

• shareholder' meeting
• hand Sb Sth ←V₄
• diversify

We almost panicked when we heard two of our prominent competitors were on the brink of affiliating. They also intend to cooperate in a joint venture.

• be on the brink of -ing
• affiliate
• cooperate

Shareholders in the niche enterprise felt that the company faltered and the possibility of recovery was bleak, so they began selling the stock.

• falter
• a possibility is bleak

The bulk of our expenses are for renting properties and for labor.

• bulk
• expence