But last year the economy contracted by more than 7 percent.

Over the last three years, the economy has contracted by more than 20 percent.

Until very recently, the economy was contracting by more than 10 percent a year.

The economy contracted by a further 0.5pc in the second quarter.

The economy contracted by a modest 1 percent during the first quarter of 1996.

The state's workforce has contracted in that period by 50,000 jobs, to 1.77 million.

Italy's economy contracted by 0.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008.

The money supply contracted by 30% in four years, something that no market economy could tolerate.

The economy will contract by 4 percent this year.

He was just 17 years old when first contracted by the Redbacks.